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The 16th Sri Lanka Force Protection Company (SLFPC) successfully completed its second and final Contingent-Owned Equipment (COE) inspection for the year 2025. The inspection was carried out on 19 November 2025 at Sri Base in Naqoura by a team of 15 officials from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

Colonel Mohammad Mahboobi Fooladi, Defence Attaché of Islamic Republic of Iran to Sri Lanka, paid a courtesy call on Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Lasantha Rodrigo RSP ctf-ndu psc IG, at the Army Headquarters.

Army personnel swiftly responded to a road accident in Thalagolla on 23 November 2025, after a tree collapsed onto a three-wheeler traveling along the Rambukkana–Mawanella road.

The 11th Army-to-Army Staff Talks (AAST) between the Indian Army (IA) and the Sri Lanka Army was successfully conducted at the Officers’ Training Academy (OTA), Gaya, India, from 18 to 20 November 2025, further strengthening the long-standing and cooperative military relationship between the two nations.

A rock-filled earth mound collapsed in Ganeetanna, Mawanella, on 22 November 2025, causing severe damage to a building consisting of a house and a shop, and trapping several individuals.

The Sri Lankan military contingent that participated in the 11th edition of the Sri Lanka–India bilateral military exercise, Exercise Mithra Shakti, returned to the island on 22 November 2025 after successfully completing the programme conducted from 10 to 22 November 2025 at the Foreign Training Node (FTN) in Belagavi, Karnataka, India.

The Vijayabahu Infantry Seminar – 2025 was conducted at the Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment (VIR) Headquarters in Boyagane on 22 November 2025, under the patronage of Lieutenant General Lasantha Rodrigo RSP ctf-ndu psc IG, the Commander of the Army.

Major General T.N.K. Perera assumed duties as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 21 Infantry Division on 21 November 2025 at the Division Headquarters.

Rathmal Oya Bank in Welpalla damaged, submerging nearly 20 acres of paddy fields due to heavy rainfall on 20 November 2025.

Severe flooding in Galle and Matara districts due to adverse weather prompted the Sri Lanka Army to provide vital transport support to Advanced Level candidates, ensuring they reached their examination centres without delay.