1000 selected students in the Vavuniya education sector under the Kebithigollewa zone received sleeping accessories and mattresses, worth about Rs 4000/= one share as gifts, thanks to the patronage extended by the Kelaniya Rotary Club and a group of Canadian donors. Distribution of these gift slots took place at Poonewa Navodya Vidyalaya and Ethakada Maha Vidyalaya during two days. 
Sri Lanka’s outgoing US Ambassador Ms Patricia A. Butenis Tuesday (24) morning paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya at Army Headquarters. Ms Patricia A. Butenis, who took office as the US envoy to Sri Lanka in August 2009 completes her tenure of office in Sri Lanka shortly. During her meeting with the Commander of the Army........... |
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The Japan - Sri Lanka Friendship Association (JSFA), endorsing its wholehearted support to the Sri Lanka Army once again, donated an ambulance and a fire engine during a brief ceremony at Army Headquarters on Monday (23). The JSFA, presided by Dr Lal Thilakarathne with the generous support of the Japanese philanthropists and members of Japanese Lions Clubs...........
Lavish financial grants offered by all ranks of the Task Force-3, 631 Brigade and 28 Sri Lanka National Guard (SLNG) serving Ampara area constructed a new Bodhiya perimeter wall plus a golden fence at historic Deegawapiya Raja Maha Viharaya. The artistically done wall was declared open by Most Ven. Udugama Sri Buddharakkithabidhana Maha Nayaka Thero of Asgiri Chapter on Wednesday (18) during a ceremony.
Members of the 511 Brigade troops serving Atchelu area in the Jaffna peninsula rose to the occasion and came forward to build a new house for a family with two children after their plight was brought to the notice of the 511 Brigade. Every day the new house recipient, Mrs P. Sivapalan (32) earns her bread and butter doing labour work, away from her thatched hut where she lives with her two children....
Jaffna-based 55 Division Headquarters with the objective of raising standards of knowledge and preparing the students well for the forthcoming G. C. E. (A/L) examination 2012, organized a full day educational seminar on Logic and Geography at Palai Madya Maha Vidyalaya on Saturday (21). Coordinated and directed by the Zonal Education Office in Jaffna, the seminar was attended by about 55 students from Palai Madya Maha Vidyalaya, Uduththurai Madya Maha Vidyalaya and Ampan Maha Vidyalaya in the 521 Brigade area.
Corporal M Dikiri Banda of the 5th Battalion Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) set a laudable example in returning a Rs 40,000 parcel he came across at Puttur while strolling along the road. He handed over the money to his immediate superior who handed over the money to the Security Force Commander, Jaffna, Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe..jpg)
The maiden sanatorium-type wellness resort, ‘Abimansala’ for dependent War Heroes, which saw its birth on the banks of Nuwara Wewa at Anuradhapura as a conceptual notion of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces HE the President Mahinda Rajapaksa, marks its first anniversary on Thursday (26). President Rajapaksa in his ‘Mahinda Chintanaya’ manifesto was distinctly articulate on his government’s role for disabled people and how care should be provided to them.
