MAJOR GENERAL JAGATH JAYASURIYA, Commander, Security Forces Headquarters-Wanni (SFHQ-W) on Tuesday (29), following directives given by Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, formally requested Mannar Bishop Rt Rev. Dr Rayappu Joseph to resume the custody of the most sacred Madu Shrine on total completion of Army repairs and renovation.

by: B. Muralidhar Reddy

COLOMBO: The 15th SAARC Summit, scheduled for August 2 and 3, would come out with a declaration on “food security” and deliberate on the “collective action on modalities of dealing with menace of terrorism.”

by Udara Soysa and Nilantha Illangamuwa exclusively reporting from Jaffna


(Jaffna, Sri Lanka Guardain) A team of journalists from Sri Lanka Guardian visited Jaffna peninsular this week. These journalists met with Maj General G.A. Chandrasiri, commander of security forces in Jaffna and conducted an exclusive interview with him. The team of journalists also attended a security presentation conducted by SF-J. Below is the interview:

Statement by Dr. Rohan Perera P.C , Member International law Commission, (ILC) at the 60^th Session of ILC, Geneva – 29 July 2008 – during the debate on the item Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction .