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Deyata Sevana,” the national tree planting campaign, spearheaded to coincide with His Excellency, President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s birthday was inaugurated at the auspicious time of 09.01 a.m.Tuesday (15) at Pelawatte, Battaramulla, close to Parliament on Japan-Sri Lanka Friendship road. President Mahinda Rajapaksa gracing the inaugural ceremony as the Chief Guest, accompanied by a large gathering of Cabinet Ministers, Ministers, Governors, Chief Ministers, Secretaries, Commander of the Army, Inspector General of the Police and invitees, added a new significance to the whole concept of tree planting by declaring a 700-acre plot of land near Parliament as the ‘Green Garden,’ following an initiative taken jointly by Ministry of Environment and the Presidential Secretariat.
A group of students from the Jaffna Velanai Central College in Kayts recently had the rare opportunity of visiting HE, the President’s official residence, Temple Trees at Colombo 03 on the sidelines of an educational tour to the South. The tour, organized by the 17th Battalion Gemunu Watch (17 GW) serving Kayts, had 126 students, 13 teachers and 7 parents and covered many places of religious, social and cultural interests to tourists.This three-day education tour.....
Curtains came down on the maiden Army ‘Viru Daru - 2011’ (Children of War Heroes) Sports festival at Diyagama Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium on Saturday (12) evening, amidst shining hopes and cheering. Attaching a phenomenal importance to the first-ever sports meet, exclusively meant for children of War Heroes under the newly-founded umbrella organization, Army Viru Daru Society, the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya as Chief Guest attended both.....
Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army, the absolute epitome of concern and care for the sons and daughters of War Hero families attended one more firsts in the Army on Thursday (10), attaching a phenomenal importance to the sports talents of children of War Heroes. The venue was at Diyagama Mahinda Rajapaksa stadium where some 993 children of War Heroes....
The second state of the art, ‘Abimansala’- type wellness resort for dependent Army War Heroes is to come up shortly at Wilpita, Kamburupitiya, thanks to the cooperation, extended by His Excellency, the President Mahinda Rajapaksa to the Army in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development. Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army Monday (14) afternoon went to Wilpita and received the firsthand glimpses of the picturesque 10-acre extent of land.....
The medical section of the ‘Tharunyata Hetak’, chaired by Hon Namal Rajapaksa, Member of Parliament (MP), together with 30 medical consultants, made for Mannar on Saturday (12) and conducted a well-attended clinic, attracting more than 2000 patients with various ailments and sicknesses. 541, 542, 543 Brigade Commanders in coordination with the Mannar Medical Officer of Health organized the mammoth humanitarian project under the guidance.....
Troops serving the 211 Brigade in Vavuniya under the Security Forces Headquarters, Wanni, marked its 27th anniversary with a series of community-oriented projects of different nature continuously for three days (November 8, 9 & 10). A team of doctors and nurses from the Vavuniya hospital conducted a blood donation campaign in the 211 Brigade field hospital premises where over 202 Army personnel donated blood for the use of patients in Vavuniya hospitals..jpg)
Children of Officers and Other Ranks serving the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (SLAVF), received their scholarship grants for the year 2011 during a ceremony at BMICH on Tuesday (15) morning, headed by Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army as the Chief Guest. The arrangement, organized......
283 newly recruited soldiers to the Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR) in the Army recently had their formal passing out parade (PoP) at Ambepussa SLSR Regimental Headquarters.The PoP of the 59th SLSR Recruit Course saw a special Guard of Honour plus a Guard Turnout, accorded to the chief guest, Lieutenant Colonel Kithsiri Liyanage Colonel Media at Directorate of Media.....