Sri Lanka News First Latest War News Sri Lanka News Papers Hot News Breaking News Sinhala Tamil News online internet: New Commander for Vanni New Commander for Vanni ================================================================================ SLNF on 16 August, 2007 11:08:00 Major General, Jagath Jaysooriya was appointed as the new army commander for Vanni district. He was entrusted with the new position in a ceremony held in the army head quarters. He counts 20 years of service in the army. Major General P. Edirisinghe, who was the Vanni Commander, was transferred to the army head quarters as the Director General of the general staff.