To improve and develop sports skills of all ranks serving Mannar-based 54 Division under the Security Force Headquarters-Wanni (SFHQ-W), arrangements were made to hold an Inter Brigade / Battalion sports meet during Sept 23 – 24 at 54 Division Headquarters grounds. The sports meet..... 
The year’s fourth Tamil language training course, meant for officers and other ranks serving 552 Brigade area under the 55 Division at Vettalakerni, Jaffna, saw its successful completion on Saturday (26). During a certificate-awarding ceremony at 552 Brigade Headquarters.....
Mrs. Damayanthi Ratnayake, President, Seva Vanitha Army Branch (SVAB) on Monday (30) gave away a medical bed for the use of patients at Military Hospital with sponsorship, provided by the Engineer Service Regiment (ESR) Seva Vanitha Unit. During the SVAB’s recent visit to the ‘Rana Viru Sevana’ at Ragama, this bed was donated to the SVAB......jpg)
Troops of 5 Sri Lanka Artillery (SLA) Regiment as one more segment of their ongoing community service projects, entertained about 55 kids of low-income groups learning at two pre-schools, Weeramanagar Pre-School in Patalipuram and Thangapuram Sri Ganesha Pre- school in Pallikudiruppu during two days (Sept 26 & 27). .jpg)
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A series of special religious observances, the precursor coinciding with the forthcoming Sri Lanka Army's 64th anniversary and the Army Day (October 10), for the first time since the inception of the Army in 1949, got underway at the most sacred Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth) in Kandy throughout Saturday (28)......
Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake, Commander of the Army, minutes after religious observances at Anuradhapura Jaya Sri Maha Bodhiya to coincide with the forthcoming 64th Army Anniversary and Army Day (Oct 10), paid a visit to the ‘Abimansala - I’ (wellness resort) to inquire into the well-being of dependent War Heroes, residing there for the rest of their lives.
Players of Sri Lanka Army Kabbadi team and Sri Lanka Air Force Kabbadi team were declared co-winners in the recent P. Jayaweera Memorial National Kabbadi Tournament, played at Matara German Friendship Football ground during Sept 28-29. 15 male teams and 10 female teams of both services and private clubs took part in the tournament under the coordination of the Sri Lanka Amateur Kabbadi Association and Matara District Kabbadi Association. Sri Lanka Navy team got the third place in the men’s section.
Religious ceremonies of all denominations blessed the 16th Anniversary of the 56 Division Headquarters at Vavuniya on Sunday (29). The same ceremony, consisted of a special Bodhi Pooja, prayer sessions and a Pooja at the Hindu Kovil in Vavuniya, attended by senior officers. Transfer of merits on fallen War Heroes and invocation of blessings on the disable and those serving culminated the day’s programme..jpg)
Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake, Commander of the Army, on learning that the student, Kavindya Gimhani, the daughter of Army Warrant Officer-I, Nilmini Priyangika Kumari of 3 Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps and the Warrant Officer-II, M. M. Mahinda of 4 Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps, has scored the highest marks for the second place at the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination - 2013, gifted her with a cash cheque of Rs 50,000/= as an incentive to her higher studies during a meeting at the Commander’s Office Wednesday (2) morning.
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