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*Road will open for civilians soon – Jaffna SF Cdr.
The Sri Lanka Army yesterday re-opened the Jaffna – Kandy
A9 highway to the peninsular after 27 years.
Security Forces Commander Jaffna, Major General Mendaka
Samarasinghe, ceremonially opened the highway at Elephant Pass. Commander
of 55 division of the SL Army, Brigadier Prasanna Silva and several other
officers attended the ceremony.
Twenty buses carrying over 250 soldiers...
After the ceremonial opening of the A-9 highway at Elephant Pass yesterday homebound soldiers board buses that will take them along the A-9 to Anuradhapura from where they were to proceed home. (Photo-Kamal Bogoda)
Water levels receding fast
Water levels at the major reservoirs are dropping at an
alarming rate and by yesterday noon the capacity was 27 per cent,
according to senior sources of the Ceylon Electricity Board.
SC orders PM, Ranil to send
names of CC nominees to President
The Supreme Court yesterday directed the Prime Minister
and the Leader of the Opposition to immediately send the names of six
nominees already selected to be appointed to the Constitutional Council to
President Rajapaksa.
The logic of Minister Pranab Mukherjee
