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  • Afghanistan President Salutes Sri Lanka's Fallen War Heroes



    Afghanistan President HE Hamid Karzai, currently in Sri Lanka on a state visit saluted the memory of fallen War Heroes in the country on Thursday (6) evening at Battaramulla War Hero Memorial. Upon his reach at the Battaramulla memorial, the visiting President Hamid Karzai was warmly received by Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake, Commander of the Army....
     
  • Army Begins Repairs to Puthukudiyiruppu Madya Maha Vidyalayam Playground

    Sri Lanka Army’s Security Force Headquarters - Mullaittivu (SFHQ-MLT) readily responded and made Army machinery and equipment available for complete renovation of the Puthukudiyiruppu Madya Maha Vidyalayam playground which has remained unusable for a long time. After school authorities sought labour and machinery assistance of the SFHQ-MLT for complete renovation....

  • Commander SFHQ-W Opens New Residential Quarters


    Major General Boniface Perera, Commander, Security Force Headquarters - Wanni (SFHQ-W) on Wednesday (5) opened the newly constructed residential quarters of other ranks and a library at 561 Brigade Headquarters during a formal visit to the 561 Brigade. The building houses Warrant Officers and Sergeants’ Mess, Non Commissioned Officers’ Mess, Privates’ Mess....
     
  • SFHQ-W Welfare Shop Now Turned to Be a Supermarket


    The newly-constructed supermarket with modern hi-tech facilities at the Security Force Headquarters-Wanni (SFHQ-W) premises was opened on Wednesday (5). The welfare shop at SFHQ-W which has been in existence since January 2002 was expanded to be the Wanni Food City with all modern equipment on a suggestion made by the Commander SFHQ-W. Major General Boniface Perera, Commander....
     
  • Engineer Troops & Gun Salutes Honour Visiting Afghanistan President

     
    A warm welcome with military honours, including a gun salute, greeted the visiting HE the President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan when he arrived at the Presidential Secretariat complex this morning (6), to be received by HE the President Mahinda Rajapaksa. President Karzai who arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday (5) on a formal two-day.....
  • Fund-Raising Music Fiesta 'Sannaliyane' to be Staged at Sugathadasa Stadium


    The year’s scintillating musical fiesta, ‘Sannaliyane’, the fund-raising musical extravaganza of the Army Seva Vanitha Unit (ASVU) at Army Headquarters with a galaxy of popular vocalists and artistes, will be on the boards at Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium on March 30, 2014 for the express purpose of harnessing financial support for construction ........
  • Afghanistan President Salutes Sri Lanka's Fallen War Heroes


    Afghanistan President HE Hamid Karzai, currently in Sri Lanka on a state visit saluted the memory of fallen War Heroes in the country on Thursday (6) evening at Battaramulla War Hero Memorial. Upon his reach at the Battaramulla memorial, the visiting President Hamid Karzai....