Posters warn SLA collaborators

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 September 1998, 20:01 GMT]
Posters warning persons with purported connections with the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) have appeared in several parts of Jaffna since last Friday Sept. 11 said sources in the northern town today.
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Jaffna airline offices close

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 September 1998, 13:10 GMT]
An airline office in Jaffna closed up for business today following a note it had received from the Liberation Tigers said sources.
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Deserter arrested for homicide

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 September 1998, 10:48 GMT]
An army deserter is reported to have been arrested for trying to commit homicide recently in Navala, in the police district of Akmimana.
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News in Brief

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 15 September 1998, 20:19 GMT]
A landmine severely wounded a woman in Jaffna today, six convicts escape from Kalutara prison, and a Sinhala newspaper claims the LTTE may strike in Colombo.
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Jaffna Mayor's funeral held

[TamilNet, Monday, 14 September 1998, 13:23 GMT]
Reports from Jaffna said that the cortege of the slain Jaffna Mayor Pon Sivapalan was slowly winding its way through the streets of Jaffna to the Kombayan Manal cemetry.
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MP demands share of budget

[TamilNet, Sunday, 13 September 1998, 16:35 GMT]
Dr.M. Illiyas, MP of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) and several of his supporters began a protest fast today in Puttalam 142 kilometers north of Colombo demanding that the leader of the EPDP, Douglas Devananda, should release funds due to him from the decentralised budget for Jaffna.
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Jaffna bound illicit liquor seized

[TamilNet, Saturday, 12 September 1998, 15:42 GMT]
Officials of Sri Lankan Excise department seized 166 cases of illicit liquor when they raided the Mercs Wadduwa, a cargo ship that was about to set sail to Jaffna today.
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Mayor's funeral to be in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Friday, 11 September 1998, 20:56 GMT]
TULF sources said that Jaffna Mayor Pon Sivapalan's body will be cremated in Jaffna according to his wishes contrary to earlier reports that the funeral was to take place in Colombo. They said that his wife Thavamalar had conveyed his wish. His body will be kept in his house in Siththankerni tomorrow and later at his residence in Jaffna town said sources close to the TULF in the north.
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Jaffna Mayor succumbs to injuries

[TamilNet, Friday, 11 September 1998, 10:19 GMT]
Sri Lankan Police sources in Jaffna confirmed that the Jaffna Mayor Pon Sivapalan who was critically wounded in the explosion this morning in Nallur died at the Jaffna hospital around 12.45 p.m.
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Eighteen killed in Jaffna blast

[TamilNet, Friday, 11 September 1998, 06:49 GMT]
Sources in Jaffna said that a massive explosion this morning at the Jaffna Municipal council office had killed 18 people including senior members of the Sri Lankan security forces. The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) confirmed that Jaffna town commander, Brigadier Susantha Mendis and his Principal Staff Officer (PSO), Captain Ramanayaka, were killed in the blast.
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PeaceAir buys Jumbo jet

[TamilNet, Thursday, 10 September 1998, 11:18 GMT]
PeaceAir, a fledgling Sri Lankan airline, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Boeing for the purchase of a 747-400 passenger jet, the aircraft manufacturer said in a press release Wednesday. The memorandum to acquire the "combi" version of the Jumbo jet was signed at the Farnborough Air Show currently being held in Britain.
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Mob attacks Muslim homes

[TamilNet, Thursday, 10 September 1998, 05:30 GMT]
Muslim homes and shops were set on fire yesterday night in Kumbukgeta and Kiripitiya in the Kurunagala district by a mob led by a local Sinhala politician.
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UNP MP interrogated for Vanni visit

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 09 September 1998, 22:11 GMT]
The UNP member of Parliament, Dr.Jayalath Jayawardana, whose controversial visit to the Vanni has created rumblings in the government, was interrogated this evening in Colombo by Police officers.
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Legislation to shape sexual morality

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 09 September 1998, 22:10 GMT]
The Sri Lankan government sought the views of the public today to formulate legislation to safeguard the country's morals.
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CWC leader on arrest warrant

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 09 September 1998, 13:55 GMT]
The Colombo district court judge Sarath Ambepitiya issued warrants this morning for the arrest of the senior Sri Lankan cabinet Minister and leader of the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC), Mr.Soumiyamoorthy Thondaman and his grand son Arumugan Thondaman, the secretary of the CWC.
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Athulathmudali assassination suspect arrested

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 09 September 1998, 13:49 GMT]
Police sources in Anuradhapura, 206 kilometres northeast of Colombo, said that the head of the local unit of the newly formed Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) was arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of Lalith Athulathmudali, the powerful national security minister in the UNP regime.
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Deserter shot dead

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 09 September 1998, 13:44 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Police at Raagama, on the outskirts of Colombo, shot dead an Air Force deserter at around 1.00 a.m this morning.
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Two people missing after arrest

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 09 September 1998, 13:41 GMT]
"My family is very poor, and my husband, Poopalapillai (41), used to work for daily wages, until he left for Saudi Arabia two months ago for a better paid job. I wouldn't have sent my son to Colombo if I knew his fate would be like this", says 35 year old Arulampikai, a mother of three, after failing to find the whereabouts of her son, Poopalapillai Suthakaran (18).
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Hindu idols recovered from soldiers

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 08 September 1998, 19:41 GMT]
The Sri Lankan Police at Paliyagoda, a suburb of Colombo north, arrested four SLA personnel yesterday who were attempting to sell ancient Tamil religious idols to an antique dealer.
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Canadian family formally detained

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 08 September 1998, 11:21 GMT]
Sources in Puttalam said today that the Canadian Tamil family which was arrested in the northwestern town was produced at the Chilaw courts and a Detention Order (DO) has been issued on them.
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