Alert to the SOS call of the hour, hundreds of Army troops together with Air Force helicopters took prompt action and rushed to Ohiya areas on Thursday (2) in an attempt to bring the raging bush fire under control. Ground troops immediately evacuated families living in.....
Focused on the thematic 5Rs (Reconstruction, Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Reintegration, Reconciliation) in post-conflict Sri Lanka, final touches are being given to hold the Army-initiated international ‘Defence Seminar - 2012’, titled ‘Towards Lasting Peace and Stability’ from Wednesday (8). It will continue till Friday (10) at Colombo Galadari Hotel. The three-day ‘Defence Seminar - 2012’, slated to open, share and discuss a wide range of strategic and......
10 Field Engineer troops, together with heavy machinery moved to newly demined areas in Mawaddipuram area in order to clear bushes and creepers, enabling civilians to return to their original places for resettlement. Those lands that remained abandoned for decades due to LTTE terrorism were recently given back to those original settlers after the Army’s removal of.....
Security Forces Headquarters, Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) offered its fullest cooperation to the conduct of 3-day long Inter School Athletic Meet, held at Mallavi Madya Maha Vidyalaya during July 26, 27 & 28. Over 1000 sportsmen and women of 38 schools in the 65 Division area under four age categories vied for supremacy in 100 events during the tournament that ended up with a prize awarding ceremony.
Army troops, bent on doing everything possible to provide poor people in their respective areas with housing, built one more house and handed over it to a low-income group family in Selvapuram area in the 591 Brigade Headquarters. Troops, having learnt the particular family’s housing status, brought it to the notice of 591 Brigade Commander and the 23 Sri Lanka Light Infantry Commanding Officer....
With the intention of further promoting standards of knowledge among Daham teachers in the Vavuniya province, Singapore Maha Bodhi Karuna organization in coordination with the 211 Brigade Headquarters under the Security Forces Headquarters, Wanni (SFHQ-W) recently conducted a full-day workshop at Vavuniya Bodhidakshinaramaya.
Pamunugama Rotary Club took school accessories, uniforms, shoes, t-shirts, sarees, bicycles and several other essentials for distribution among students, teachers and civilians, resident in 61 Division Headquarters area at the request of the Army. The distribution ceremony of those items took place at Tharanikulam Ganesh Vidyalaya recently with the participation of.....
Live telecast of the sessions of the ‘Defence Seminar on 5Rs’ at Colombo Galadari Hotel can be viewed through online www.defseminar.lk beginning Wednesday (8) morning. In addition, www.defence.lk (MoD website) and www.army.lk (official Army website) with links to the www.defseminar.lk will feature the sessions simultaneously.
Brigadier-General Dato Seri Pahlawan Haji Yussof bin Haji Abd Rahman, Brunei’s Commander of the Royal Land Forces was one of the firsts to arrive in Sri Lanka to attend Wednesday’s (8) ‘Defence Seminar on 5Rs’at Colombo Galadari Hotel who on Tuesday (7) morning paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya at Army Headquarters. |
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