A roadside bomb blast and clashes between soldiers and Tamil Tiger guerrillas across Sri Lanka’s volatile north have killed 29 people, the country’s military said today.

A battle raging in northern Sri Lanka between government troops and Tamil rebels has killed 185 combatants over the past six days, government officials said today.

Sri Lanka’s military has lost 28 soldiers in three days of artillery attacks as it advanced on Tamil Tiger rebel strongholds, officials said today.

A landmine explosion has killed 11 soldiers and wounded five others in northern Sri Lanka.