With the recent promotion from the ranks of Brigadier to Major General, Shavendra Silva (45) becomes youngest Major General in SL Army. Major General Shavendra Silva was born in 1964 and joined SL Army as a cadet officer in 1985.
When the Humanitarian Operation starts he was serving Gajaba Regiment as Lieutenant Colonel. Based on [...]

Sri Lanka Armr today promoted three senior battle field commanders namely, Brigadier Prasana De Silva [ then Commander of 53 Division ], Brigadier Shavendra Silva [then Commander of 58 Division] and Brigadier Chagi Gallage  to the ranks of Major General.
WanniOperation.com wishes our heartiest congratulations to these commanders who played a key role in the recent war on the LTTE Terror.

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed Army Chief Sarath Fonseka as the Chief of Defence Staff, Maj. Gen Jagath Jayasuriya as the new Army Commander, Navy Chief Wasantha Karanagoda as the National Security Advisor and rear Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe as the new Navy Chief to take effect from July 15.

I was seated face to face with a Human Suicide Bomber once the dreaded weapon of destruction so often utilised by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to create mayhem in public life, in its failed dream of a Tamil homeland of Eelam. He is a self-confessed LTTE Black Tiger suicide bomber. But I [...]

Several doctors who served in the LTTE controlled areas during the last days of the humanitarian operation say that the Tamil people faced immense hardships due to LTTE atrocities at that time. The LTTE that experienced severe shortages of cadres to face the advancing troops used to abduct teenagers between 11 years to 14 years [...]

A massive combing operation was on Tuesday launched by Tamil Nadu police aided by intelligence and Coast Guard personnel in nearby islands and all the coastal districts of the state to verify whether any LTTE militant had infiltrated into the areas in the aftermath of the outfit’s defeat in Sri Lanka.
The operations, ordered by the [...]

The time period granted for armed ‘Jihad’ groups operating in the Eastern Province to handover their weapons, which was to expire on July 02, has now been extended to July 04 by the police. Police say these groups have been involved in several criminal activities in the area.

Another 50,000 personnel will be recruited to the Security Forces to maintain the administrative areas liberated from the LTTE.
Addressing the media at the Media Centre for National Security yesterday, Defence Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said that the LTTE had been holding and controlling over 600 sq km in the North and the Vanni, as well [...]