Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
Mrs Sonia Kottegoda, President, Army Seva Vanitha Branch, Sri Lanka Army Headquarters, in a special message to coincide with the International Women’s Day (08th March) pays a glittering tribute to all Women Soldiers in the Army who on a par with her male counterparts, contribute to the betterment of the society. The full text is as follows:
LTTE, in what was seen as another orchestrated move to strain relations between the Security Forces and the public in Jaffna, once again went on inciting a section of mobs in the Jaffna town and its suburbs on Friday (04 March 2005) after an Army tractor caused death of a thirteen year old girl in a traffic accident near the Seylan Bank in Jaffna town.
Her Excellency, the President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, in a distinct show of her motherly spirit and great concern over the military accident in Jaffna last Friday (4) that brought untimely death to a thirteen-year old school girl, has donated a sum of Rs. 500,000 (US 4901 ) as compensation to her parents.
A test-rehearsal of the Armour Recovery Vehicles and Armour Vehicles Launched Bridge (ARV /AVLB) took place recently in Kilaly on a directive made by General Officer Commanding 55 Division Brigadier V.R De Silva.
A test-rehearsal of the Armour Recovery Vehicles and Armour Vehicles Launched Bridge (ARV /AVLB) took place recently in Kilaly on a directive made by General Officer Commanding 55 Division Brigadier V.R De Silva.
MANNAR: VALIANT TROOPS of the Sri Lanka Army struck another humiliating blow to the LTTE depriving Tigers of their bunker line west of MANTHAI Sunday (9) following forceful attacks on them using heavy weapons.
As the Sinhala & Hindu New Year is around the corner, re-born Jaffna after years of turmoil and mayhem, is all set to mark this National event on grand scale on April 13-14 as photos just taken in Jaffna suburbs amply speak.
Ministry of Defence (MOD) with concurrence of the Security Forces Commander (East), the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) and the LTTE has decided to keep all Entry/Exit points in Batticaloa and Ampara Districts closed for passenger traffic on a daily basis from 10.00 p.m. to 5.00 a.m. the following day.