125 students of Periyathampanai Maha Vidyalaya in 613 Brigade area received a large stock of school books and other essential items free of charge from 61 Division recently (12). The event took place at Periyathampanai Maha Vidyalaya with the participation of Brigadier A. Kariyakarawana General Officer Commanding.....
Troops serving the 222 Brigade Headquarters at Jayanthigama, Kantale in the hope of assisting civilians with eye sight ailments, recently had a mobile eye clinic organized at Ichchalanpattu rural hospital in Kantale. This eye clinic mainly treated civilians of 65 former ex-LTTE families of the LTTE, now resident in this area, together with other civilians and was managed by several eye surgeons, headed by Consultant Eye Surgeon Dr. T.R. Edirisinghe..jpg)
Governors of all 9 provinces in the country assembled together in Jaffna for conduct of their ‘XV Governors’ Conference’ a few days ago. The conference, chaired by Major General (Retd) G.A. Chandrasiri, Governor for Northern Province at the invitation of the Western Province Governor, was inaugurated at Tilko Jaffna City Hotel in accordance with Hindu religious traditions.
The third round of the ‘Reading Camp’, organized by 55 Division Headquarters at Vettalakerni, Jaffna got under way at Udaththurai Maha Vidyalaya for two consecutive days (Nov 19 & 20) with the participation of about 125 students of 13 schools in the district. This novel ‘Reading Camp’ project, being implemented in the 55 Division area.....
Security Forces Headquarters - Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) got two new Tritel telephone boxes installed in the heart of Kilinochchi town as one more community-oriented project. In the presence of Tritel officials and a gathering of civilians, 571 Brigade Commander opened these two new telephone boxes at the request of Tritel management on Wednesday (21).
A visiting delegation of the Czech Republic during a tour to the Jaffna peninsula met Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe, Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna (SFHQ-J) on Wednesday (21). Major General Hathurusinghe during the brief meeting with them explained the Army’s diverse roles in the post-war Jaffna and reconciliation efforts. 
Security Forces Headquarters - South (SFHQ-S) offered its assistance to the members of the Homagama - Godagama ‘Deergayu Senior Citizens’ Association when they all were on a pilgrimage to Kandy, Kataragama, Mahiyanganaya and Muthiyangana areas. During their stops in the south, 10 Gemunu Watch (GW) troops under 122 Brigade Headquarters provided free lunch to them on Sunday (11) and refreshments....
Initiatives taken by the Security Forces Headquarters - Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) for the benefit of students at Kilinochchi Madya Maha Vidyalaya, bore fruits when the Kilinochchi Commercial Bank offered its sponsorship to have an IT Centre established in the school premises. The new IT laboratory with 8 computers, provided by the Commercial Bank, in response to a request....
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Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya on Friday (23) filed action against ‘Uthayan’ and ‘Valampuri’ newspapers for defamation, claiming Rs 100 million each in damages. These two newspapers on July 11, 2012 published two articles, concerning the Commander of the Army, Sri Lanka Army and several senior Army officers which were of highly defamatory in nature. Both cases are to be taken up at District Court of Jaffna on January 21, 2013.
