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  • COVID 19-Affected Buddhist Monks to be Treated at Army-Established ICC at Vipassana Meditation Centre

    2021-08-30 15:41:30

    COVID 19-Affected Buddhist Monks to be Treated at Army-Established ICC at Vipassana Meditation Centre

    “Sri Lanka Army soldiers at the forefront of the control, prevention and facilitating treatment against COVID-19 pandemic are like parents who are caring for their own children at a time the country is undergoing a critical period. Today, you extended the same parental care for members of the Maha Sangha by converting this meditation monastery to be an....

  • PLA of China-Gifted Vaccine Doses to their Sri Lankan Counterparts Accepted at Airport

    2021-08-28 10:12:12

    PLA of China-Gifted Vaccine Doses to their Sri Lankan Counterparts Accepted at Airport

    The consignment of 300,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines, gifted to the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka by the People's Liberation Army of China arrived in Sri Lanka this morning (28) along with 2 million more doses for Sri Lankans. General (Retd) Kamal Gunarathne, Secretary Defence, General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff, Commander of the Army and Head, National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak....

  • New Wards, Established within Hours on Presidential Directive Vested in Colombo South Hospital Authorities

    2021-08-26 16:14:18

    New Wards, Established within Hours on Presidential Directive Vested in Colombo South Hospital Authorities

    The untiring efforts of Army troops in order to expand the existing ward capacity at Colombo South Teaching Hospital, in close consultation with health authorities, completed the establishment of three more new wards in the eight-storied building in the hospital complex. The project, considered as another giant emergency move, undertaken by the Army as per Presidential directives was fully supported by the Army Seva Vanitha Unit (ASVU) and....

  • Sri Lanka’s Paralympians Captained by Army Sergeant Dinesh Priyantha Herath Receives Commander's Best Wishes

    2021-08-20 10:55:31

    Sri Lanka’s Paralympians Captained by Army Sergeant Dinesh Priyantha Herath Receives Commander's Best Wishes

    The Tokyo Paralympic Games- 2020, scheduled to be held in Japan from 24 August to 5 September, for which the National Paralympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NPC) has fielded a nine-strong contingent of athletes, of whom seven athletes are from the Sri Lanka Army. Those Army athletes on the eve of their departure to Japan, including Corporal M.G Sampath Bandara of Sri Lanka Light Infantry (archery), Sergeant Dinesh Priyantha Herath of Gajaba Regiment (javelin), Sergeant Sampath Hettiarachchi of Vijayabahu...

  • Bangladesh's DSCSC Commandant Holds Cordial Discussions with the Army Chief

    2021-08-17 19:17:35

    Bangladesh's DSCSC Commandant Holds Cordial Discussions with the Army Chief

    Major General Mohammed Jubayer Salehin, Commandant of the Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) in Mirpur, Bangladesh, currently in Sri Lanka with a few DSCSC Directing Staff to conduct a Joint Warfare Workshop at its Sri Lankan counterpart, DSCSC in Sapugaskanda on Monday (16) called on General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army at the Army HQ and extended his courtesies, symbolizing sound bilateral relations that prevail between Bangladesh and Sri Lankan Armed Forces.

  • Army Mobile Vaccination Fleet Launched Covering Most Populous Areas in Western Province

    2021-08-12 13:39:08

    Army Mobile Vaccination Fleet Launched Covering Most Populous Areas in Western Province

    The mobilization of the Army's first Western Province-based Mobile COVID-19 Vaccination Fleet that prioritizes the vaccination of the elderly, sick, handicapped and feeble sections in society, a combined effort of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps (SLAMC), Directorate of Preventive Medicine and Mental Health, Directorate of Supply and Transport, Sri Lanka Signal Corps, Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police, Brigadier Chandana Arangala, Brigadier Coordinator, NOCPCO started...

  • Army Magnanimity Lent to Ex-Combatants Offering Financial Incentives for Self-Employments

    2021-08-07 21:40:27

    Army Magnanimity Lent to Ex-Combatants Offering Financial Incentives for Self-Employments

    Unprecedented in Sri Lanka, and perhaps in the world too for that matter, the Sri Lanka Army in a magnanimous gesture of goodwill, brotherhood and compassion lent its hand of friendship to 15 ex-LTTE combatants, just freed from jail on a Presidential pardon and offered each of them with cash gifts for initiation of their own self-employment openings and....

  • Pioneering Architect of New Army & Defence HQ Complex, HE the President Welcomed amid Military Honours

    2021-08-03 18:01:55

    Pioneering Architect of New Army & Defence HQ Complex, HE the President Welcomed amid Military Honours

    His Excellency (HE) the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces cum the conceptual brainchild behind the erection of the new state-of-the art Defence HQ complex at Sri Jayawardenepura who saw the fruition of the project, called at the Army HQ this morning (3) for the first time at the invitation of the Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, General Shavendra Silva to be received in a dignified red-carpet welcome, adorned with military salutes.

  • Exceptionally-Skilled 200 More Air Mobile Graduates Receive Graduation

    2021-07-28 18:34:55

    Exceptionally-Skilled 200 More Air Mobile Graduates Receive Graduation

    The state-of-the art Air Mobile Training School (AMTS) at Nikawewa under the 53 Division Headquarters adorned ceremonial garbs Wednesday (28) morning and inducted well-trained 4 more Officers and 196 Other Ranks of the Reserve Strike Force (RSF) who completed the intensive Training Course No-23 of the AMTS, amidst greetings and best wishes during an eventful formal ceremony, dignified by the presence of General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army as the Chief Guest.

  • MIR Gets Own Holiday Home for its Family Members at Diyatalawa

    2021-07-19 15:52:28

    MIR Gets Own Holiday Home for its Family Members at Diyatalawa

    Mech Breeze'', the newly-constructed holiday home of the Mechanized Infantry Regiment (MIR) in Diyatalawa was vested in the MIR family by General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army on Saturday (17) at the invitation of Colonel of the Regiment, Mechanized Infantry Regiment and Commander Army Training Command, Major General Sena Waduge.