Resettlement plans for Madhu refugees

[TamilNet, Saturday, 15 May 1999, 10:21 GMT]
The Army Chief of Staff and the Commander for the Vanni region, Major GeneralLionel Balagalle, told local reporters yesterday that the army is making arrangements to establish civil administration in areas of the Vanni recently captured by the SLA. He said several military officials have been appointed for the purpose.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Friday, 14 May 1999, 19:28 GMT]
Jaffna lawyers to appear in criminal cases; Four Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers killed in confrontation and Forty-four arrests in Colombo.
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NGO official suspects government intentions

[TamilNet, Thursday, 13 May 1999, 21:59 GMT]
Ervin Bulathsinhala, the Secretary General of the Sri Lanka Red Cross, saidat a press conference today that the Red Cross needed the assistance of the government, the public and the mass media in order to carry out its humanitarian work.
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MoD announces new LTTE training programme

[TamilNet, Thursday, 13 May 1999, 21:57 GMT]
A statement released by the Ministry of Defence today said that the LTTE had started a new military training programme in the Vanni that would "not only to replenish cadres lost in confrontation but also provide a ready bank of recruits."
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Navy opens fire on fishermen

[TamilNet, Thursday, 13 May 1999, 21:55 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) shot at two fishermen off the Pesalai coast this morning, said sources. Thirunaavukarasu Mariyadas (46) and Pethuru Yesu Pavaliyappar (35) are from Thevanpiddy, a fishing village near Vellaankulam in the LTTE held areas of the areas of the Vanni.
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Exchange of bodies through ICRC

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 12 May 1999, 17:24 GMT]
(CORRECTION) The Liberation Tigers and the Sri Lanka Army exchanged the bodies of soldiers killed in action through the International Committee of the Red Cross.
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Man shot dead in Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 12 May 1999, 16:05 GMT]
An unidentified man of about 25 years was shot dead by the Police at the outer circular road near the Chinthaamani Pillayar Kovil in Vavuniya town at around 11.40 am today.
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Further clashes in the Vanni

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 12 May 1999, 16:04 GMT]
The Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio said in its morning transmission today that two Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers and a LTTE member were killed in confrontations at Oddusuddan in the Vanni region yesterday.
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LTTE and SLA clash at Amban

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 11 May 1999, 12:29 GMT]
The Liberation Tigers and the Sri Lanka Army clashed at Amban in Vadamaradchi east at around 7 p.m. yesterday evening. Sources said that the fighting lasted for almost an hour.
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Four STF commandos killed

[TamilNet, Monday, 10 May 1999, 16:27 GMT]
Four Special Task Force Comandos (STF) were killed and nine wounded when the Liberation Tigers attacked the STF camp at Kurukkalputhukulam in Poovarasankulam on the Vavuniya-Mannar road, about 30 km. west of Vavuniya at around 5 p.m. this evening.
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Passage through Uyilankulam checkpoint restricted

[TamilNet, Sunday, 09 May 1999, 04:29 GMT]
A large number of civilians were refused entry into the SLA controlled area of Mannar by security forces manning the Uylankulam checkpoint yesterday, said residents who arrived in Vavuniya yesterday evening.
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News in Brief:

[TamilNet, Saturday, 08 May 1999, 11:54 GMT]
Families move for airforce expansion; Army Captain accused of selling explosives; EPDP leader calls for NEPC elections, Mylanthanai massacre hearing postponed and LTTE shells SLA camp.
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New development programme for Northeast

[TamilNet, Friday, 07 May 1999, 18:15 GMT]
Sources at the Northeast Provincial Council (NEPC) said that an agreement to implement a World Bank agricultural development programme for the Northeast will be signed in Washington in July once it has been approved by the President, Chandrika Kumaratunga.
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SLA starts recruitment drive

[TamilNet, Thursday, 06 May 1999, 23:34 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Army Chief of Staff and the Commander for the Vanni region, Major General Lionel Balagalle, has called for 3000 youths from all communities in the Vanni to join the army and restore law and order in the country by bringing an end to the war.
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Former EPRLF Chief Minister visits Vavuniya

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 05 May 1999, 15:06 GMT]
Mr. Varatharajaperumal, former Chief Minister of the Northeast Provincial Council visited Vavuniya today and had discussions with the Senior Superintendent of Police and Government Agent (GA) regarding the situation there, sources said.
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STF accused of assaulting young widow

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 04 May 1999, 18:34 GMT]
The Forum for Human Dignity has complained to the Secretary of the Anti-Harassment Committee that a twenty eight year old young Tamil widow had been harassed by some members of the Special Task Force (STF) stationed at Karativu in the Batticaloa district on April 25.
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SLAF, LTTE clash in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 04 May 1999, 18:05 GMT]
The south-western outskirts of Batticaloa town were rocked by heavy gunfire around 10 p.m. today. A member of the Raazeek Group, a Tamil unit of the Sri Lanka Army said that a group of Liberation Tigers who had infiltrated through the high security zone near the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) base had opened fire on an Forward Defence Locality (FDL) near Vidaththalmunai, close to the lagoon.
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Eleven Tigers killed in sea battle

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 04 May 1999, 18:00 GMT]
Eleven Tigers, including a Lt.Col, were killed in a sea battle between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan Navy which took place in the seas off the Mullaithivu coast on Saturday, May 1, said the Voice of Tigers in its night news bulletin today.
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Jaffna paper condemns SLA recruitment

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 04 May 1999, 14:28 GMT]
Uthayan, the only daily published in Jaffna criticised in its editorial today the Sri Lanka Army's (SLA) attempt to recruit Tamil youth. It described the recruitment drive as an insidious a plot against the Tamils. The SLA advertised in the paper yesterday calling on the youth of Jaffna to join its ranks.
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Fisherman killed

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 04 May 1999, 10:17 GMT]
A Muslim fisherman was killed when a Sri Lanka Navy patrol boat opened fire on a group of boats fishing three miles off the Mutur jetty in the sea south of Trincomalee this morning around 5.45 a.m.
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