Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, in his capacity as the Colonel Commandant of the Regiment of Sri Lanka Armoured Corps (SLAC) attended the SLAC Inter-unit Badminton tournament finals Tuesday (11) afternoon at the gymnasium.......jpg)
A new holiday bungalow, erected facing Iranamadu tank in Kilinochchi for the use of officers and other ranks in the Army was opened on Monday (10) after a brief ceremony. Construction of these holiday bungalows for all ranks was directed by the Commander of the Army as an extension of Army welfare measures. 11 Engineer Service Regiment (ESR) troops as well as 24 Gemunu Watch (GW) troops jointly erected the new holiday resort with two furnished rooms at a cost of Rs 2 million.
Sri Lanka Army’s 11 Field Engineers lent their machinery to the Wildlife Conservation Department at Vavuniya in order to rescue an elephant, fallen and trapped in a well dug for cultivation purposes in Muthiyankaddu village area in Mullaittivu. On being informed of the elephant’s fate, the 643 Brigade Commander serving the Security Force Headquarters..............
More than 445 Army personnel covering 57 schools in Colombo town and its suburbs recently carried out Dengue eradication programmes, hand in hand with more than 265 Police personnel, 253 Colombo Municipal Council employees and 88 Public Health Inspectors. In keeping with the government’s policy of involving members of the Armed Forces for this task, the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya......jpg)
The Seva Vanitha Army Branch (SVAB), one of the major driving forces that helps War Heroes realize their dream of moving into newly-built standard houses, in another landmark mammoth welfare project on Friday (14), distributed financial grants, land blocks, new houses and home accessories among 57 War Heroes of the Army to the value of Rs 26 million under this phase.
HE the President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces has promoted Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya VSV USP ndu psc to the rank of General, to be effective retrospectively from 1st June 2013. General Jagath Jayasuriya is the 19th Commander of the Army. He assumed office on 15th July 2009, months after the war against terrorism was brought to completion. General Jagath Jayasuriya had been the Commander, Security Forces Wanni since August 2007......
The new Warrant Officers’ and Sergeants’ mess at 61 Division Headquarters of the Security Force Headquarters - Wanni (SFHQ-W) was opened during a simple ceremony on Thursday (13). Major General Boniface Perera, Security Force Commander - Wanni as the Chief Guest opened the new building in Vavuniya after house warming rites and rituals.
The ‘12th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia Security Summit - The Shangri-La Dialogue’ that discussed a wide range of regional, global, strategic, technological, defensive and security-related issues, took place recently (May 31 - June 2) at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore. Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Secretary Defence and Urban Development and Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya.....
‘Mihindu Seth Medura’, the wellness resort founded by Ministry of Defence and Urban Development at Attidiya, Dehiwala for life-time care of about 52 dependent War Heroes, is two years old and marks the event with a series of commemorative arrangements. To mark the milestone in its life span, an all-night Pirith chanting, religious rites and rituals. got underway Saturday (15) evening with the participation of the project’s trailblazer Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Secretary Defence & Urban Development as the Chief Guest.
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'From the point of view of domestic security, perhaps the most critical aspect will be the achievement of national reconciliation and the forging of a common Sri Lankan identity. Economic development is an absolute necessity in this regard' said the Secretary Defence and Urban Development Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa during a lecture at the Kotalawala Defence University (KDU) today (13th June).
