Defender of the Nation
Defender of the Nation
Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Shantha Kottegoda laid the foundation stone for an orthodontic complex on 16th Friday morning amidst the chanting of seth-pirith in the presence of senior officers of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps at Army Headquarters in Colombo.
The third Sri Lankan contingent, earmarked for departure for UN Peace Keeping Missions in Haiti shortly comprises service personnel from all three services, the Army, Navy and Air Force.
Funeral (Jananza) of the Tamil Tiger slain soldier of the Sri Lanka Army Lance Corporal Mohammed Pichchei Mohammed Razeek took place at Madampitiya Muslim burial grounds on Saturday (10 September) morning in keeping with Islamic funeral rites.
Renovated Non Commissioned Officers’ (NCO) Mess of the 1st Regiment Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps (SLAMC) was opened on 8 September 2005 in the Army Headquarters premises after it was provided with new facilities and other requirements.
Brigadier Nalin Witharanage assumed duties as Military Spokesman and Director of Media, effective from Thursday (22).
New Navy Chief, Vice Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda on Thursday (15) paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Admiral Daya Sandagiri, in his office at the Joint Operations Headquarters (JOH) premises in Colombo.
The newly renovated mess of the Warrant Officers (WO) and Sergeants of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps (SLAMC) was re-opened on Wednesday (14) after giving prominence to a series of religious activities.
The funeral of Tamil Tiger slain Sergeant P.R.R.P Bandara (34) of the 12th Regiment of Sri Lanka Artillery (SLA) took place with full military honour & at the cemetery of in his native village, Kuratihena, Hettipola in the Kurunegala District.
Ninety-eight families in restored Maravanpulam Peace Village in Thanankilappu, Jaffna are to receive more and more arable land for cultivation after ongoing Army de-mining work in the earmarked area is over in a short span of time.
WARRANT OFFICER II (WO II), S. Navarathne Rajah of the Sri Lanka Army, who was brutally slain by Tamil Tigers on Wednesday (14) morning in Batticaloa took leave of his bereaved family members, fellow-soldiers and the Nation on Thursday (15) at a simple funeral ceremony at Pudur public cemetery with full military honours.