Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
As part of its ongoing health awareness programmes of the Sri Lanka Army, a seminar on prevention of HIV/AIDS was conducted for Senior Officers at Galle Face Hotel, Colombo on 28 (Friday) morning.
Troops of the Sri Lanka Army joined hands with thousands of tsunami- affected victims and mourners in Sri Lanka on Wednesday (26) in a monumental religious observance held at Panagoda Bodhirajaramaya (Army temple) where merits were transferred to the dead and blessings invoked on those bereaving and displaced. One hundred and twelve Officers and Other Ranks of the Armed Forces and the Police died in the tragedy in addition to twelve personnel who had hitherto gone missing.
I HAVE WRITTEN a number of letters to you with good intentions but there had been no response for any one of them either from you or from anybody else on your behalf. It is very unfortunate that without taking any of my advice or warnings seriously you and your cadres continue with your atrocious activities without realizing the immense harm and the damage you cause the Tamil people whom you claim to be solely represented by you and to the poor innocent Sinhala village folk who mind their own business without coming into any confrontation with you and your cadres.
THE RESPECTED military website Strategy Page commented yesterday that there is a surge in recruitment to the Army which has recorded several impressive victories. It said nearly 400 LTTE cadres have been killed in the last two weeks.
WANNI: & MANNAR: ONGOING OFFENSIVES of the troops in MANNAR and MULLAITHIVU districts received a further boost this afternoon (21) when two Sri Lankan Air Force sorties shelled LTTE gun positions, from where the terrorists were directing artillery and other heavy fire towards the troops.
WANNI & EAST: A LARGE STOCK of LTTE weapons, ammunition rounds and other explosive items, kept hidden in the general area of SIVAPURAM, VAVUNIYA were recovered during a combined search operation of the Army, Police and STF (Special Task Force) Tuesday (19) at about 1.00 p.m..
VAVUNIYA: FOUR MORE LTTE dead bodies were delivered to the ICRC by the Security Forces (SF) this afternoon (21) at VAVUNIYA hospital.
Sri Lanka Army’s ongoing de-mining role in former war-affected areas received a further boost on Tuesday (15) when the Norwegian People’s Aid (Norsk Folk Hjelp) organization through Japanese finance assistance, donated a modern MV 4 Mini Flail Machine to the Army, designed to accelerate the Army’s de-mining output.
Lt. General Shantha Kottegoda, Commander of the Army after his hectic day’s programme at Saliyapura on Friday (11) where he opened the new Swimming Pool complex, took time off to meet a cross section of his troops at Kok-Eliya and Bogoda under Wanni Security Forces Headquarters.
The much-needed Swimming Pool for hydrotherapy healing practices of thousands of disable soldiers of the Gajaba Regiment at Saliyapura, Anuradhapura, gifted by well-known philanthropist Mr Mahinda Ramanayake, following an initiative spearheaded by then Centre Commandant Gajaba Regiment, Colonel Sumedha Perera, was ceremonially opened on Friday (11) and dedicated to those Guardians of the Nation in the Gajaba Regiment.