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.

For a nation that has been held captive by a bunch of inhuman terrorists for over three decades, dedication and commitment amply displayed by thousands of heroic Army troops was the only solace peace - loving people in Sri Lanka have had all this time.
The country’s fate, thanks to the unmatched leadership, courage, determination and [...]

Army Commander speaks about the SL Army Victory in Mullaittivu

Every right thinking citizen of Sri Lanka, who read the editorial of ‘The Island’ newspaper of 8th instant captioned - “Why bay for Sarath Fonseka’s blood?” will loudly applaud this well written script.
Facts are facts, and they are stubborn. LTTE started their killing spree with the SLFP, Jaffna Mayor, in Jaffna itself.
Since Doraiappa’s killing, we [...]

Wanni Operation Video, 13th January 2009

Followed by the historic feat achieved by Army in capturing Kilinochchi, Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka accompanied by Wanni Security Forces Commander and a few senior officers of the Army Headquarters, flew to Vavuniya on Saturday (3) morning in a bid to take stocks of the ground situation in Wanni theater of [...]

Sri Lanka’s Army Commander Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka, in an exclusive conversation with the Asian tribune Website said that the Sri Lanka Army will completely rout the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2009.
“At the moment troops of our 58 Division led by Brigadier Shavendra Silva has nearly reached Paranthan, and the Paranthan Junction will [...]

Your above titled editorial of December 11 suggests that the Army Commander should have used the word ‘Criminal’ instead of “Jokers”, when the Army Commander had reportedly said, “If the Tamil Tigers are wiped out, those political jokers who sympathise with them will most probably lose their income from them”.
Who is an actor or actress? [...]