The 58 Division commanded by Brig. Shavendra Silva was in the forefront of fighting during the entire Wanni campaign, literally sprinting ahead of all other battle groups engaged in the massive operation.
The campaign ended with the crushing of the LTTE on May 18 and the 58 Division was there battling the enemy to the very [...]

Major General Jagath Dias General Officer Commanding 57 Division
An officer attached to the Gajaba Regiment, Jagath Dias took up the challenge of commanding the 57 offensive Division in the Vanni Liberation operation in the mid of Year 2007 after Brigadier Sumith Manawadu. He commanded his troops to capture sacred Madhu Church in April 25, 2008 [...]

News coming from Battle field revails that the self proclaimed “Government Doctor” has turned himself in to the forces of the 58th division.
This man was sending many false information to the International Meadia such as BBC as a part of LTTEs propagnda mechanism. Based on the information passed by this “doctor”,  international bogus media were seen [...]

It is reported that Troops of 58 Division ( Coming from North) is just about 1800 meters away from Troops of 59 Division ( Coming from South). Also Army 53 Division is about 1200 meters away from the forward defence line of 59 Division.

 
Ground troops engaged in their final push against LTTE are poised to completely seal off the Eastern coast within the next 24 hours as 58 Division troops advancing towards Mullaitivu from the Northern direction reached closer to Mullaitivu front after capturing the grounded Jordanian ship Farah III in the Mullaitivu seas by yesterday evening.

Jordanian ship [...]

 
by Ranil Wijayapala
The final thrust on the last batch of LTTE cadres including Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran aimed at rescuing the remaining civilians, reached one of the most decisive phases as of yesterday with troops making speedy progress within the last 48 hours with the 58 Division following a fierce battle capturing the LTTE’s last [...]

 
As troops are stepping towards the last terrain of the LTTE inside the No Fire Zone (NFZ) in the narrow strip of land in the immediate North of Mullaitivu town from two fronts, the Tiger outfit is seemingly engaged in delaying tactics expecting a last minute bid by any international player to rescue them from [...]

Troops of the advancing Divisions were able to restrict Velupillai Prabhakaran, to five square kilometres this week.
By Friday (1), 58 and 53 Divisions were advancing on the Mullaitivu-Paranthan (A35) road towards the final Tiger hideout at Vellamullavaikal.
As the noose tightened on the remaining Tiger diehards, the Western vested interests too were making determined efforts to [...]

Wanni Operation Video, 3rd May 2009