Ven Gunarathana Thero of the Singapore Buddhist library recently visited Kokeliya Buddhist temple in the 56 Division area, in the company of Mrs Senani Jayaratne, the spouse of the Prime Minister Hon D.M. Jayaratne and gave away a stock of essentials to both civilians and school students. The programme, coordinated by the 56 Division......
The 15th Army Para Games - 2012 saw its ceremonial culmination Thursday (16) evening at Diyagama Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium, instilling a new glimmer of hope among more than 1000 differently able War Heroes who showcased their unbeatable sport skills in the past three days. The tournament that covered 115 track and field events came to a climax with athletic and relay events taking the centre-stage in the past three days (August 14 -16)..jpg "Click to magnify/shrink") |
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Gemunu Watch (GW), one of the prestigious and veteran regiments in the Army, having produced a number of valiant War Heroes to serve the nation, once again received honours on Wednesday (15) with re-awarding of new Colours to all units by none other than the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces......
Grade 5 scholarship candidates living in 52 Division area in Varani, Jaffna had the rare chance of attending a preparatory seminar for the forthcoming examination, following initiatives taken by the 52 Division Headquarters.185 children with twelve teachers of......
Soldiers of 11th Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment (11 VIR), based at Chavakachcheri recently organized a blood donation campaign at St. Lagoria church in Chavakachcheri, in order to donate blood to the blood bank at Jaffna Teaching Hospital. Commanding Officer 11 VIR Lieutenant Colonel U.R.W.K.R. Kemarathne assisted......
Trincomalee-based 22 Division Headquarters lent its helping hand to foster religious harmony and amity among all communities by holding a ‘Ifthar’ (fast breaking) ceremony on Tuesday (14) at the Headquarters premises. More than 46 members of Ulama congregations of Islamic faith, together with Maulavis of......
Troops serving 11 Division under Security Forces headquarters, South (SFHQ-S) continue their support for national dengue eradication programmes areas the country. They joined civil officials and other workers in Tissamaharama Pannegamuwa areasduring two days in early August and two more days in......
30 and 31 Sri Lanka National Guard (SLNG) troops under 643 Brigade -Headquarters, with the financial assistance of two donors, Mr Gamini Keerthichandra and Mr H.M Nalaka Dabare, recently got donations of clothes, pre-school accessories, sports requirements and a stock of other essentials distributed among civilians in.......jpg){kind=logo}
Discussions on Sri Lanka Army’s overall contribution to the rehabilitation of some 11,000 plus misguided youngsters, brainwashed by LTTE, evoked enormous interest and curiosity among foreign delegates to the ‘Defence Seminar - 2012,’ since the world elsewhere, has not set a precedent of this magnitude in contemporary history. Reaffirming the notion ‘what you see is what you believe’, all delegates had free access to all.......
Major General D.R.A.B Jayatilake, more popularly known as ‘Aruna’ in the Army, is no more. He was holding the appointments of Commandant, Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (SLAVF), Colonel of the Regiment, Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR) and President, Army Buddhist Association at the time of his untimely death on Saturday (18). During his distinguished and most illustrious military career of 34 years as a capable and effective military leader cum a gentleman par excellence with......
