Indian Embassy Official & UN Reps Tour Wanni & Mullaittivu Areas
Defence Attaché at Colombo’s High Commission for India, Captain S. Kapoor during the weekend (6-7) visited Wanni and paid a courtesy call to the Security Forces Headquarters, Wanni (SFHQ-W). During his stopover at the SFHQ-W, he received an update on the ongoing infrastructure development work, resettlement, economic progress and security in the Wanni region from the SFHQ-W senior officers on behalf of its Commander who was away.
Brigadier H. A. Nihal Hapuarachchi RSP psc of Sri Lanka Corps of Engineers assumed office on Wednesday (10) as the twelfth Director of Media at Army Headquarters after a simple ceremony. He is also to serve the office of Military Spokesman. He succeeds Major General U.A.B Medawela leaving on overseas training. Brigadier Hapuarachchi during his Army career....
Troops of the 68 Division under Security Forces Headquarters, Mullaittivu, considering the long-felt requirement for Teachers’ Quarters at Valvapuram Bharathiya Vidyalaya and Theravil Tamil Vidyalaya compounds in the 683 Brigade area, volunteered and constructed two residential units for both schools. Principals, Teachers and some parents, very much perturbed, due to non-availability of residential quarters for teachers coming from remote...
The newly-constructed administrative building complex of the 68 Division Headquarters at Puthukudiyiruppu was opened recently, amidst religious rites and rituals during a simple ceremony. The new building, constructed by the Army enables the Division to smoothly conduct its administrative roles, moving out from temporary structures that were established soon after the Wanni Humanitarian Operations were over..jpg)
Civil Defence Force (CDF), the auxiliary wing that provided maximum support behind the screen to the tri-services and the Police during battles against terrorists, created a novel feature for the first time in its history by buying new tractors to the CDF, using its own hard-earned money from agricultural cultivations. Twenty-six new tractors, bought from the profits the CDF accumulated in the past one year through its paddy cultivations.....
As the countdown to the year’s dazzling musical extravaganza, ‘Tharu Dilena Reyak’, the fund-raising project of the Seva Vanitha Army Branch (SVAB) has now begun with rehearsals in full swing, Ms Asha Bhosle, the vivacious Indian Pop icon arrived in Sri Lanka early Wednesday (10) morning to a tumultuous reception. Pop icon, Asha Bhosle and the Sri Lankan duo, Bhathiya and Santhush....
With the sheer intention of quenching the thirst for knowledge of Jaffna students and other interested readers, a generous family from the South donated a volume of valuable books to the Jaffna library recently. The donation coordinated by the Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna (SFHQ-J) was comprised of 1500 books including encyclopaedias, novels, famous story books for children and a rare collection of books for academic purposes..jpg)
Friday (12) evening’s ‘Tharu Dilena Reyak’, the year’s dazzling musical extravaganza, meant to raise funds for the Seva Vanitha Army Branch’s (SVAB) ‘Brave Hearts’ for construction of Wellness Resorts (Abhimansala), reverberated the packed Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium with sound of rich melodious hits and fabulous dancing performances.
Sri Lanka-Netherlands Scholars Association (SLNSA) with the sheer objective of promoting agricultural industry in Vavuniya, Mannar, Mullaittivu, Welioya and other farming areas has come forward to assist 12 agricultural organizations operating in those respective areas. The scheme of the SLNSA included a repayable loan......
Here follows a rare collection of glimpses that added colour to Friday (12) night’s ‘Tharu Dilena Reyak’ live-in-concert with Ms Asha Bhosle and the singing duo, Bhathiya and Santhush. 