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  • VIR 'Ranaviru' Monument Dedicated to Eternal Memory

    At the invitation of the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Secretary Defence and Urban Development as the Chief Guest, unveiled the new ‘Ranaviru’ Monument at Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment (VIR) Headquarters at Boyagane and dedicated it to the eternal memory of all those VIR fallen War Heroes during a simple ceremony on Saturday (3).

  • Religious Ceremony Precedes 9th SFHQ-E Anniversary Events

    Security Forces Headquarters - East (SFHQ-E), which during the final few years of the fight against terrorism, fulfilled an untiring security role by bringing all service wings under one umbrella, recently commemorated its 9th anniversary, giving pride of place to an all-night Pirith chanting ceremony. All anniversary arrangements, organized on the directions given by Major General Lal Perera....

  • Secretary Defence Arrives at "Abimansala-2" Site On the Eve of its Grand Opening

    South-based  "Abimansala-2" wellness resort complex, built in a serene environment spread over a lush 10 acre land, surrounded by waterways and  is comprised of seven villas, five cottages, hydrotherapy and physiotherapy facilities, medical ward, swimming-pool, gymnasium, medical laboratory, dining hall, kitchen, indigenous medicine unit and residential quarters for staff, is set to inaugurate its noble mission for provision of lifelong care for another set of dependent War Heroes  on Saturday (10).

  • Villagers in their Hundreds Volunteer & Clean up New 'Abimansala-2' Project Complex

    Hundreds of villagers in and around new ‘Abimansala-2’ (wellness resort for dependent war heroes) complex at Wilpitawatte, Kamburupitiya, taking their own initiative and showing overwhelming support, participated in a mammoth Shramadana campaign Sunday (4) morning and cleaned the entire wellness resort premises, ahead of its ceremonial opening on November 10, 2012.
  • Kilinochchi Students Learn Road Safety Codes


    An awareness programme for road safety was conducted at St Theresa’s Girls’ School Kilinochchi for the school children of Kilinochchi area recently. The Programme was jointly conducted by Sri Lanka Corp of Military Police and Sri Lanka Police under the guidance of Security Force Headquarters.......
     
  • Scouting Introduced to Kilinochchi Schools


    Takin an initiative to introduce Boy Scouting to Kilinochchi schools, Security Forces Headquarters – Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) organized a two-day workshop on 'Scouting' for teachers of 30 schools in the area recently. The workshop, conducted by a team of six Scout instructors from Colombo, Vavuniya and Jaffna, headed by the Commissioner of Scouting in Kilinochchi Mr. Subramaniyam, was attended by 22 school teachers serving in the area.
  • Army Rebrands Its Resorts & Marks Another Milestone, Entering Hospitality Industry


    Sri Lanka Army, fully attuned to the fast-swelling demand in the country’s flourishing hospitality industry rebranded its three eco-friendly holiday resorts on Thursday evening (8) as ‘Lāya’ Hotel chain during a re-launching ceremony at Waters Edge, Battaramulla. Rebranding of the famous Wadduwa Resort as ‘Lāya Beach’, the popular Kukuleganga Holiday Resort as ‘Lāya Leisure’ and......
     
     
  • Secretary Defence Arrives at 'Abimansala-2' Site On the Eve of its Grand Opening


    South-based  "Abimansala-2" wellness resort complex, built in a serene environment spread over a lush 10 acre land, surrounded by waterways and  is comprised of seven villas, five cottages, hydrotherapy and physiotherapy facilities, medical ward, swimming-pool, gymnasium, medical laboratory, dining hall, kitchen, indigenous medicine unit and.....
     
  • New Wellness Resort Opening on Saturday (10)


    The new wellness resort ‘Abhimansala 2’ at Wilpitawatta, Kamburupitiya, designed to house more than 50 dependent War Heroes, will be vested in the hands of those valiant men Saturday morning (10) during a glittering ceremony headed by HE the President, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. The ceremonial opening attended by the Commander of the Army and a host of distinguished guests will be telecast live in four TV channels.....
  • Novel 'Abhimansala 2' Blossoms to Provide Lifelong Shade to South Resident Dependent War Heroes


    His Excellency, the President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, the conceptual architect behind provision of lifelong solace to island-wide dependent War Heroes in state-of-the art therapeutic wellness resorts, left one more milestone in the annals of military history this morning (10) when he ceremonially opened the newest, ‘Abhimansala 2’ at Wilpitawatta, Kamburupitiya for South-resident disable soldiers. As distinctly articulate in the ‘Mahinda Chintanaya’ .......