17 SRI LANKA LIGHT INFANTRY (SLLI) troops serving under 234 Brigade organized a donation of books to the students at Unnichchi Tamil Mixed School after troops found many students are from needy families. The parcels containing books, pens and pencils were distributed among 137 students a few days ago during a brief ceremony in the school premises.
THE PROPOSED Seva Vanitha Army Branch (SVAB) spearheaded Anuradhapura “Wellness Resort”, a residential complex for rest and recreation of disable soldiers and their families continues to receive further teeth as more and more donors and philanthropists worldwide were lending their helping hand. The concept, mooted by Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya is to be a reality soon at a ten-acre land allocation, made by the government in response to the Army’s request for assistance. The surveying of the land has already been done and the architectural approval has been sought from local authorities.
NINETEEN youth and six children, formerly worked for the LTTE and contributed to LTTE terrorist acts received complete rehabilitation and walked back to their parents on Sunday (24) after their rehabilitation process at Thelippalai Rehabilitation Center culminated successfully. Those youth sought the protection of the armed forces during the peak of Wanni humanitarian operations after realizing the vanity of the LTTE brutality and its violence.
POVERTY-RIDDEN villagers in Kurukkalmadam area, Batticaloa on 23rd January thronged Kalaimagal Vidyalaya under 234 Brigade in the East and got their eyesight checked and received eye spectacles from a philanthropist. Following an initiative taken by 234 Brigade troops on the instructions of their Brigade Commander Colonel K.D.C.P.J Thilakarathna, the special medical clinic and.....
EARLIER today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, defendants Thiruthanikan Thanigasalam and Sahilal Sabaratnam were sentenced to 25 years in prison and five years of supervised release in connection with their efforts to purchase almost $1 million worth of high-powered weaponry for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The sentences were imposed by Chief United States District Judge Raymond J. Dearie. In January 2009, Thanigasalam and Sabaratnam pled guilty to conspiring and.....
NORTH & EAST: TROOPS on their search and clear operations on Sunday (31) in the general areas of MARADAMADHU, VISUAMADU, KURUTHIPURAM and ANDANKULAM recovered three detonator cords, two hundred rounds of T-56 ammunition, one hundred and twenty-three anti personnel mines, five detonators, six hand grenades, three claymore mines, ten fuses, one wire cord and one ration tin. Meanwhile, Army troops and Police personnel engaged in a joint search in KERAPOLA area in the East recovered three T-56 weapons and two T-56 magazines, thirty rounds of T-56 ammunition.....
TROOPS in the East, engaged in welfare works for the benefit of people that come under their command continue to help the needy. In one such project, the troops of 231 Brigade rehabilitated and repaired an abandoned water supply system including the water pump and a large water tank with a capacity of 12,000 lt built at Sri Dutugemunu Temple, Singhapura. The renovated water supply scheme which can provide drinking water to 41 families in Singhapura was ceremonially opened on 29th January evening with the participation of Lieutenant Colonel.....
MAJOR GENERAL R.M.D Rathnayake RWP RSP USP ndu psc, more popularly known as ‘Daya Rathnayake’ assumed duties this morning (2) as 43rd Chief of Staff in the Sri Lanka Army after a brief ceremony. Major General Rathnayake on entering his office at the Army Headquarters observed religious rites before he inaugurated the office by lighting the traditional oil lamp that symbolizes prosperity, wisdom and an auspicious commencement.
A NEW BUS service that covers Kalmadu, Palaisundarapuram, Kidavur, Ichchankulam, Tharanikulam, Pudukulam rural area and terminates at Vavuniya commenced its maiden journey recently after a brief ceremony organized by 611 Brigade under Security Forces Headquarters, Wanni. Using three two-door buses, provided by Sri Lanka Transport Board in response to discussions held with Ministry of Transport....
ARMY troops serving the East continue to give their helping hand to the civilians in the area to revert to their normal life after the war came to and end. 233 Brigade troops considering civilian facilities took steps to renovate the medical center at Mahasenpura though a self-help project on 31st January 2010. Civilians in the area assisted the project. In the meantime, over 90 civilians and more than two dozens of soldiers under the same 233 Brigade conducted........
