Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
The Army, the biggest organization of great renown in Sri Lanka celebrated its 56th Birthday today (10th October) to coincide with the Army Day at Army Headquarters under the aegis of Army Commander Lieutenant General Shantha Kottegoda.
‘DETERMINED DARED AND DONE,’ the epithet that sums up the qualities of a soldier once again came to the fore when the Army’s differently able soldiers on Thursday (20) joined hands together at Army Headquarters grounds, Colombo to show their colours in sports.
The fifth battalion of Sri Lanka National Guard (5 SLNG) was adjudged the Best battalion of all 21 battalions of the SLNG in terms of its performance and carried away the trophy awarded to them during a grand ceremony on Sunday (23) at Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH).
VAVUNIYA: AN IDENTIFIED LTTE position posing a great threat to the Forward Defence Line (FDL) at PERIYATHAMPANE in VAVUNIYA was shelled by Air Force fighter jets this morning (25) around 9.45 a.m.
BATTICALOA: A NINETEEN year old youth was shot dead by Tiger pistol men Thursday (25) morning at about 8.00 a.m. on a road closer to his residence in the general area of MAVADIVEMBU in BATTICALOA.
GAMPAHA: ON INFORMATION given by a civilian, Police recovered one bag containing four hand grenades from the KADAWATHA town area this morning (25) around 6.45 a.m.
Major General Karl Eikenberry, Director for Strategic Planning and Policy, US Pacific Command along with three more senior US Army Officers was in Jaffna on Friday (22) during an official visit to Sri Lanka.
THE CEREMONIAL OPENING of the modern state-of-the-art multi-storeyed courts complex in Jaffna is historic not only for Jaffna but to all Sri Lankans, Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva PC said. He was speaking after opening the Jaffna Courts Complex on Wednesday. Judicial officers of the Jaffna District, Senior and Junior members of the Jaffna Bar and senior citizens of the Jaffna district participated.
THE MEDIA SPOKESMAN for National Security, Honorable Minister Keheliya Rambukwella held a Media briefing at the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) this morning (26). He stated that at the media briefing at the MCNS on 22nd morning he reminded that he had stated whatever information that was available at the time regarding the LTTE Terrorist attack on the Anuradhapura Air Force Base. He reminded that the LTTE Terrorist attack was around 3.05 am and what he proposed today was to discuss any matters arising from what was told at the earlier briefing as there were some misgivings in some quarters of the media that the information given was not only withheld but was also untrue.
The \"Ranaviru Upakara-Upahara Flag Day\" orgainzed under the auspices of the Army Seva Vanitha Unit (ASVU) headed by Mrs Soniya Kottegoda, President, ASVU got under way on Wednesday (27) after Mrs Kottegoda pinned the first flag on Prime Minister Hon. Mahinda Rajapakse at Temple Trees.