Although the LTTE no longer poses a conventional military threat,
the government will retain the state of emergency to facilitate
ongoing operations undertaken by intelligence services, both here
and abroad, targeting LTTE operatives. In keeping with a Defence
Ministry directive, recruitment to the armed forces and police, too,
will continue for the time being.
A senior Defence Ministry official told The Island that the
police, Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) and the Naval
intelligence had been engaged in .....
Our photograpger Nishan S. Priyantha captured
this scene at a petrol station run by the CPC in Colombo on the
first day of a three-day ‘work-to-rule’ campaign launched by UNP and
JVP trade unions. Contrary to expectation, both petrol and diesel
were available at filling stations in Colombo and its suburbs.
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