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  • 1,625 Recovered Ones Leave ICCs & Hospitals-NOCPCO

    2021-07-05 23:10:37

    1,625 Recovered Ones Leave ICCs & Hospitals-NOCPCO

    As of this morning (06), a total of 869 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Among them, 53 were Sri Lankan expatriates. The rest 816 were locally-identified positive cases, including the majority 98 from Kalutara District....

  • 233 Brigade Troops Take Dry Ration Packs to Telingu Village in Welikanda

    2021-07-05 23:08:35

    233 Brigade Troops Take Dry Ration Packs to Telingu Village in Welikanda

    233 Brigade troops of the 23 Division under command to the Security Force Headquarters - East volunteered to donate dry ration packs for 20 families in Telingu village in Welikanda Sewanapitiya on Friday (25).

  • 64 Division Troops with Sponsorship Received Distribute Dry Ration Packs in Oddusuddan

    2021-07-05 23:03:01

    64 Division Troops with Sponsorship Received Distribute Dry Ration Packs in Oddusuddan

    ‘Sathyamurthi’ Society, a voluntary organization in response to a request of the General Officer Commanding 64 Division - Major General Manjula Karunarathne recently offered its generosity to distribute a stock of 100 dry ration packs among more than 100 needy families in Oddusddan...

  • Army Troops with Police Apprehend Illegal Sand-mining Groups

    2021-07-04 21:36:03

    Army Troops with Police Apprehend Illegal Sand-mining Groups

    Army troops alert to illegal sand mining in large scale damaging the environment in the Eastern region on Saturday (3) succeeded in taking one more group of sand-miners into custody with Policemen. Accordingly, Army troops of 4 Special Forces (SF) in the 22 Division in collaboration with the Drone team of the 15 Sri Lanka Artillery after swooping...

  • 3800 Coconut Seedlings Distributed thru ‘Thuru Mithuru-Nawa Ratak’ of the 64 Division

    2021-07-04 20:36:03

    3800 Coconut Seedlings Distributed thru ‘Thuru Mithuru-Nawa Ratak’ of the 64 Division

    Sponsorship and generosity offered to the security Force HQ-Mullaittivu by several philanthropists in order to support the ongoing ‘Thuru Mithuru Nawatarak’ project of the Army Chief, troops were able to distribute some 3800 coconut seedlings among low-income families in Oddusuddan...

  • SLAVF's New Brigadiers Pay Courtesies to Their Commandant

    2021-07-04 19:00:03

    SLAVF's New Brigadiers Pay Courtesies to Their Commandant

    Most recently-promoted eight Brigadiers of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (SLAVF) recently paid a courtesy call on the SLAVF Commandant, Major General Sampath Kotuwegoda at the SLAVF Headquarters. On recommendations of the Ministry of Defence and General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army...

  • 45 More Die of COVID-19-NOCPCO

    2021-07-04 18:30:03

    45 More Die of COVID-19-NOCPCO

    As of this morning (05), a total of 1,573 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Among them, 56 were Sri Lankan expatriates. The rest 1,517 were locally-identified positive cases, including the majority 249 from Colombo District, 221 from Gampaha District, 183 from Kalutara District and 864 from different other Districts...

  • Adjutant General Reviews Colombo Army Hospital's New Construction Site & Admin Affairs

    2021-07-04 18:00:03

    Adjutant General Reviews Colombo Army Hospital's New Construction Site & Admin Affairs

    Major General Sanjaya Wanasinghe, Adjutant General of the Army on Wednesday (30) with the objective of assessing the progress of the new 15-storeyed building in the Colombo Army Hospital compound and inspecting the hospital's routine administrative...

  • 3 (V) GW Troops Collect Ship Debris along Walliwala Beach

    2021-07-04 17:00:03

    3 (V) GW Troops Collect Ship Debris along Walliwala Beach

    Troops of the 3 (V) Gemunu Watch (GW) of the 613 Brigade under command to the 61 Division of the Security Force HQ-West on Thursday (1) cleaned Walliwala beach along Matara coastal belt areas, affected due to debris of the damaged ‘X Press Pearl’ container ship recently.

  • Major General Sisira Pilapitiya, New Mullaittivu Commander Assumes Duties

    2021-07-04 16:30:53

    Major General Sisira Pilapitiya, New Mullaittivu Commander Assumes Duties

    Major General Sisira Pilapitiya of the Vijayabhahu Infantry Regiment (VIR) assumed duties on Wednesday (23) as the new Commander, Security Forces - Mullaittivu during a formal ceremony. The newly-appointed Mullaittivu Commander...