Reading glasses worth over Rs 125,000/=, donated by Peliyagoda Lion Club were distributed among needy civilians living in Manthai east in the 612 Brigade area during a mobile medical camp for eye diseases. The medical camp on Friday (27) at Pandiyankulam Tamil Maha Vidyalaya was opened by Brigadier A Kariyakarawana, General Officer Commanding, 61 Division.
Army troops serving the 56 Division in Nedunkerni area under the Security Forces Headquarters, Wanni assisted the conduct of a mobile medical clinic at the Nedunkerni Government Hospital on Saturday (28) with the participation of 25 medical specialists who were brought down from Colombo. The mobile clinic, organized by ‘Tharunyata Hetak’ organization under the chairmanship....
On the instructions of the 22 Division Headquarters under Security Forces Headquarters, East (SFHQ-E), troops of 2 (v) Gajaba Regiment (GR) serving the 221 Brigade Headquarters organized a two-day seminar for the benefit of students sitting the G.C.E (A/L) examination in the Trincomalee district. Over 220 students of Tamil medium (Science stream) took part in the seminar....
A group of philanthropists, led by Ven Kaduruwela Sugathawansa Nayaka Thero of Wadduwa, Kudagonaduwa Uttarachetiyaramaya went to Kanagarathnapuram (No 56) village in the 643 Brigade Headquarters area in Muttiyankaddukulam and made donations to over 105 needy families. Parcels containing dry food items, clothes, household items, pre-school and other educational accessories and other essentials were distributed among 105 families during a brief meeting in the heart of Kanagarathnampuram village.
The ceremonial opening and handing over of the 59 Division Army-built new pre-school building at Arumukatthankulam village in Maritime Pattu AGA Division in Mullaitivu was held on Monday (30). Arumukatthankulam village with over 25 pre-school kids did not have a permanent building for a nursery until the Army took an initiative in this connection....
With the intention of educating both officers and other ranks on Reproductive Health and transmission of venereal diseases, a seminar organized by the Colombo Obstetrics and Gynaecology Institute took place recently at Panagoda Sri Bodhirajarama Temple premises at Panagoda, following initiatives taken by the Security Forces Headquarters-South.
The countdown to the Army-organized international Defence Seminar on 5Rs (Reconstruction, Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Reconciliation) has begun as more and more invitees continue to confirm their participation. High-profile foreign statesmen and experts, diplomats, secretaries, policy makers, foreign defence chiefs, foreign service commanders, state officials, academics and a gathering of resource personnel of more than 40 countries.....
Two hundred and eighty-two exceptionally talented school children of country-wide Ranaviru families were rewarded with scholarships on Friday (3) during a special ceremony at Defence Services School (DSS), Colombo 2. Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Secretary Defence and Urban Development as the Chief Guest, together with the Parliamentarian Mr Mohan Lal Grero (MP), Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal W. D. R. M. J. Goonetileke, Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Inspector General of the Police..... |
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The Inter-Regiment Boxing Championship - 2012, organized by the Army Boxing Committee came to a close at Panagoda Army Cantonment gymnasium on Tuesday (31) with the participation of 12 Regiments. The final tussle for championship was witnessed by Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army who himself has been a veteran in boxing having achieved international referee status.
The Seva Vanitha Army Branch (SVAB) repeating its conduct of the mobile relief service held one more interactive session exclusively for family members of Sri Lanka Armoured Corps (SLAC) War Heroes in the Central Province on Saturday (4) at the Rifle Corps Headquarters, Kandy.
