Sri Lanka Armed Forces to launch:

Biggest ever rescue operation

The Sri Lankan military is to expedite the world’s largest hostage rescue operation where the LTTE terrorists keep over 70,000 civilians in a small patch of land less than 20 square kilo metres, the Army Commander Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka said.

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Sri Lanka envoy briefs US legislators

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States continued a series of briefings on Capitol Hill last week as government forces cornered Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam militants in northern Sri Lanka.

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In response to ANCL invitation:

Lahore hero coming today

Meher Mohammad Khalil, the driver of the coach that drove the Sri Lankan cricket team to safety when they came under terrorist fire on March 3, 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan is arriving in Colombo this evening on the invitation of the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon (ANCL) Ltd.

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Record passport, visa revenue

The revenue of the Department of Immigration and Emigration has increased by a record amount of over 178 million last year. The department’s total revenue for 2008 was Rs. 3,698,522,201 while in the previous year they were able to collect only Rs. 3,519,624,717.

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Golden Key scam:

Police uncover more deals

The Golden Key Credit Card Company scam is now being investigated by a special police team to determine how a colossal sum of money amounting to Rs. 5,904 million have been siphoned off to float 62 sub companies during the past few years. Several of these companies have become defunct over the years and a few are functioning, Police sources told the Sunday Observer.

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