The Sri Lankan government will declare a month starting from May 08th as the National War Heroes Commemoration Month (Ranaviru Month) to commemorate war heroes of the three armed forces and Police who perished and were injured in the three-decade long civil war, reported Colombo page.
A 'National War Heroes Commemoration Ceremony' will be held under the patronage of the President on May 18th, near the parliament building, with a procession of soldiers and officials from the police and Civil Defence force.
The Sri Lankan army 'War Heroes' Commemoration takes place on the same day as annual global events in the Tamil community that remember the 70000 Tamil civilians that died in the brutal Sri Lankan army onslaught , during the final stages of the war in Mullivaiakkal May 2009.