In brief

LTTE bunker defences pounded

According to military reports received from the Jaffna theatre of operation last morning, troops had continued to pound identified LTTE bunker defences in Ponnar, Muhamalai and Nagarkovil areas during Friday’s counter terror operations.

IT Park to be set up

An Information Technology (IT) Park will be set up in Sri Lanka by the Indian Real State Major PS Group in a joint venture with the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) and Infinity Park Ltd.

Lanka hails Thai cooperation

Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama met Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej at the Government House in Bangkok on Friday and expressed Sri Lanka’s appreciation of the current positive security and intelligence cooperation with Thailand on the basis of the bilateral agreement.

Faster train service

India has agreed to provide financial assistance to upgrade the Southern Railway Line from Colombo to Matara using funds pledged for tsunami recovery activities, on a request by the Government.

Electronic items seized

A Toronto man was arrested in Sri Lanka after police seized an array of electronics, including heat-seeking devices, that were shipped from Canada.

Lankan accepts blood money

The wife of a Sri Lankan worker - who was allegedly stabbed to death in a frenzied attack - has accepted an offer of QR20,000 blood money from the family of the accused.

In a statement submitted to a Doha Court, the mother of two said she would not be seeking further compensation.

SOS: Cancer patient

Twenty-six year old Mrs. K. A. Dilhani Tharanga Ariyawansa of 20, Dewalalandawatta, Kirindigolla, Ibbagamuwa who was suffering from abdominal cancer underwent surgery at Peradeniya Teaching Hospital by Consultant Oncologist Dr. Sarath Wattegama.

For further medication she needs around Rs. 1,200 per a day. To get cured avoiding further surgery she needs Rs. 127,680. She is not in a position to meet this amount with her husband, a daily paid manual employee with no other source of income. She seeks the assistance from the generous public to send in their contributions to A/c No. 207-2-001-5-8525038 of the People’s Bank, Ibbagamuwa branch.