Commander Inspects Army Exhibits Ready for 'Deyata Kirula'
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As final arrangements in connection with the forthcoming ‘Deyata Kirula – 2014’ mega development exhibition at Kuliyapitiya are drawing to a close, Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake, Commander of the Army, together with a host of senior officers, inspected the Army exhibits on the site Wednesday (12) afternoon. To ensure all exhibits are in place, giving a new outlook, different from previous ones, the Commander, visited all the stalls, being erected by different regiments, characterizing special features, applicable to each regiment.
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Ratmalana-based General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU), which has shot to fame as one of the best academic institutions, further spread its academic wings on Thursday (6) by initiating to have its first Southern Campus established in Sevanagala, close to Sooriyawewa......
With the objective of improving oral health of Army personnel and their family members in Ampara area, a new dental unit, set up at Combat Training School (CTS), Ampara was recently opened by Brigadier S. S. Waduge, Commandant, CTS. The new dental unit was constructed under the guidance of Major General Lal Perera, Commmander, Security Force Headquarters - East (SFHQ - E). This was a long-felt need of Ranaviru families.
Troops of 6 Sri Lanka Signal Corps (6 SLSC) deployed at Gurunagar area took measures to clean the old Ceynor jetty which remained unused. The move was to help fishermen to anchor their boats in the jetty. The jetty remained unusable for a long time due to garbage dumped around the jetty, inconveniencing fishing folk of Gurunagar to use it.
Troops including officers and other ranks serving the Security Force Headquarters – West (SFHQ-West) listened to a special lecture on “Social and Family Relations”, delivered by Prof. Sarath Wijesuriya, of University of Colombo at Panagoda Army Cantonment on Wednesday (12). 
An unannounced visit the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake made to the Sri Lanka Army Band Complex at Maitland Place, Colombo 7 on Wednesday (12) morning, enabled him to see for himself how those Army "entertainers" are provided with their basic amenities such as billets, furniture, training places, sanitary needs, kitchen utensils, essential musical instruments, etc.
Ladies in the Seva Vanitha organizations in the Army, taking the lead in providing the maximum possible welfare services to affected War Heroes, continue their ‘good Samaritan’ roles, away from Colombo suburbs too. Major General E.P. de Z. Abeysekara, Deputy Chief of Staff on Navam Full Moon Poya Day (14) at the invitation of Mrs Sandamali Abeysekara, Chairperson, Sri Lanka Signal Corps (SLSC) Seva Vanitha Unit.....
