Maj Gen Udaya Perera recently received the prestigious United States Army War College Alumni Award for his academic performances and in recognition of his services as the International Fellows Class president at the US Army War College graduation ceremony held at Carlisle Barracks Pennsylvania. With that he will have the privilege of being a lifetime member of the US Army War College Alumni Foundation..jpg)
Secretary Defence and Urban Development Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the chief guest at the 'Uttama Pooja' felicitation ceremony held at the Sri Lanka Air Force base in Diyatalawa today (25th June).The 'Uttama Pooja' is a brainchild of Secretary Defence and has been initiated to pay tribute to the families of the brave men and women of the Sri Lanka armed forces who made the ultimate sacrifice in the safe guarding of the motherland.
An amount of USD 74,395.93 has been provided by the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, as compensation to the family members of late Staff Sergeant Priyawansa H.M.T of Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps (SLAOC) who was deceased while engaged in a peacekeeping mission in Haiti in 2011. Staff Sergeant Priyawansa was attached to the 13th Contingent of the Sri Lanka Army UN Peacekeeping ..... |
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The 2nd ‘Walawe Supercross – 2012’, the new leaf, added last year to the calendar of Army motor car and motorbike racing field, kicked off Sunday (24) to a thrilling and exciting start at the Udawalawe Supercross track in Sevanagala, Udawalawe, amidst a huge gathering of spectators. This year’s event received further teeth when Sri Lanka Motor Cycle Club (SLMCC), together with.......jpg)
‘Gajaba Regiment’, one of the Army’s most reputed and highly respected infantry wings that has to-date produced scores of valiant defenders of the nation, had its annual ‘Colours Night’ Thursday (28) evening at Musaeus College auditorium before a galaxy of distinguished invitees, including Secretary Defence and Urban Development. The much-awaited event in the Gajaba Regiments calendar of annual milestones saw a total of 119 officers and other ranks honoured with medals and colours in appreciation of their outstanding performances in the field of sports and for bringing glory and reputation to the Gajaba Regiment. The colourful occasion assumed more significance when one of the brothers of the fallen War Hero, Colonel Y.N Palipana in concurrence with the consent of late War Heroes beloved wife, gifted the Gajaba Regiment (GR) with a 20-acre land at Kurunegala..............
An amount of USD 74,395.93 has been provided by the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, as compensation to the family members of late Staff Sergeant Priyawansa H.M.T of Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps (SLAOC) who was deceased while engaged in a peacekeeping mission in Haiti in 2011.Staff Sergeant Priyawansa ...........
The Sri Lanka Rifle Corps (SLRC), origins of which date back to the colonial era when British planters in the central highlands of then Ceylon formed the Ceylon Rifle Corps in 1887 as a volunteer (reserve) regiment, turned a new lease of life on Saturday (30) when its Kandy Headquarters for the first time of its history received a Commander of the Army as a Chief Guest. |
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‘Gajaba Regiment’, one of the Army’s most reputed and highly respected infantry wings that has to-date produced scores of valiant defenders of the nation, had its annual ‘Colours Night’ Thursday (28) evening at Musaeus College auditorium before a galaxy of distinguished invitees, including Secretary Defence and Urban Development. The much-awaited event in the Gajaba Regiments calendar of annual milestones saw a total of 119 officers and other ranks honoured with medals and colours in appreciation of their outstanding performances in the field of sports and for bringing glory and reputation to the Gajaba Regiment. 
Troops serving the Security Forces Headquarters -South (SFHQ-S) on Friday (29) joined hands with the Police, Grama Seva officials, Public Health Inspectors and civil society representatives to conduct house to house search for eradication of Dengue breeding spots in Galawilawatta, Homagama.
Popular preacher, Ven. Bandarawela Amithananda Thero last Friday (29) met 117 students learning at Mullikulam Government’s Tamil School under 611 Brigade area in Madu Divisional Secretariat and donated stocks of books, needed for their education. Mullikulam Government’s Tamil School with both male and female students in the Iranai-iluppaikulam Grama Seva sector is one of the leading schools in the Mannar District.
