Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
POLICE AFTER RELEASING the identification foto (see at left) of the suspect wanted in connection with LTTE’s attempted murder of former Pakistan’s High Commissioner in Colombo- 3 seeks public assistance to trace the whereabouts of the suspect, who is also the owner of the three-wheeler used for the explosion.
“Washington Times†of 25th August 2006, in its second editorial titled “Nabbing Tigers within a week†while hailing Tamil Tiger (LTTE) arrests in Canada and USA as an essential crackdown to bring the terrorists back to a negotiating table, wants money supplies to LTTE be cut off if peace was to return to Sri Lanka.
SECRETARY DEFENCE MR. GOTABHAYA RAJAPAKSA, on an invitation extended to him by the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, paid a visit to the Regimental Headquarters of Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment at Ambepussa Friday (01).
An LTTE camp in the general un-cleared area of PILLUMALAI, about 35 km southwest of BATTICALOA had allegedly come under attack believed to be from a breakaway group of the LTTE on 07 September 2004 around 10.30 p.m.
Chief of the Naval Staff, India Admiral Arun Prakash PVSM AVSM VrC VSM ADC who is currently on a goodwill visit to Sri Lanka paid a courtesy call on the Acting Commander of the Army, Major General A. M. C. W. B. Seneviratne on Monday (13) morning at his office at the Army Headquarters.
An attempt to grab a T-56 weapon of a Home Guard by an unidentified group of men was foiled in the general area of KANTALE during small hours on Monday (13 September 2004) when the Home Guard retaliated in self-defence, killing one of the intruders on the spot.
The Team Championship in the recently-held Inter-Regiment Practical Pistol-shooting Competition organized by the Army’s Small Arms Association was won by the elite Army Commandos. But the overall championship (open section), went to Sergeant P. A.C Prasad of the Gajaba Regiment.
Exploration of the possibilities of re-settling displaced persons in Jaffna peninsula and how the international community could help in this direction, etc were among a few issues that were taken up by Mrs. Susan Th-Blankhart, Ambassador for Netherlands in Sri Lanka when she met Brigadier D. M. D Alwis, (Brigadier, General Staff) recently at Security Forces Headquarters, Jaffna.
Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Daya Sandagiri, VSV, USP rcds, MSc (DS), psc, FCMI, who takes on the mantle of the office of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) today (15th September 2004), is the first Naval Chief to be elevated to this key appointment in the history of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces.
Differently able wheel-chaired soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army, for the first time in the history of Wheelchair Tennis Championship Tournament abroad, brought honour and prestige to their motherland Sri Lanka at the recently ended Wheelchair Tennis Thai Open 2002 Tournament in Pattaya, Bangkok after bagging several trophies in major events.