Commander Addressing Kilinochchi Troops Scoffs at International Allegations Against Army & Country
Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Commander of the Army with the express intention of keeping the ground troops informed of international moves as well as evaluating ongoing Army nation-building assignments, visited the Security Force Headquarters-Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) and both 66 and 65 Division Headquarters on Monday (4). A Guard of Honour plus a Guard Turnout, dressed in ceremonial garbs.....

Security Force Headquarters-Wanni (SFHQ-W) on Monday (4) during a brief ceremony inaugurated the construction of a much-needed officers’ mess building, instead of the existing old one. Major General Boniface Perera, Commander, SFHQ-W at the auspicious 6.55 a.m. laid the foundation-stone for the construction, amidst blessings of ‘Seth Pirirth’ of the Maha Sangha.
A team of medical specialists, organized by the 643 Brigade Headquarters at Muthiyankaddukulam, Mullaittivu arrived in Mullaittivu a few days ago and conducted a mobile medical clinic at Oddusuddan Karipattamurippu government mixed school. Over 250 patients with dental, visual, skin and physical complications and diseases received treatment from medical specialists.....
The Seva Vanitha Army Branch (SVAB), marking the International Women’s Day, conducted a workshop on Beauty Culture and Cookery at the Army Physical Training School gymnasium in Panagoda on Saturday (9). Mrs Suvineeta Kotelawala, a veteran in these fields conducted different practical sessions and enlightened the attendees throughout the workshop.
Security Force Headquarters - Kilinochchi in collaboration with 65, 66 and 57 Divisions launched several separate projects on Friday (8) on account of ‘International Women’s Day’. A lecture on ‘Women’s Rights and Law Related to Violence Against Women’ delivered on that day at ‘Don Bosco’ lecture hall in the 651 Brigade area, educated 135 Tamil women living in the area.
Ambassador for Thailand in Sri Lanka, Mr Muwan on Friday (8) visited Kilinochchi area and met Major General Udaya Perera, Security Force Commander - Kilinochchi for a cordial discussion. Major General Perera during the meeting briefed him on various development projects and different humanitarian community oriented work......
People’s Bank Buddhist Association, extending its services towards northern students donated school accessories to 170 selected children during a ceremony on Friday (8) at Usan Ramanadan Vidyalayam in Jaffna. The recipients, who had done very well in studies, received these gift parcels from the Secretary, People’s Bank Buddhist Association, Mr Preethi Kolonnage, General Officer Commanding, 52 Division.....
Infantrymen of the Sri Lanka Army’s Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment (VIR), who played a commendable role behind elimination of ruthless terrorism from the Mother, Lanka a few years ago, were overjoyed to see that their Regimental Headquarters at Boyagane, Kurunegala, emerge a fully-fledged complex with all new amenities on hand, beginning Thursday (14).



“The international community, as I believe, has not fathomed the degree of humanitarian assistance, being extended by Army troops in the North and East to provide relief to all sectors of people in the war-affected Mullaittivu and elsewhere, which is regrettable. Our dedication and commitment to build 165 new houses....
“The vigorous unilateral allegations against the Army, now made in Geneva, baffle all of us who decisively waged the humanitarian operations in Wanni at that stage when I was the Wanni Commander because neither myself, nor any Security Force Commander or for that matter, any Division or Brigade Commander, to say the least, in the province, received a single complaint against the.....


