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  • Major General Subhashana Welikala Passes Away

    2020-12-08 16:51:51

    Major General Subhashana Welikala Passes Away

    Major General Subhashana Welikala of Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR), one of the battle-hardened Senior Officers of the Army passed away this morning (8) whilst under treatment at the Colombo Army Hospital.

  • SLE ‘Colours Night’ Awards Sports Achievers in Past Few Years

    2020-12-08 13:29:11

    SLE ‘Colours Night’ Awards Sports Achievers in Past Few Years

    Sportsmen/women of the Corps of Sri Lanka Engineers (SLE) who brought admiration and prestige to the Regiment and the Army alike in the past few years received recognition and praise of Major General....

  • Troops Bid Farewell to Retiring Commander SF- West

    2020-12-08 13:23:12

    Troops Bid Farewell to Retiring Commander SF- West

    The Security Force Headquarters - West (SFHQ-West) presented a Guard Turnout and a Guard of Honour to the outgoing Major General Chula Abenayake, Commander, Security Forces-West (SF-West) on the....

  • 24 SLSR Troops Treat Children to Lunch

    2020-12-08 13:20:37

    24 SLSR Troops Treat Children to Lunch

    All ranks of the 24 Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment of the 591 Brigade serving under the 59 Division on Friday (4) entertained the children at Ladani Children’s Home in Silawaththa south to a lunch treat as part of their civil-military co-operation project.

  • 13,831 PCR Tests Conducted on Monday (7)-NOCPCO

    2020-12-08 10:26:55

    13,831 PCR Tests Conducted on Monday (7)-NOCPCO

    As of this morning (8), a total of 703 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. All of them are locally-identified affectees. Of those persons, 371 are from Colombo, 102 from Gampaha...

  • New SLLI Colonel of the Regiment Visits His Battalions

    2020-12-08 10:20:04

    New SLLI Colonel of the Regiment Visits His Battalions

    Major General Wasantha Abrew, the newly-appointed Colonel of the Regiment made formal visits to the 4, 5 (volunteer), 24 Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) Regiment camps on Friday (4) and 10, 19, 20, 17 (V) SLLI Battalions on Saturday (5).

  • ‘Sappers Super Draw - 2020’ Picks Lottery Winners

    2020-12-07 13:39:23

    ‘Sappers Super Draw - 2020’ Picks Lottery Winners

    The ‘Sappers Super Draw - 2020’, the fund-raiser to strengthen welfare facilities for all ranks in the Sri Lanka Engineers (SLE) took place on Friday (04) at the ‘Lt Gen N.K.B Angammana’ Memorial Auditorium at the SLE Regimental Headquarters at....

  • New 652 Brigade Commander Assumes Office

    2020-12-07 13:18:17

    New 652 Brigade Commander Assumes Office

    Brigadier Udaya Herath assumed duties as the 10th Commander of the 652 Brigade of the 65 Division of the Security Force HQ-Wanni, amid religious blessings at the Headquarters in Iruvil Junction, Naddankandal on Friday (4).

  • 52 Division Troops Give Cooked Meal Packets to Cyclone Victims

    2020-12-07 13:04:17

    52 Division Troops Give Cooked Meal Packets to Cyclone Victims

    11 Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment troops of the 521 Brigade of the 52 Division under the Security Force HQ-Jaffna distributed cooked meal packets among cyclone and adverse weather affected families in Velvetithurai who were displaced on 03 December 2020.

  • Troops Repair Anicut in Nikawewa

    2020-12-07 12:45:11

    Troops Repair Anicut in Nikawewa

    Troops of the 14 (Vol) Sri Lanka Light Infantry of the 621 Brigade on the directions of the 62 Division repaired a cyclonic weather-affected Nikawewa anicut and a part of its tank bund in Welioya on Saturday (05).