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  • Army Squash Players Win Novices Men & Women Events

    2022-01-15 09:58:55

    Army Squash Players Win Novices Men & Women Events

    The senior national squash tournament and the PSA (Professional Squash Association) satellite event got underway during 6-9 January at the SSC squash court. The Sri Lanka Army players who represented the event achieved following wins during...

  • PPE Gifted to Army Chief Distributed among 25 Island-wide Hospitals

    2022-01-14 20:59:24

    PPE Gifted to Army Chief Distributed among 25 Island-wide Hospitals

    A large stock of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) gifted to General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army by US-based expatriates and organizations were subsequently distributed among 25 island-wide state hospitals after the stock...

  • Stock of PPE Gifted to Army Chief Delivered to Army Hospital for Distribution

    2022-01-14 09:23:53

    Stock of PPE Gifted to Army Chief Delivered to Army Hospital for Distribution

    The Army Seva Vanitha Unit (ASVU) at the Army Headquarters handed over a consignment of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), personally gifted to General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff...

  • Kandakadu Villager to Get New House, Built by Army Troops

    2022-01-13 21:18:39

    Kandakadu Villager to Get New House, Built by Army Troops

    In order to elevate living standards of the poor in the East, the Security Force HQ-East on Tuesday (11) laid the foundation-stone for construction of one more new house for a needy family, resident in Kandakadu, Welikanda area with sponsorship...

  • Mannar Troops Initiate & Join National Dengue Prevention Drive

    2022-01-13 21:05:39

    Mannar Troops Initiate & Join National Dengue Prevention Drive

    General Officer Commanding 54 Division, Major General Dharshana Wijesekara initiated the conduct of a Dengue prevention programme in the Mannar region in line with the national Dengue prevention programme, carried out from 4th to 8th of January 2022...

  • Nikapitiya Villager to Receive Army-built New House

    2022-01-12 19:04:53

    Nikapitiya Villager to Receive Army-built New House

    The foundation stone-laying ceremony of the proposed house to be constructed by the Army for one more low-income family in Nikapitiya, Bakamuna area in Polonnaruwa district took place on Monday (10) with the participation of the Chief Coordinator for....

  • SFHQ-J Offers Incentives for Thaipongal

    2022-01-11 18:55:56

    SFHQ-J Offers Incentives for Thaipongal

    The Security Force Headquarters - Jaffna (SFHQ-J) showing its goodwill and gestures of reconciliation offered free dry ration packs to all 108 militarized soldiers, recruited from the Jaffna peninsula for work inside the Army-managed Palaly farm on Sunday...

  • Massive Dengue Control Project Launched

    2022-01-11 18:00:56

    Massive Dengue Control Project Launched

    Following instructions, given by the Commander of the Army, troops serving under the Security Force Headquarters - West launched a special Dengue prevention project covering Gampaha, Kurunegala, Puttalam, Kegalle, Ratnapura, Kalutara...

  • SLAC Seva Vanitha Gives Away Incentives

    2022-01-11 17:00:56

    SLAC Seva Vanitha Gives Away Incentives

    The Sri Lanka Armoured Corps - Seva Vanitha Unit (SLAC-SVU) conducted a brief ceremony to award scholarships and donate medical equipment, tablet PCs and books for family members of the soldiers on 04 January 2022 at the Rock House Army Camp at Muttwal.

  • SF-J Commander Inspects Fertilizer Sites

    2022-01-11 06:30:44

    SF-J Commander Inspects Fertilizer Sites

    The Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna (SFHQ-J) which has already initiated fertilizer production process in order to promote ‘Green Agriculture’ in the peninsula as per directions of General Shavendra Silva, Head of the Green Agriculture Operation Center...