2022-01-30 22:39:09
Just minutes after the ceremonial parade of Lebanon- bound Sri Lankan troops was over at the Sri Lanka Light Infantry Regimental Headquarters on Sunday (30), General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army made a surprise inspection visit to the Panagoda cantonment.
2022-01-30 06:22:43
More than 1,000 Buddhist monks, drawn from all corners of the country, including Maha Nayaka and Anunayaka Theros at the invitation of the Ministry of Defence gathered at the BMICH premises this evening (26) and commenced overnight chanting...
2022-01-27 12:13:09
HE the Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka Mr Hideaki Mizukoshi on the eve of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and Japan on Wednesday (26) paid a courtesy call on General Shavendra Silva...
2022-01-23 11:41:19
'The Twenty-two Bungalow', erected exclusively by 22 Gajaba Regiment (GR) troops as a holiday resort was inaugurated on Saturday (22) in Saliyapura by General Shavendra Silva, Colonel of the Regiment of Gajaba Regiment, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army...
2022-01-23 07:07:05
The Military Intelligence Corps Seva Vanitha Unit (MIC-SVU), coincident with the 29th anniversary commemoration of the MIC and its memorial ceremony in memory of fallen War Heroes, had its own parallel Seva Vanitha programme on Friday (21) at the School of Military Intelligence...
2022-01-22 09:00:01
One more coordinating meeting of the steering committee and all stakeholders of the Green Agriculture Operation Center (GAOC) at Rajagiriya, mandated to coordinate island-wide production of organic fertilizer for ‘Yala Season - 2022’ on a Presidential directive in....
2022-01-22 08:55:47
The recently re-elected President of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka, Mr Suresh Subramaniam on Friday (21) paid a courtesy call on General Shavendra Silva, Chairman of the National Sports...
2022-01-19 22:43:01
The Chief of Naval Staff of the Bangladesh Navy, Admiral M. Shaheen Iqbal, now in Sri Lanka on a goodwill visit this afternoon (19) arrived at the Army HQ to pay courtesies to the Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, General Shavendra Silva.
2022-01-18 16:15:28
The integral components, essential for ‘soldiering’ are the ‘discipline’ and ‘commitment’ which overlap with the physical and mental toughness of the soldier with which he would be all the time prepared to undertake combat firing when the need necessitates which also in turn qualifies....
2022-01-17 06:40:14
The archaeologically-unique Balangoda Pooragala Raja Maha Vihara, more popularly known as Kuragala Cave Temple, which remained dilapidated, neglected and encroached by various elements with vested interests for a long time in Kaltota...