The best indication of a terrorist outfit's failure to get out of a cul-de-sac it fights its way into is its offer of a truce. When it is strong and cocky, it doesn't give a tinker's damn about peace; it unleashes hell on others. But, when it sees the writing on the wall, it waves an olive branch tied to a gun barrel hoping that its enemies would fall for the trick… A ceasefire is the only hope for the LTTE, which is being encircled in the Wanni. The history of its armed struggle shows it sues for peace every five or six years to gain a boost for its war effort

–– The Island editorial comment, A carnivore's offer to be herbivorous, on July 14, 2008.

Air Force spokesman Wing Commander Janaka Nanayakkara speaking to defence.lk said that 22 LTTE suicide bombers (Black Tigers ) were killed in the air raid carried out this morning (July 22) at the Uddayarkattukulam LTTE camp.

The sacred statue of 'Our Lady of Madhu' was brought Tuesday, at 11.10a.m., into the liberated area, across the Omanthai Entry/Exit point following consistent appeals made by the Catholic community, all Sri Lankans and the international community for its immediate release from the clutches of LTTE.

by: Qadri Ismail

The university is the basis of the intellectual life of a country. Its influence is meant to percolate through its graduates to the wider public domain that a critical consciousness might be maintained in the greater interests of the nation. The last thing a university is meant to do is conform. That eventuality would be an indication of a lack of freedom in the society which gave it birth; it would also mean that the university had reneged on its duty to that same society.