Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army, currently in Trincomalee attending to National Independence Day final arrangements took time off on Friday (1) afternoon to visit a couple of ongoing housing and development projects in Sampoor and Seedanaveli areas in the East. As the first stopover, progress, related to the ongoing Army ‘Seedanaveli’ housing project with 56 new houses.... |
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Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, now in Trincomalee, inspected all Army arrangements in place in connection with the forthcoming 65th National Independence Day rehearsals on Friday (1) morning.
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetillake with a view to taking stock of development and defence rules in the Wanni visited the Security Forces Headquarters – Wanni (SFHQ-W) on Friday (1). The visiting CDS was received on arrival by Major General MHSB Perera, Security Force Commander (Wanni) where he was greeted to a Guard Turnout plus a Guard of Honour. During his stay there.....
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetillake, Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya and Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage on Saturday (2) were on hand in Trincomalee when the second day rehearsals for National Independence Day were held. They all reviewed the parade closely and added certain improvements to the flow of the procession that salutes HE the President, Mahinda Rajapaksa..... |
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Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army, currently in Trincomalee attending to National Independence Day final arrangements took time off on Friday (1) afternoon to visit a couple of ongoing housing and development projects in Sampoor and Seedanaveli areas in the East.
The 65th National Independence Day ceremony under the theme ‘Asirimath Mawubimak - Isurumath Hetadinak’ (A Glorious Motherland - A Flourishing Tomorrow) at Black-Bay, Trincomalee this morning (4), headed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, re-affirmed the determined commitment of all to turn the country to be the ‘Wonder of Asia’ while strengthening Sri Lanka’s sovereignty and peaceful co-existence..jpg "Click to magnify/shrink") |
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Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonetillake, Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya and Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage on Saturday (2) were on hand in Trincomalee when the second day rehearsals for National Independence Day were held.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his Independence Day address to the Nation asserted that no room would be left for any foreign element to interfere in the internal affairs of this country in consistent with the UN provisions as very clearly articulate in the UN Charter. “Sri Lanka’s development and reconciliation is the best response to international allegations.
More than 80 marathon runners representing Mannar, Jaffna, Mullaittivu, Kilinochchi and Vavuniya Districts with the aim of seeking entry into this year’s National Sports Festival - 2013, took part in a ‘Cross-Country Run’ on 26th January after the gathered in front of the Mannar District Secretary’s office. Physical Training Instructors of the 54 Division, District Sports Instructors.....
