Former Minister Anura Bandaranayake passed away

Former Minister Anura Bandaranayake passed away at his Colombo residence on Sunday, 16 March 2008. The former Speaker and Opposition had been suffering a prolonged illness.

Mr. Bandaranayake, son of two Prime Ministers, S.W. R.D. Bandaranaike and Sirimavo Bandaranaike and the brother of Sri Lanka's first woman President, Chandrika Kumaratunga was a colourful politician who was first elected to Parliament in 1977 at the age of 27.

Sri Lanka Air Base comes under attack by LTTE Terrorists

Several small groups of LTTE carders and a light air plane started an attack on Sri Lankan air base at Anuradhapura at about 3.20am (22 October).
According to officials, a MI 24 helicoper and a K8 air craft have severely damaged. Another Bell 212 helicoter has crached in to a jungle near Mihinthale along with two pilots and two gunmans. Officials say this is due to a technical fault of the helicopter.