WANNI & EAST: TROOPS SERVING KARAMPAIKULAM, KOILMODDAI, SIVARAYANKULAM, MALIKAITTIDAL, MUNKILMURICHCHAN are busy clearing areas following a spate of clashes that erupted in the past few weeks
The tussle for Championship Trophy in the Inter-Regiment 2002 Volleyball tournament for A & B divisions of the Sri Lanka Army, held at Sugathadasa Indoor stadium on Tuesday (11), saw the Sri Lanka Army Service Corps (A) division and Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment (B) division giving a tough time to the Sri Lanka Artillery team and Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps team who finally ended up as Runners-up in both tournaments.
CHILDREN OF THE DEAD WAR HEROES attached to Sri Lanka National Guards battalion received Seva Vanitha Army Branch (SVAB) sponsored sixteen scholarships during a special function held recently at the battalion's headquarters in Vehera, Kurunegala.
THE JATHIKA HELA URUMAYA yesterday said that the holding of the elections to the Batticalao Municipality and eight other local bodies was a fine reply to LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran and his henchmen in Colombo.
MANNAR: SRI LANKA AIR FORCE fighter craft conducted three air sorties this morning (12) in the north and east of MADHU at about 7.30 a.m. in support of the ground troops now inching forward.
COMMANDER OF THE ARMY Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka during his official tour in India last week was not without surprises, particularly when he visited Buddhist sacred places in Bodh Gaya, Mahabodhi temple and Saranath. Those sites were packed with devotees at the time of his visit.
Major General N. Mallawaarachchi, Commander, Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Forces paid a visit to the Kok Eliya Commando Training School and its Army camp recently with a view to learning their requirements and necessary developments.
The third Special Infantry Operational course (SIO) at Vavuniya Commando Training School, saw another batch of seventy Officers and Other Ranks of Sri Lanka Light Infantry, Gemunu Watch and Gajaba Regiment passed out early this week after a grand parade and ceremony in Vavuniya.
Acting Commander of the Army and Chief of Staff, Major General Sarath Fonseka, accompanied by Senior Officers of the Army on Wednesday (9) accorded a rousing welcome plus a Guard of Honour to the visiting Chief of the Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat NI ( M )at Army Headquarters, Colombo.
It is with deep sympathy and profound sorrow, the Sri Lanka Army announces the untimely death of Brigadier S. A. M. T Seneviratne RWP RSP psc at the Army hospital in Colombo.
