THE SEVA VANITHA ARMY BRANCH (SVAB) on the directions of Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya is to kick off the project “Brave Hearts” shortly in order to house totally disable war veterans in a “Wellness Resort” that provides life long care to heroic soldiers. The retreat will take the shape of a ‘Resort’ with all comforts.....
NORTH: TROOPS conducting their search and clear operations in the general areas of VISUAMADU, MANKULAM, PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU, MARADAMADU and VELLAMULLIVAIKKAL on Tuesday (16) recovered one 81 mm mortar bomb, two Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPGs), one RPG charger, twenty LTTE hand grenades, six M-97 weapons, four M-97 magazines, one 85 silencer weapon, two 85 weapon magazines, one I-com set, sixteen anti personnel mines, one Arul bomb and one hand set.
MAJOR GENERAL PRASAD SAMARASINGHE, in addition to his present appointments as Chief Signal Officer and Military Spokesman cum Director Media, AHQ took office this morning (17) as Colonel Commandant, Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps (SLAMC). Major General Samarasinghe inspected the guard turnout accorded in his honour on arrival at the Regimental Headquarters premises at Panagoda and entered his office afterwards.
A TEAM OF UK based women philanthropists came forward to donate eleven air mattresses for the use of residential inmates at Ranaviru Sevana rehabilitation centre at Ragama during a recent brief ceremony at the centre. Mrs Anula Wijerathne, Mrs Sunethra Panagoda, Mrs Ramani Yapa, Mrs Srimathi Wickramasuriya and Mrs Mala Danarathne.....
THE SUBJECT OF PATRIOTISM has many facets, more popularly, they emerge in gallantry, warfare against foes, victory, etc but true tenets of patriotism are overwhelmingly glorious as Adlai Stevenson once wrote, “Men who have offered their lives for their country know that patriotism is not the fear of something, it is the love of something”. Believe it, our real patriots are doing that ‘something’ for the new generation of Sri Lankans, born in the past century and yet to be born in this century after their historic role of defending Sri Lanka’s freedom and territorial integrity in her hour of maximum danger.
NEARLY 600 passengers commute daily via the newly introduced bus service on the Jaffna-Colombo A-9 road. SLTB and private buses ply on this route. A Transport Ministry spokesman said the Colombo-Jaffna bus service, supervised by the Transport Ministry, is successfully operated with security forces assistance. SLTB operates 10 buses from.....
LIEUTENANT GENERAL JAGATH JAYASURIYA, Commander of the Army this morning (18) during a special interaction with Army sportsmen and women who excelled in the recently-concluded 11th South Asian Games (SAG) tournament in Dhaka, Bangladesh commended them for their achievements and glory brought to the Army.
SRI LANKA ARMY denies having appointed former Commanders of the Army General Rohan De S. Daluwatta RWP RSP VSV USP and General Shantha Kottegoda WWV, RWP, RSP, USP, ndc in connection with the ongoing summary of evidence against General Sarath Fonseka as some speculative media reports stated today (18). No such appointments as published in some media have been made by the Army with regard to the above trial.
FOUR HUNDRED and twenty-two new recruits received training under Recruit Course No. 55 of Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR) training wing passed out recently during a military ceremony at Ambepussa SLSR Regimental Headquarters ground. Brigadier H.J Senevirathna, Director, Army Directorate of Personnel Administration.....
SRI LANKA Army troops, more thoughtful of the future of budding students in Wanni, affected due to cycle of LTTE violence in the past are busy converting former temporary IDP shelters at Manik Farm Relief Village into class rooms for conduct of more classes of Vavuniya Gamini Maha Vidyalaya. Since 95% of the IDPs at Manik Farm Relief Village Zone No. 5 have now .....
