Archive for November 1st, 2008
Watch ITN Sinhala News 2008 - 10 - 31
Four LTTE crafts destroyed 14 killed in sea battle off Nagar-Kovil
4 LTTE attack crafts were destroyed, 14 terrorists killed and as many others reported injured in a fierce sea battle that irrupted between naval craft and sea tigers off Nagar-Kovil in the northern waters, today (November 1) at around 05.45 a.m.
According to the latest reports received, 16 terrorists were wounded in the fighting. In addition 05 sailors have also received injuries, Naval sources said.
Intercepted LTTE communication received, has confirmed 05 senior sea tigers to be among the dead.
More information will follow.
Courtesy: Ministry of Defence
President calls for local military research
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday urged those engaged in scientific research to focus their attention on military research.The President said there is a lack of research in the spheres of military and defense strategies by local science researchers.
The President was of the view that new policies should be formulated to accommodate military research in the school curricula as well, so that research could be undertaken on our own home-grown remedies.
Referring to the crucial issue of combating terrorism and national security, he pointed out the value of a quality training to the Armed Forces of the land, even at a formidable expenditure, especially when battling the world’s most ruthless and advanced terrorist outfit, the LTTE.
National Security has been our foremost priority, as it is closely linked and enmeshed with honourable peace, a pre-requisite for national development and prosperity of a nation. Having learned from the past and realised the potential and the dependence on strong ‘Armed Forces’, we have established this military institution and upgraded it to a university under the prevailing free education mechanism,” President Rajapaksa said.
The President said as clearly illustrated in the East, no Armed Force could be sustained sans the support, co-operation and the blessings of the civilian polity. That is the reason why the Government is simultaneously developing the East, with the spree of victories achieved there by the armed forces.
Courtesy: President Media
Today is “World Thrift Day”
Today, October 31, was declared World Thrift Day at the end of the first International Thrift Congress in 1924 in Milan.
Saving is a vital skill that everyone should develop and it is even more important to talk about its value today.
To encourage customers to save, many commercial banks in Sri Lanka are offering a range of products that include special gifts and privileges as well as competitive rates of interest.
Special attention has also been paid to the promotion of saving in schools. Courses were organised around World Thrift Day to educate children on the virtues of saving. Money boxes and savings bank passbooks were distributed. Furthermore, the International Stamp for World Thrift Day has been used in all correspondence.
In the resolutions of the International Thrift Congress, it has been noted that World Thrift Day must be a day devoted to the promotion of savings all over the world.
Courtesy: Government Information Department
Australian Senate condemns Anuradhapura suicide bomb attack
(a) condemns the terrorist attack in the north of Sri Lanka on 6 October 2008, which killed 28 people and injured more than 80 people;
(b) notes and expresses its sadness at the assassination in this attack of the former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia, retired Major General Janaka Perera and his wife;
(c) notes the significant contribution that Major General Perera made as Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Australia;
(d) expresses its condolences to retired Major General Perera’s four children, three of whom live in Australia;
(e) condemns all acts of terrorism and the use of child soldiers in the conflict.
Steve Hutchins, Senator for New South Wales and Chair of the Australia-Sri Lanka Parliamentary Friendship Group presented the notice of motion on 13th October which was agreed to by the Senate on 16th October. The Senate Resolution clearly reflects the deep aversion of the Australian legislature to the brutal acts of terrorism committed by the LTTE in Sri Lanka.
Courtesy : President Media Unit
