Sri Lanka Army - Defenders  of the Nation Home History Organisations Army Career Welfare Training             Operations News Publications Sports Downloadable Wallpapers           Tamil Tigers, despite all appeals kill nine more sailors on a bus A File Photo A BUS CARRYING SAILORS OF SRI LANKA NAVY was blown up at CHEDDIKULAM, 24 km southwest of VAVUNIYA while it was proceeding towards MANNAR by Tamil Tigers (LTTE) in another brutal claymore mine attack this evening (12) around 4.05 p.m.. ( Full Story ) Dharmasoka Felicitates her old pupil - Lt Gen Fonseka Principal, teachers, students and old pupils of the Dharmasoka Vidyalaya, Ambalangoda, had organized a ceremony to felicitate Commander of the Sri Lanka Army Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, an Old Pupil of Dharmasoka, at the College premises on Thursday (12) morning. ( Full Story ) Troops find another claymore in Jaffna   A CLAYMORE MINE, about to be set off by Tamil Tigers (LTTE) at PUTTUR in JAFFNA on Tuesday (10) around 6.45 p.m. was recovered by a route clearing patrol conducted by the troops.   ( Full Story ) Suspected LTTE gunmen kill shop employee A CIVILIAN WHO WORKED at a shop in the CHAVAKACHCHERI town was shot dead by a gunman suspected to be a Tamil Tiger on Tuesday (10) afternoon around 4.25 p.m.   ( Full Story ) LTTE fire and hand grenade attack injures one policeman One Policeman was injured when unidentified Tamil Tigers threw a hand grenade and fired a few small arms rounds at a Police roadblock near the 3rd mile post, SELVANAYAGAMPURAM in TRINCOMALEE on Tuesday (10) around 7.25 p.m.  ( Full Story ) LTTE’S canard on girl’s abduction a hoax   A meticulously hatched LTTE plot to tarnish the image of the Sri Lanka Army over an alleged abduction of a school girl in KONDAVIL area, JAFFNA was proved a hoax when Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) representatives on Tuesday (10) ruled that there was no truth in the fabricated story or the alleged abduction.  ( Full Story ) Australian Deputy High Commissioner meets Commander Deputy High Commissioner for Australia Mr. Matthew Hyndes on Tuesday (10) morning had a cordial audience with the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, at the latter’s office at Army Headquarters.  ( Full Story ) Security & Police chiefs meet Trincomalee leaders CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF, COMMANDERS OF THE ARMED FORCES and the Inspector General of Police, in order to take stock of security developments in Trincomalee and its suburbs on Monday (09) met a cross section of religious leaders, politicians and members of civil organizations after a brief tour in the area with a view to defusing tension in the area and seeking remedial measures. ( Full Story ) Troops foil LTTE plans to plant more claymore mines AN LTTE MOVE to detonate two claymores mines targeting troops on patrol was thwarted this morning (10) around 7.50 a.m. near 118th mile post, VALAICHCHENAI, BATTICALOA after alert soldiers spotted a few LTTE men attempting to plant the claymore mines. ( Full Story ) Last 10 Reports Commander’s office flatly rejects purported statements in Webs