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  • Officers Serving Jaffna Learn More on Human Rights

    SECURITY FORCES Headquarters Jaffna (SFHQ-J) repeated its awareness programmes on human rights concerns among Security Forces officers serving the peninsula during a recent two-day long seminar. Sessions largely centred on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (IHL & HR).

  • CDS &; ARMY CHIEF LT. GEN BALAGALLE BIDS AU REVOIR

    Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General L. P Balagalle after an illustrious career of nearly forty years of military service in the Sri Lanka Army relinquishes his duties as the 16th Commander of the Army on 30 June 2004. In his formal farewell speech delivered on Monday (28) afternoon at the Army Headquarters, retiring Lt. Gen Balagalle commended all his Senior Officers for the remarkable and marvellous cooperation extended to him during his tenure of office.

  • CURTAINS FALL ON ARMY\'S FIRST UN MULTINATIONAL PLATOON EXERCISE \"SAMA GAMANA\"

    Exchange of tokens of goodwill, greetings and warm embraces, consequential to the formal closing sessions of the Multinational Platoon Exercise (MPE-3) \"Sama Gamana\" at Kukuleganga on Sunday (27), went down in the annals of the Sri Lanka Army in terms of its significance since it was the first ever UN sponsored mega exercise to take place in Sri Lanka.

  • Protest in Canada Against LTTE's Atrocities

    A PROTEST campaign was held in Canada on Saturday against the LTTE's atrocities and also thanking the Canadian government for taking action against the Tamil Tigers in Canada.

  • Tigers Special Forces Training Base Strafed

    MULLATTIVU: HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS that continue in WANNI region were further supported this morning (27) at about 6.10 a.m. when Air Force fighter craft shelled one more Tiger base in PIRAPPUVEDDUVAN, about 10 km north of ODDUSUDAN, MULLATTIVU where the terrorists train their special force cadres.

  • Major General DVSY Kulatunge Appointed To Overlook As DCoS

    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.

  • New CDS Reviews Security In Jaffna

    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.

  • Road Patch on Vidattalativu LTTE Stronghold Captured

    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.

  • MORE OFFICERS FROM SLMA PASS OUT

    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.

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