The closing ceremony of the Inter Battalion Athletic Meet of Sri Lanka Army Women’s Corps (SLAWC) got underway at Dehiattakandiya Mahaweli Grounds during Aug 22-23. Major General Lal Perera, Commander, Security Force Headquarters - East (SFHQ-E) who is also the Colonel Commandant of the SLAWC attended the closing ceremony.
Security Force Headquarters - Jaffna (SFHQ-J), honouring its pledges earlier given, released 51 more acres of land and 46 houses to their rightful owners on Friday (23) after shifting existing Army establishments into government-owned land elsewhere in the Jaffna peninsula.(2).jpg)
The Army officer, Captain A.M.U Samarakoon of 2 (Volunteer) Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps (SLAGSC), who was nabbed while attempting to rob the Kandy National Savings Bank (NSB) branch, disguised as a Muslim lady, is being court martialled in accordance with the provisions of the Army Act.
The two-day International Symposium – 2013 of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) on the theme ‘Sri Lanka as a Hub in Asia, the Way Forward’, was inaugurated Thursday (22) morning at the KDU auditorium at Kandawalawatta, Ratmalana. Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Secretary Defence and Urban Development graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and Mr Lalith Weeratunga, President’s Secretary......
Several foreign military officers Friday (23) morning paid courtesy calls on the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake at the Army Headquarters. Senior Colonel Guo Xinning, Deputy Principal, College of Defence at People’s Liberation Army’s National Defence University of China met Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake and extended his best wishes on his new appointment. Senior Colonel Guo Xinning who had met Lieutenant General Ratnayake....
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Council for National Unity (CNU), comprised of leading Tamil businessmen recently, felicitated the new Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake at a special ceremony, held at Galadari Hotel, Colombo. The CNU, appreciative of the invaluable services Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake rendered for the benefit of thousands of........
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More than 151 officers and a fair number of other ranks serving the 56 Division area in Vavuniya volunteered to donate blood at the request of the Blood Bank of Vavuniya Hospital on Saturday (17). The event that took place at 56 Division Headquarters was supported by medical officers, Dr V Dissanayake, Dr Nuwan Hewawasam and six other staffers of the Vavuniya Blood Bank.
More than 3170 coconut saplings were distributed among civilians resident in Muthiyankaddukulam, Kanagaratnapuram, Tachchaadappan and Manamalapattamuruppu Gramaseva Divisions in Mullaittivu on Saturday (17). The initiative, taken by the 643 Brigade Headquarters in Muthiyankaddukulam in coordination with Coconut Cultivation and National Estate Development Ministries.........
The Inter Regiment Para Beach Volleyball Tournament, competed by 10 teams of different Army Regiments on the Beach Volleyball Court of the Corps of Engineers for two days (August 13 and 14) made the players of Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment (VIR) Champions after beating Gajaba Regiment (GR) players in the finals........
Troops continuing their assistance in the fight against Dengue, conducted a collective awareness programme in Gehenuwala Grama Niladari Division in Homagama area on Saturday (17). Three Public Health Inspectors, ten civil leaders, two Gramaseva officials, eight Police Constables, twenty-five Army members and several..........
