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  • Troops Act Promptly to Restore Movement of Trains

    2022-11-15 15:15:14

    Troops Act Promptly to Restore Movement of Trains

    Troops of the Security Force Headquarters - Central on Sunday (13) evening swiftly responded and quickly cleared the railway track patch between Haputale and Idalgashinna after torrential rains caused a landslide in the area disrupting...

  • 61 Division’s New GOC Takes over Duties

    2022-11-15 15:10:14

    61 Division’s New GOC Takes over Duties

    Major General Udaya Herath assumed duties as 17th General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 61 Division of the Security Force HQ-West on 14 November during a simple ceremony at the Divisional Headquarters in Boossa. At the entrance, the incoming GOC reviewed...

  • SFHQ - Jaffna Facilitates Students’ Visit to Airport

    2022-11-15 15:00:14

    SFHQ - Jaffna Facilitates Students’ Visit to Airport

    The Security Force Headquarters - Jaffna as one more civil - oriented gesture facilitated the visit of 40 school students and their parents to Palaly Airport in Jaffna on Saturday (12). Those students and 39 parents of J/Madihe Pannaseeh Vidyalayam...

  • Inter Regiment Squash Tournament Gives the Win to GR Players

    2022-11-15 14:45:14

    Inter Regiment Squash Tournament Gives the Win to GR Players

    The awards ceremony of the Inter Regiment Squash Tournament - 2022 took place on Thursday (10 November) at the Panagoda Army Sports Complex. Chairman, Sri Lanka Army Squash Committee, Commander, 1 Corps and Colonel of the Regiment...

  • 33 Qualified in LRP Course No - 22 Receive Badges

    2022-11-15 14:30:14

    33 Qualified in LRP Course No - 22 Receive Badges

    Three Officers and thirty Other Ranks of the Special Forces (SF) Regiment who had successfully completed the nine month-long ‘Long Range Patrol’ (LRP) Course No - 22 in the 3 SF Jungle Training Base at Pirappamadu, Vavuniya received their badges of...

  • Army Weightlifters Carry Championship in National Event

    2022-11-15 14:00:14

    Army Weightlifters Carry Championship in National Event

    The Weightlifting National Championship - 2022, held at Polonnaruwa, Gallella National Sports complex during 10 - 13 November, enabled Army weightlifters to clinch the championship, defeating counterparts from 11 island-wide sports clubs...

  • MIR’s Housing Project for Soldiers Opens Two More Houses

    2022-11-14 20:03:05

    MIR’s Housing Project for Soldiers Opens Two More Houses

    The Mechanized Infantry Regiment’s (MIR) treasured project for construction of five new houses for deserving soldiers of MIR battalions resulted in completion of two more houses in Diyabeduma and Galgamuwa. A Senior Non Commissioned...

  • UK Defence Academy Commandant Calls at DSCSC

    2022-11-14 19:45:05

    UK Defence Academy Commandant Calls at DSCSC

    Major General A.M Roe CB, Chief Executive and Commandant, Defence Academy of the UK, along with a delegation called at the Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) - Sapugaskanda and met the DSCSC Commandant, Major General...

  • Mannar Troops Arrest Suspect with ‘ICE’

    2022-11-14 19:30:05

    Mannar Troops Arrest Suspect with ‘ICE’

    Troops of the Military Intelligence Corps and 11 Sri Lanka Artillery of the 54 Division in Mannar detected 25 gms of ICE (Cristal Methamphetamine) at the Mannar roadblock this morning (14). During a snap roadblock check, this packet of ICE, kept hidden by...

  • Soldiers Buy Pre-School Needs for Kids in Maruthankerny

    2022-11-14 19:15:05

    Soldiers Buy Pre-School Needs for Kids in Maruthankerny

    10 Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment (VIR) troops of the 553 Infantry Brigade under the 55 Infantry Division of the Security Force Headquarters - Jaffna, extending the Army’s helping hand towards deserving kids at Valluwar pre-school in...