Various Army formations around the country celebrated the Sinhala and Hindu New Year organizing traditional New Year festivals and many other auspicious events. Security Forces Headquarters, Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) organized a grand New Year festival at the camp premises on.....
Troops of 11th Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (11 SLSR), under their Civil Military Coordination (CIMIC) projects in the area recently repaired an abandoned well, situated in a plot of state land for the use of villagers at Savalkattu in Manippay, Jaffna. This drinking-water well remained totally covered with.......
‘Defence Services Asia 2012; the 13th Defence Services Asia Exhibition and Conference’, expected to be inaugurated in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Tuesday (17) is to be attended by Defence Service Chiefs of more than 45 countries and companies producing military hardware, including Sri Lanka’s Secretary Defence and Urban Development.....
Attaching more importance to a visit, organized in connection with the dawn of Sinhala and Hindu New Year, the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya soon after a brief New Year treat at Army Headquarters, visited differently able War Heroes at the MoD built, ‘Mihindu Seth Medura’ (wellness resort) Thursday (19) morning, together with his spouse, Mrs Manjulika Jayasuriya. |
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Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya Commander of the Army who has been invited to be one of the Guest Speakers at the second ‘Putrajaya Forum’, the International Defence and Security Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (17-19 April), delivered his brief address to the Chief of Army Round Table Talk on......
The Army Headquarters in Colombo ceremonially marked the dawn of Sinhala and Hindu New Year on Thursday (19) morning with the participation of the Commander of the Army as the Chief Guest and a representative gathering of officers and other ranks serving it. The simple occasion included a table full of traditional sweetmeats......jpg)
Sri Lanka Artillery (SLA) Regiment of the Army on Thursday (19) inaugurated its 124th anniversary commemorative ceremonies at its Panagoda Regimental Headquarters, giving pride of place to remember the memories (Monument Parade) of its fallen War Heroes. Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army........
Interacting with hundreds of Tamil civilians, resident in the 55 Division area in the Jaffna peninsula, 551, 552 and 553 Brigade Headquarters organized separate Sinhala-Hindu New Year festivals, giving prominence to conduct of traditional New Year games, sports and other entertaining features.
An 18-member military delegation of Pakistan’s National Defence University (NDU), currently in Sri Lanka, as part of their study cum familiarization tour in SAARC countries, called on the Director General General Staff (DGGS) Major General K.J. Alwis Tuesday (17) morning at Army Headquarters.
A table full of sweet meats, laid in connection with the Sinhala and Hindu New Year at the 56 Division Headquarters in Kokeliya, Wanni marked the onset of the first working day after the New Year. Brigadier N.A.P.C Napagoda, General Officer Commanding, 56 Division sharing a cup of tea with his Division troops conducted the age-old tradition of transactions.....
