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  • British High Commission & US Embassy Envoys Meet Jaffna Commander

    2019-01-25 18:43:24

    British High Commission & US Embassy Envoys Meet Jaffna Commander

    A team of envoys of the High Commission of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Colombo as well as a United States Indo-Pacific Command (PACOM) Augmentation Team of the US Embassy on Thursday (24) met Major General Dharshana Hettiarrachchi....

  • 4 GW Troops Prevent Piercing of Tank Bund in Nediyamadu

    2019-01-25 16:31:06

    4 GW Troops Prevent Piercing of Tank Bund in Nediyamadu

    Security Force Headquarters - East (SFHQ-E) based, 4 Gemunu Watch troops of the 231 Brigade under the 23 Division, following information received from the civilians promptly attended to a sudden water leakage in the Kalikkulam Tank bund in Nediyamadu area and prevented the danger of its split a few days ago.

  • Army Rugby Players Receive Incentive for Excellence in Future

    2019-01-25 12:23:09

    Army Rugby Players Receive Incentive for Excellence in Future

    Sri Lanka Army Rugby League which has been displaying promising achievements in Rugby by beating even the most formidable opponents in the recent past is to shortly receive the gift of a new Rugby ground, highly suitable for training sessions inside the Panagoda Army Cantonment.

  • Affected 2280 Plus Kilinochchi Students & 100 Families Given Essentials by Southerners

    2019-01-24 16:12:00

    Affected 2280 Plus Kilinochchi Students & 100 Families Given Essentials by Southerners

    Unprecedented gestures of honest assistance from the South to poverty and flood -affected Kilinochchi students and civilians still continue to pour, thanks to the effective and credible coordinating and distributing mechanisms of the Army in place in respective areas....

  • Two More Senior Brigadiers Promoted to Next Rank

    2019-01-24 16:00:00

    Two More Senior Brigadiers Promoted to Next Rank

    HE the President Maithripala Sirisena, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces has promoted two more Senior Brigadiers of the Army to the rank of temporary Major General, states a communiqué issued by the Military Secretariat on Thursday (24) evening. Brigadier K.A.W Kumarapperuma of Sri Lanka...

  • SFHQ-J’s New Warrant Officers' Mess Opened

    2019-01-24 15:52:39

    SFHQ-J’s New Warrant Officers' Mess Opened

    The newly-constructed two-storied mess building for Warrant Officers & Sergeants at the Security Force Headquarters - Jaffna (SFHQ-J) was vested in them during a formal ceremony, graced by Major General Darshana Hettiarachchi, Commander, Security Forces - Jaffna on Wednesday (23).

  • Jaffna University Students Help Pooneryn Students

    2019-01-24 15:43:31

    Jaffna University Students Help Pooneryn Students

    Students at Kilinochchi Gnanimadam Vidyalaya, Pooneryn got a valuable set of school accessories on Tuesday (22) during a programme coordinated by 24 Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment (VIR) troops and 661 Brigade of the 66 Division under the Security Force Headquarters - Kilinochchi.

  • Troops Clean Pre-school Premises

    2019-01-24 15:20:05

    Troops Clean Pre-school Premises

    More than 15 Army members of the 652 Brigade of the 65 Division on Monday (21) offered their assistance and cleaned the Haridas Pre-school premises in the general area of Kilinochchi following a request made by pre-school authorities. The pre-school premises remained littered with garbage and other pollutants at the time troops began the cleaning project.

  • 220 More Mullaittivu Students & 250 Jaffna Students Get Free Educational Accessories from Their Southern Counterparts & Donors

    2019-01-22 20:40:33

    220 More Mullaittivu Students & 250 Jaffna Students Get Free Educational Accessories from Their Southern Counterparts & Donors

    Southern students, teachers and the principal at Pannipitiya Dharmapala Vidyalaya, showing their concern for flood and poverty-affected their counterparts in Mullattivu distributed a large stock of school accessories among 220 deserving students during a simple...

  • Newly-promoted Major General Chula Abeynayake Welcomed by His Mother Regiment

    2019-01-22 10:40:33

    Newly-promoted Major General Chula Abeynayake Welcomed by His Mother Regiment

    The recently-promoted Major General Chula Abeynayake, the new General Officer Commanding, 14 Division was greeted and honoured in a customary military ceremony when he recently arrived at his mother regiment, Gemunu Watch (GW) Regimental Headquarters at Kuruwita.