Gallantry awards were presented to a batch of war heroes who sacrificed their lives in the battle front. In the picture: The wife and the child of late Major Chandana Kumara Gnanaratne of the HQ11 Division of the Sri Lanka Army walk away with the Gallantry Award presented posthumously to Major Gnanaratne during the ceremony held at Maharagama NYSC on Monday. - Picture by T.D.Sirisena.

Public condemn attempt on PM's life

Political parties, community leaders and the public at large yesterday condemned the LTTE's attempt on the Prime Minister's life and urged national leaders to adopt extra security measures at this critical juncture.
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SAARC will support UN in fight against terrorism - President Kumaratunga

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga who is also the Chairperson of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) issuing a statement yesterday said that the member States of SAARC will extend their fullest cooperation to the UN Security Council in implementing its important resolutions against terrorism.
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LTTE trying to destabilise democracy - President

President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, who is on a short working visit to London, said Monday's bomb attack in Colombo was the latest outrage in the Tamil Tiger terror campaign that had been trying to destabilise democracy in Sri Lanka for nearly twenty years.
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Attempt on PM's life: No protest from UNP

by Ravi Ladduwahetty

The UNP's links with the LTTE is further evidenced by the second assassination attempt on a Sri Lankan Head of State at election time within a span of 22 months, SLFP General Secretary and Minister of Mahaweli Development and Parliamentary Affairs Maithripala Sirisena told a news conference at Visumpaya yesterday.
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Bomb blast: Death toll rises to five

by Bharatha Malawaraarachchi

The death toll in Monday's suicide bomb blast at Chitra Lane, Narahenpita rose to five yesterday with another civilian succumbing to his injuries at the Intensive Care Unit of the Colombo National hospital.
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