Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
Mr. Alexey Shebarshin, Ambassador for Russia with Mr. Alexander N. Komissarov, Second Secretary for the Russian Embassy was recently on tour to the Jaffna peninsula in order to take account of the ground realities.
AMPARA: ON INFORMATION GIVEN BY A CIVILIAN IN KALMUNAI AREA, the Police have recovered a claymore mine along with a detonator and 50 meters of flexible wire hidden inside a bush from PANDIRIPPU-NAYAPATTAMUNA road around 11.30 a.m. on Saturday (24).
VAVUNIYA: LTTE TERRORISTS SHOT and killed two Army soldiers on picket duties at KURUMANKADU on VAVUNIYA-MANNAR road Saturday (24) around 2.15.p.m.. The two soldiers, Private K.G. RUKMAN WARNAKULASOORIYA and Private D.M DISSANAYAKE died due to LTTE pistol firing. A cordon and search operation is in progress. The dead bodies were taken to the VAVUNIYA hospital. The VAVUNIYA Police are conducting investigations.
Deputy Minister of Defence and Minister of Buddha Sasana, Public Security, Law and Order Hon. Rathnasiri Wickremanayake arrived at the Army Headquarters (AHQ) Thursday (24) morning on a formal visit.
The Commander of the Army has approved the cessation of appointments / attachments and new appointments / attachments of the under mentioned Senior Officers with effect from dates stated against their names.
They were subsequently to join different regiments and battalions of the Sri Lanka Army Regular Force and Volunteer Force. In addition, two Officer Cadets from Bangladesh, who also received their training at the SLMA also passed out on the same occasion while their High Commissioner for Sri Lanka looked on. They are to leave for their motherland to join Bangladesh Security Forces after this graduation.
MANNAR: ADVANCING ARMY TROOPS, now at the forefront of dominating terrorist-held un-cleared areas in the northern MANNAR sector gained further territory today (26) after capturing one segment of the ANDANKULAM - VIDATTALATIVU road amidst heavy resistance of the retreating Tiger terrorists.
COLOMBO: DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE SRI LANKA ARMY, MAJOR GENERAL PARAMI KULATUNGE and three others were killed when an LTTE suicide bomber on a motorcycle exploded himself around 7.45 a.m. today (26) close to PANNIPITYA junction, about 17 km away from Colombo City.
MAJOR GENERAL DVSY KULATUNGE RSP USP ndc psc, Commandant Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Forces (SLAVF) has been appointed by the Commander of the Army to overlook duties of the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCoS), who was killed in the suicidal bomb explosion on Monday (26). In addition to the office of the DCoS, Major General Kulatunge is to overlook duties as Adjutant General until further notice.
THE NEWLY APPOINTED Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Air Chief Marshal Donald Perera, in the company of Major General N. Mallawaarachchi, Chief of Staff of the Army, was in Jaffna on Monday (26) on a fact-finding mission vis a vis security measures in the peninsula. The visiting military team at Security Forces Headquarters in Jaffna held a brief discussion with Divisional Commanders of 51 and 52 Divisions, Rear Admiral J.H.U. Ranaweera, Naval Commander for North, Mr. H.M.B. Ambanwela, Deputy Inspector General of the Police and other Senior Officers with a view to taking stock of security developments.