Generating more and more glimmers of hopes to the Nation in athletics, curtains fell on Thursday (28) evening on the landmark 50th anniversary Inter Regiment Athletics Championship of the Army that continued for three days at Sugathadasa National Stadium.

 

11 Sri Lanka Artillery troops serving 681 Brigade of 68 Division in the Security Force Headquarters - Mullaittivu (SFHQ-MLT) with the express intention of promoting sports among Vellamullivaikkal students, prepared a new playground with the help of Army machinery and their own labour. Financial assistance for this project was provided by FRIDSRO organization and more than 100 soldiers took part in the project under the direction of Major General L.B.R Mark, Commander, SFHQ-MLT.

Army troops serving the 681 Brigade of 68 Division under the Security Force Headquarters-Mullaittivu (SFHQ-MLT) with the sponsorship provided by Korean philanthropists,laid the cornerstone for construction of a new house for a widow with two children in the eastern Grama Seva sector of Vellamullivaikkal, Mullaittivu.......

 

 

At the invitation of the Commandant, Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) at Sapugaskanda, the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake on Friday (29) afternoon delivered a lecture to student officers, reading for passed staff college (psc) degree at Sapugaskanda DSCSC......

 

 

Several houses and plots of land, hitherto being occupied by 17 Gemunu Watch (17GW) Headquarters at Karampan, Kayts of the Security Force Headquarters - Jaffna (SFHQ-J) are to be shortly released to their legitimate owners once the new Headquarters is established in a state land, close to Araly.

 

Ambassador for Netherlands, Mr Louis Piet on Friday (29) morning, together with Defence Attache, paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake at the Commander’s office, Army Headquarters. During their cordial meeting, they exchanged views on mutual matters of interest and focused on relations that have been maintained between both countries.

Admiral D.K. Joshi PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM, ADC, Chief of Naval Staff of Indian Navy currently in Sri Lanka to attend the annual ‘Galle Dialogue - 2013’, paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake on Thursday (28) morning at Army Headquarters. Major General Jagath Dias, Adjutant General and Major General J.C. Rambukpotha, Chief of Staff Office of the Chief of Defence Staff received the visiting Navy Chief of India and ushered him.

The 50th Anniversary Inter Regiment Athletics Championship Meet - 2013, together with a grand Photo Exhibition that displays the genesis of Army athletics and its achievements, was inaugurated Tuesday (26) morning at Sugathadasa National Stadium with the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake, gracing the occasion as the  Chief Guest.

 

Colonel Stephen Laplante, Defence Advisor to High Commission of Canada on Wednesday (27) morning, called on the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake for a courtesy meeting at the Army Headquarters. During Colonel Laplante’s courtesy meeting with the Commander, a few matters of mutual interest were taken up for brief discussions.

 

Brigadier M.Z.R Sallay of Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps (SLAC) Quarter Master General, who was promoted to the rank of Major General by HE the President Mahinda Rajapaksa, together with three more senior Brigadiers, is the first Malay officer in the Army who has received this promotion. Major General Sallay after joining the Army in 1980 completed his basic military training both in India and Sri Lanka and was commissioned and posted to the Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps (SLAOC). He held various key appointments and had the rare opportunity of raising 3 SLAOC in Minneriya.......

Considerate troops of the 5 Sri Lanka Signal Corps (SLSC) of 683 Brigade Headquarters under 68 Division of the Security Force Headquarters-Mullaittivu, pocked out their own money to buy learning accessories for kids attending the Kalaimagal pre school in the Udayarkattu north, Puthukudiyarippu in Security Force Headquarters-Mullattivu......

 

300 bicycles, gifted by Singaporeans, led by Ven Bellanwila Dhammaratana Nayaka Thero, Advisor, Singapore Buddhist Library and Chief Incumbent, Bellanwila Raja Maha Viharaya, were recently distributed among rehabilitated former combatants, their children and school students in Puthukkuddiyirippu area of the Security Force Headquarters - Mullaittivu (SFHQ-MLT).

With the sponsorship of the CIMA institute, 211 Brigade under the Security Force Headquarters, Wanni (SFHQ-W) organized a one-day seminar on science to help G.C.E (O/L) students in the Vavuniya educational zone at Periyakomarshakulam Maha Vidyalaya on Tuesday (26). The event......

 

Selected 150 School Students from poverty-stricken Monaragala, Siyabalanduwa, Badalkumbura, Buttala, Wellawaya and Thanamalvila areas in the Security Force Headquarters – Central (SFHQ - C) recently received push bicycles as gifts, thanks to generosity, offered by a Singaporean delegation, headed by Ven. Bellanwila Dhammaratana Nayake Thera, Advisor.....

15 Officers and 52 Other Ranks, attached to the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps (SLAMC) on Thursday (21) received ‘Rana Sura’ medals during a brief ceremony in Panagoda Army Cantonment, headed by Major General S.H.Munasinghe, Colonel Commandant, SLAMC Medical Advisor......

 

Security Force Headquarters Wanni and 56 Division conducted several religious and relief distributions ceremonies to invoke blessings on HE the President on his birthday. Troops with patronage of Ven Bengamuwe Nalaka Thero, Patron to the Deshapremi Bhikku Front and Chief Incumbent of......

 

National record holder and former Sri Lanka captain Chaminda Wijekoon returned to his pet event, 1500m, in the evening but couldn't cross the finishing line in his usual position as Lionel Samarajeewa (SLEME) beat him in the final amidst a huge roar of the crowd on the final day of the Golden Jubilee Army Athletics Championship concluded at the Sugathdasa Stadium yesterday.

 

Major General L.W.C.B.B Rajaguru,  Director General Infantry recently made an inspection tour to Battalion Training Schools of 61, 52, 55 Division Headquarters during 25-26 November. During the visit, the Director General Infantry closely looked at training modules and schedules of 25 Battalion of Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI), 10 Battalion of Sri Lanka National Guard and 18 (V) SLLI.

Troops of 222, 223 and 224 Brigades under Security Force Headquarters East (SFHQ-E) recently conducted several humanitarian projects in order to help civilians with economic constraints. 3 Sri Lanka National Guard (SLNG) troops under 223 Brigade provided lunch for 40 kids at ‘Sathyapalar pre-school’ in Koralipattu South on 11 November. Similarly, 50 dry ration packs to pregnant women in Hingurakgoda, 55 dry ration packs to pregnant women in Thissapura.....