Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
An unidentified gunman, suspected to be from the LTTE, has shot and killed one more Eelam People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) member and injured two anothers in the general area of BATTICALOA Wednesday (18 May 2005) around 9.15 a.m.
Final and the second contingent of Sri Lanka Army troops on UN peacekeeping mission left for Haiti on Saturday (14) after a brief ceremony that gathered next of kin of soldiers and their superiors.
Successfully completing the first-ever UN peacekeeping assignment en masse, the first batch of troops of the Army’s Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) arrived in their mother country, Friday (6) morning to a warm welcome at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo.
The commander of the Army Lieutenant General Shantha Kottegoda toured Jaffna today (20 May) on a brief official visit.
Army\'s cherished dream to secure its Rugby crown in the field shattered when Army ruggerites confronted CR and FC at Longdon Place on Sunday (23) during ongoing Inter-Club Rugby tournament.
EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR ENLISTMENT OF NEW RECRUITS TO THE SRI LANKA ARMY 2004 - (STAGE I) The deadline for recruitment of new recruits to the Sri Lanka Army has been extended up to 01 June 2004. The new round of recruitment commenced on 06 May 2004 and was scheduled to end on 25 May 2004.
Chief of Staff of the Army Major Gen S. H. S. Kottegoda WWV RWP RSP USP ndc has been appointed Overall Operational Commander (East) with immediate effect.
A visiting British delegation, headed by Mr. Simon Bond, Head of South Asia Department at the British High Commission, during their recent visit to the Jaffna peninsula called on Deputy Commander, Security Forces Jaffna, Major General D. P. S. Y Kulathunge at his office.
The Army\'s first-ever mega Multinational Platoon Exercise (MPE) on UN Peace Support Operations Training, orientated to achieve effective interoperability among participating countries, is to be ceremonially launched at the newly established camp-site at Kukuleganga on 12th June 2004.
Enthusiastic members of the public, tutorial staff and Jaffna based soldiers scotched media rumours and joined hands together recently to prepare groundwork for the re-opening of the abandoned Government\'s Tamil Mixed School in Eluthumadduval north.