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 [...]

Sri Lanka Army 58 Division sweeping down the A-35 road (Paranthan - Mullaittivu) on the West- East axis has reached the outskirts of Dharmapuram, reveal battlefield sources
During a confrontation erupted around 5.30 this morning (Jan 14), north of Dharmapuram, troops have found 3 bodies of LTTE cadres along with 3 T-56 riffles.
Meanwhile, Army 55 Division [...]

The Army Headquarters officially announced that Task Force I under the command of Brigadier Shavendra Silva has been elevated to the position of a permanent Division in the Sri Lanka Army.
Army Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka made this announcement as he met the field commanders in Vanni Security Forces headquarters after the historic victory of [...]

Video, Wanni Operation 04th Jan 2009

Sri Lanka Army 57 Division troops approaching Kilinochchi town from the South have linked up with troops of the Task Force 1 advancing from the North this afternoon (Jan 2).
According to the battlefield reports, now the Army has established control over the A-9 road (Jaffna- Kandy) from Omanthai to Paranthan.
Earlier this morning, troops of 571 [...]

Sri Lanka Army Task Force 1 troops are on the verge of scoring another historic victory by liberating the strategically located Paranthan town, reveal battlefield sources. Troops gained total control over the Thadduwankoddy and Komarikudakulam villages edging the Paranthan built up by last afternoon (Dec 30).
According to the battlefield reports, troops while advancing towards Paranthan [...]

Army Task Force 1 (TF 1) operating on the northern portion of the Kilinochchi battlefront yesterday (Dec 29) made further progress towards the strategically important Paranthan junction. According to the battlefield sources, some of the fighting elements of the TF 1 were just 2 km short of the junction from the West.
Troops of 582 Brigade [...]

Steady battle progress was reported at the Wanni battlefronts at Kilinochchi and Mullaittiuvu on Sunday (Dec 28) as security forces are now engaged in the final battles for the LTTE’s remaining major garrison townships. Fighting was reported in the outskirts of Paranthan, Kilinochchi and Mullaittiuvu, with the multi-pronged military advances made dismantling remaining LTTE resistances [...]

Troops of Task Force 1 further continued their march towards Paranthan after successfully averting LTTE’s counter attacks to regain their lost battlefront fortifications in Sinna Paranthan area this morning, 25 December.
LTTE terrorists have tried several times to recapture the loosing areas from this morning, the defence.lk correspondent in TF1 said.
According to the latest information received [...]

 
Sri Lanka Army Task Force 1 soldiers crushed an LTTE counter attack launched at their forward boundary south of Chinna Paranthan area this morning (Dec 24). According to battlefield sources, troops inflicted heavy damages to the terrorists.
The terrorists tried to regain their lost battlefield fortifications located about 6 km west of Paranthan on the Pooneryn- [...]