Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
The remarkable and spectacular performance of the Army Sports Club, in the Caltex inter-club A division league Rugby tournament played at Galle Face ground on Sunday (13), staged a comeback beating Havelocks SC by 33 points to 25.
Major General A. M. C.W.B Seneviratne assumed duties on Friday as new Chief of Staff of the Army after a brief ceremony at his office in the Army Headquarters.
Sri Lanka\'s first-ever international seminar for Military Officers from Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs), organized by United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Oiperations (UNDPKO), closed its sessions on Wednesday (16) after successfully covering a wide spectrum of related subjects.
THE NEW INSPECTOR GENERAL of Police Jayantha Wickremaratne stressed yesterday that his aim was to build an honourable, disciplined and respectable Police Department.
WHATEVER INTERPRETATIONS are given by certain sections of the media and various individuals to the struggle launched by LTTE terrorists for more than three decades to carve out a potion of the country for themselves, the Government is not prepared to enter a ceasefire agreement with Prabhakaran, said Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka.
PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA urged the international community to understand the reality and the motive of the Government’s humanitarian operations to liberate the North, in cognisance of the ‘Eastern Renaissance’ enjoyed by the Eastern polity now.
PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA urged the international community to understand the reality and the motive of the Government’s humanitarian operations to liberate the North, in cognisance of the ‘Eastern Renaissance’ enjoyed by the Eastern polity now.
SRI LANKA’S ARMY chief Sarath Fonseka said on Monday the LTTE had \"lost the capability to fight as a conventional force\" due to the relentless \"overall military strategy\" since August 2006.