Jaffna: THE Army victory over POONERYN received a mammoth recognition in the JAFFNA peninsula when several hundreds of jubilant civilians on Monday (17) took to streets waving National Flags and shouting slogans against Tiger terrorists.  Cheering people lined up along JAFFNA town streets to watch the fleet of three-wheelers with fluttering National Flags atop and marching civilians in glee. Many youngsters while dancing to the tunes of base drums requested the troops to capture KILINOCHCHI as early as possible without letting Tigers to cripple normalcy in other areas of the country.  

Some energetic young men heralded the victory bursting fire-crackers as the procession with three-wheelers and civilians wended its way across JAFFNA streets. Police had to divert traffic on congested roads as the crowd and the vehicles joining the procession swelled.    

 Jaffna: SEVENTEEN more civilians tired of living under the jackboot of the LTTE in un-cleared PARANTHAN areas finally exited and arrived in cleared areas of VIDATTALPALAI in JAFFNA Monday (17) morning.

The group on two dinghies included four little girls, one little boy, five males and seven women. There were three teenage boys among the males. 

The BOI granted investment approval to Statesman Hats (Private) Limited for a project to manufacture hats, caps, headwear and head dresses for export. Mr. Dhammika Perera, Chairman / Director General signed the agreement and formally presented the BOI Certificate of Registrations to the investors.

The company will establish the production facility in Wattala and is expected to export their products to markets in Europe, United States, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.