I trust that all right thinking people will condemn the security threats that led to the cancellation of President Mahnda Rajapaksa’s invited speech at the Oxford Union. Universities are sacred precincts where all sorts of ideas are discussed and dissected to permit the expansion of knowledge. As such censorship, especially under threat, is anathema and counterproductive to ideals of free thought.
Special Forces Training School (SFTS) at Maduruoya adorned ceremonial garbs on Saturday (11) to bid goodbye and offer its greetings to eleven officers and four hundred and forty-three of the Special Forces during a passing out parade (PoP), dignified by the presence of Secretary Defence Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army. A special Guard of Honour saluted the visiting Secretary Defence .....
A seminar on English Language and Literature was organized by the soldiers of 523 Brigade in Nunavil Jaffna for the students who sit for the G.C.E.(Ordinary Level) examination this month. The seminar held at Kaithady Muthukumarswamy School on 6th December was attended by more than three hundred students and teachers in the area. Mr. J. M. H. M. Pieris, a well experienced English Language Teacher from Basilica Maha Vidyalaya, Ragama conducted....
“I never thought I would receive this opportunity to get through the G.C.E. (A/L) exam and qualify to enter the university. The special school runs by the Bureau of the Commissioner General of Rehabilitation (BCGR) under the Catch-Up Education Scheme, enabled me to achieve these results. I am thankful to the BCGR for all what they provided to me for my studies. They provided us everything. We only had to study in the rehabilitation centre.’’
170 teenage ex-LTTE combatants, rehabilitated by the Bureau of the Commissioner General of Rehabilitation (BCGR) sat the G.C.E. (Ordinary Level) examination in Vavuniya Monday (13) morning. Those teenagers, most of who had been either conscripted by the LTTE or kidnapped without knowledge of their parents while studying in respective schools in Wanni, Mannar, Mullaittivu and Kilinochchi areas after their surrender or capture were subjected......
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The fourth graduation ceremony at the Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC), Sapugaskanda was held Monday (13) morning at the DSCSC auditorium, chaired by Foreign Minster G. L. Peiris as Chief Guest. Secretary Defence Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Roshan Gunatillake, Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Tisara Samarasinghe....
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Sri Lanka’s ‘Gusi International Peace Prize – 2010’ laureate, Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe, Commander, Security Forces Jaffna upon his return home was showered with voluminous felicitations at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute on Monday (13) before a galaxy of appreciative audience of religious dignitaries, President’s Secretary, Ministers, Secretary Defence, Army and Navy Chiefs, Senior Military Officers and a blend of North-South denizens.
Special Forces Training School (SFTS) at Maduruoya adorned ceremonial garbs on Saturday (11) to bid goodbye and offer its greetings to eleven officers and four hundred and forty-three of the Special Forces during a passing out parade (PoP), dignified by the presence of Secretary Defence Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army. A special Guard of Honour.....
A representative group of one thousand War Heroes of Tri services and the Police, whose unrelenting pursuit of military operations in the North and East against ruthless terrorists brought peace to the nation, were felicitated and their dedication lauded during a special ceremony at Temple Trees Tuesday (14) morning. President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces graced the occasion as Chief Guest, flanked by.......
The fourth graduation ceremony at the Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC), Sapugaskanda was held Monday (13) morning at the DSCSC auditorium, chaired by Foreign Minster G. L. Peiris as Chief Guest. Secretary Defence Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Air Force Air Marshal Roshan Gunatillake, Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Tisara Samarasinghe....
