Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
The Sri Lanka Army, conscious of the well-being of the common masses whose interests are always defended at the risk of their own lives, no matter wherever they are, is once again at the forefront as one and only organ of the Armed Forces that could donate so much of blood for use of patients in the country.
THE COLOMBO FORT Magistrate and Additional District Judge Namal Bandara Balalle yesterday (21) ordered the remand of two suspects who were taken into custody in connection with the attack on the Army vehicle transporting Army Commander Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka by a LTTE woman suicide bomber on April 25, 2006. The order is valid until November 28.
Two Army Intelligence Operatives returning to their camp on a civil vehicle after an official duty in POLONNARUWA came under gunfire Tuesday (23) evening at about 5.00 p.m. from two suspected LTTE gunmen while they were traveling in MANAMPITIYA area.
A glittering and colourful tri-service Guard of Honour greeted Sri Lanka’s newly elected fifth executive President Mahinda Rajapakse on Saturday (19) minutes after he was sworn in before the Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo His Excellency, the President Mahinda Rajapakse remains the Commander-in –Chief of all three Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force).
Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Daya Sandagiri, Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Shantha Kottegoda, Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda, Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Donald Perera and Inspector General of Police Chandra Fernando paid their first courtesy call on the newly elected His Excellency, the President Mahinda Rajapakse on Wednesday (23) at Presidential Secretariat.
Soldiers of the Gemunu Watch (GW) in the Army are next in line for departure to the State of Haiti on UN Peace Keeping assignments after bidding farewell to their Regimental colleagues at Kuruwita, Ratnapura.
The “Remembrance Day Service and Parade,†an annual event that brings the memories of fallen War Heroes closer to the hearts of vast multitudes of grateful people with a red-coloured Poppy flower worn on their chests, got under way at Vihara Maha Devi Park on Sunday (13), attended by a large gathering of Parliamentarians, Diplomatic Corps, Service Chiefs, Senior officers of three Armed Forces, Members of the Ex-servicemen’s Association, next of kin of War Heroes, Representatives of the Disabled and other dignitaries.
The finals of the Inter Regiment Rugby Tournament played at the Army Headquarter Rugby grounds Monday (14) evening saw the ruggerites of Sri Lanka Army Service Corps (SLASC) emerge victorious defeating their rivals, Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR).
Officers and Other Ranks of the Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) and Sri Lanka National Guard (SLNG) recently joined hands together to launch a one-day Shramadana campaign at Military Hospital in Colombo.
The Sunday Thinakural newspaper of Sunday, 24 November 2002 has misreported by distortion of the proceedings and the recommendations made by the Ampara District Committee for De-escalation and Normalization, held in the Divisional Secretariat in Akkraipattu on 23 November 2002. Even the heading itself on Page 10 of this newspaper shows the extent of mischievousness in reporting.