News: Military

09/21/2011 | The Hindu
The Pattali Makkal Katchi has criticised the Navy's plan to hold joint exercises with its Sri Lankan counterpart.
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05/25/2011 | BBC
The UNP accuse the government of promoting state terrorism. The opposition party also blamed the ruling party of being responsible for the deaths of thousands
05/24/2011 | Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka Supreme Court to consider all petitions against leadership training on the same day
04/02/2011 | Daily Mirror
A group of 206 LTTE cadres who surrendered to the security forces during the military conflict in the North and the East were released yesterday after being rehabilitated for one and half years. They were residents of Vavuniya, Kilinochchi , Mullativu and Jaffna Districts. Additional Secretary to the Minister of Rehabilitation and Prisons P.W. Kodippili was the chief guest at yesterday’s ceremony at the Vavuniya cultural centre.
03/13/2011 | BBC
An international human rights watchdog has called on over 50 invited countries to boycott a conference aimed at sharing Sri Lanka's war experience.
03/03/2011 | Daily Mirror
The Attorney General today made an undertaking in Supreme Court to suspend the forced registration of residents in North by the military.
02/13/2011 | University World News
Sri Lanka's universities have been embroiled in controversy over a Ministry of Higher Education announcement that some 20,000 students will receive training each year at military bases in order to learn 'soft skills'.
01/27/2011 | Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : Gang terrorized Sri Lanka\'s northern city of Jaffna arrested (Sri Lanka - latest news stories and top headlines)
01/24/2011 | The Age
AUSTRALIA is under pressure to reject Sri Lanka's choice of a senior military commander as its next top envoy in Canberra over a war crimes controversy dating from Sri Lanka's grisly civil war with Tamil separatists.
11/12/2010 | Express Buzz
COLOMBO: Maj Gen Mahinda Hathurusinghe, commander of the Sri Lankan army in Jaffna peninsula, is the only South Asian to be awarded the prestigious Gusi Peace Prize this year.