A distinguished gathering of battle-hardened War Heroes of our times, including Secretary Defence Major General (Retd) Kamal Gunarathna, former Commander of the Army, General (retd) Daya Ratnayake and a host of senior Tri Service Officers and personnel, members of the Maha Sangha and clergy, patriots, scholars, next of kin of fallen War Heroes and invitees who flocked to the Western Province Cultural Centre Auditorium, (NADA) at Colombo 7, July (11) while paying the highest tribute to gallantry, closely refreshed the memories of War Heroes who made the supreme sacrifice for defence of the famous Kokavil Transmission Tower and the Army Camp from marauding LTTE terrorists during 27 June-11 July 1990.

The Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resources Development Scholarship (JDS) Programme was introduced in Sri Lanka in 2010 by the Government of Japan in order to provide opportunities to the executive level public sector officials to undergo Master Degree Programmes in prominent universities in Japan.

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