Kankasanthurai, Mailady based Army’s newest ‘Yoghurt’ production center saw its ceremonial birth on Monday (14), thereby saving a fair chunk of expenditure that can be used for erection of wellness resorts for disable War Heroes in the Army. Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of Army at the invitation of Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe, Commander, Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna (SFHQ - J) and Major General SK Weerasinghe, Colonel Commandant, Sri Lanka Army Service Corps (SLASC) ceremonially......
Giving a new lease of life as well as proving once again the Army’s unmatched prowess of turning anything to good use, the Army troops serving the Jaffna peninsula put up two new holiday resorts, using abandoned barren state land plots, given to the Army. The two new Army holiday resorts in Mailady, Kankasanthurai, opened ceremonially by the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya on......
One more phase of the 10th project for award of scholarships to 250 children of War Hero families under the auspices of the Viru Daru Society took place at the Army Headquarters on Saturday (12) during a ceremony, headed by Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army. Viru Daru Society’s own initiatives and......
Re-kindling hopes for a better future and spirits of reconciliation and harmony, the Security Forces Headquarters – Jaffna conducted a ‘Thai Pongal Day’ Celebration at Elephant Pass on Monday (14), together with a huge gathering of Tamil civilians. Mr. Namal Rajapaksa, Hon Member of Parliament (MP) and Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army along with Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe.....
The 521 Brigade at Point Pedro launched a livelihood project in Nagar Kovil, Ampan, Kudaththane and Potpathy Grama Niladhari Divisions in Vadamarachchi distributing coconut seedlings among civilians in order to improve the economy of newly resettled people in those areas. During the Civil-Military Coordination (CIMIC) programme, initiated by the Commander, Security Forces Jaffna.....
A group of clergy, touring Kilinochchi area including Colombo Bishop called on at the Security Forces Headquarters - Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) at the invitation of Major General Udaya Perera, Commander, SFHQ-KLN. During the meet, Major General Perera outlined the series of multiple development roles, being conducted in the province by.....
One more batch of 313 rehabilitated former LTTE combatants found their new freedom from clutches of terrorism and went home freely on Sunday (13), to join with their parents or wives. The ceremony that inducted those former combatants as a new peaceful breed of citizens, devoid of ethnic discrimination, caste or creed after intensive......
The Security Forces Headquarters, Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) conducted a Shramadana campaign to clean the Iranamadu Amman Kovil and Kilinochchi District Hospital on Thaipongal day (January 14). Groups of Tamil civilians in Kilinochchi and Iranamadu areas, together with members of the Civil Defence Force, participated in......
Troops serving the Security Forces Headquarters - East (SFHQ-E), responding to the catastrophic flood situations in Manampitiya areas, provided alternative transport facilities to hundreds of stranded flood victims using Army trucks and heavy vehicles. Troops housed them in alternative places and immediately took steps to restore transport facilities between Manampitiya and Welikanda, facilitating.....