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  • Mullaittivu Army Football Team Plays With Civil Teams

    A recent football tournament between members of the Army and civil footballers at Alampil grounds in Mullaittivu, following preparations made by 59 Division Headquarters, drew a huge enthusiasm and civil participation. The full-day tournament, meant to......
  • Milk Powder Packets Distributed in 521 & 522 Brigade Areas


    Nestlé Lanka (Pvt) Limited in response to a request, made by 521 and 522 Brigades serving 52 Division in Jaffna, offered 2052 packets of milk powder among 684 needy families with kids in the age range of 1 – 3 years. Simple arrangements at Point Pedro Methodist Girls’ High School and Warani Maha Vidyalaya last week saw each of those families.....
     
  • Post-Rehabilitation Inquiry Identifies Woman's Need For a House


    With the objective of finding about the well-being and post-requirements of rehabilitated and remobilized men and women in 543 Brigade area in Mannar, a special interactive meeting was conducted recently, following arrangements made by 25 Gemunu Watch (GW) troops serving the area......
  • All Serving Army Headquarters Enjoy New Year Festival

     

    Festive atmosphere across the country on account of the forthcoming Sinhala-Hindu New Year made its presence at Colombo 2 Moors Sports Club Grounds throughout Tuesday (10) morning when both officers and soldiers serving the Army Headquarters, got together to mark the event by holding a fun-making New Year festival. Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya took time off to attend the festival, ‘Army Headquarters.......

  • SFHQ-S Officers & Other Ranks Listen to Their Commander


    A gathering of 90 officers and about 1900 other ranks in the Army serving the Security Forces Headquarters, South (SFHQ-S) on Wednesday (4) met together at Panagoda Army Cantonment and listened to a special lecture, delivered by the Commander, SFHQ-S Major General S.R. Manawaduge.
  • CR Colours Night Held in Colombo


    Commando Regiment (CR) of the Army, which has made a name for itself in the battlefield, had its ‘Colours Night - 2012’ recently at Buddhist Cultural Centre auditorium at Thunmulla Junction. At the invitation of Major General C Gallage, Colonel of the Commando Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel S.D. Pieris (Retd) graced the occasion as Chief Guest for award of colours to those who excelled in sports during the past year.
     
  • Ratnapura Gem Association Makes Initial Donation to 'Abimansala - 2' Project


    The ongoing ‘Abimansala - 2’ (wellness resort) construction project for dependent Southern War Heroes at Kamburupitiya received an encouraging fillip when members of the Ratnapura Association of Gem Traders met Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army on Monday (9) to offer their first segment of the promised donation of Rs. 14 million towards the project.
  • Trinco Logistics School Celebrates Its First Anniversary


    The newly-established Army School of Logistics at Trincomalee, a novel conceptual notion introduced to the organization by Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army, commemorated its first anniversary, holding a series of activities during the first week of April. Giving pride of place to religious observances....
     
  • 'Viru Daru' Society Members During their New Year Festival Receive a Special Guest


    Sri Lanka Artillery (SLA) Regiment’s ‘Viru Daru’ society, comprised of children of Ranaviru families marked the Sinhala and Hindu New Year with a ceremony, full of New Year games and amusement. Mrs Manjulika Jayasuriya, President, Seva Vanitha Army Branch (SVAB), the driving force behind founding of ‘Viru Daru’ societies under purview of the Seva Vanitha Army Branch, inaugurated the day’s event by hoisting the National Flag and.....