With the end of three decades long Eelam war against the LTTE, the army has now re-deployed in the Northern and Eastern Provinces under five Security Forces Headquarters with a sizeable force in reserve to meet any eventuality.
Of the five SF commands, two at Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu have been set up recently as part of post-LTTE re-deployment plan.
Shadow boxing at
Lanka-Japan Friendship Association
An attempt to amend the Constitution of the Lanka-Japan
Friendship Association allegedly to accommodate top lawyer Daya
Wettasinghe as a vice patron of the association was thwarted at Friday’s
AGM held at Sasakawa Hall.
TNA MPs to decide on
meeting with President
With the decimation of the LTTE, Tamil National Alliance
(TNA) parliamentarians have had a change of heart and is mulling over
whether they should meet with President Mahinda Rajapaksa to ascertain
his stand on the IDPs and the future of the Tamil community in Sri
Lanka, Tamil political sources said.
