Considering Emergency Needs, Lady Gifts Her Pet Dogs for Explosive Detection Training

Impressed with the roles, being played by sniffing dogs in the Army for detection of explosives and drugs, Dr Shiru Wijemanna, a lecturer in the City & Guild International and International Open University...

(FLASH) Hiding Terrorists in Kalmunai Shoot at Security Forces

A combined team of the Security Forces including the Army came under fire when they were proceeding to search a suspicious place in the general area of Nintavur - Kalmunai, close to the Jumma Mosque this evening (26) at about 7.00 pm.

Commander Takes New Year Gifts to MSM Inmates

Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake, Commander of the Army, together with Mrs Chandrika Senanayake, President, Army Seva Vanitha Unit, despite hectic security commitments, undertook a New Year visit to see differently-able War Heroes, resident at Attidiya Mihindu Seth Medura (MSM).

Army Troops Begin Mobile Patrols, Static Duties, Vehicle Checks & Searches

Hundreds of Army Officers and Other Ranks across the country after the gazette notification conferred the powers of search, detention or arrest without warrant any person on members...

Army Troops Expand Security Measures across the Country

Troops of the Security Force Headquarters - West (SFHQ-West) this morning (23) provided security to the mass burial of Easter Sunday (21) victims at Katuwapitiya, Negombo. Army personnel on the directions of....

Gunners Mark Their 131st Regimental Anniversary

Officers and Other Rankers in the Sri Lanka Artillery (SLA) Regiment marking its 131st Regimental Anniversary prioritized the conduct of religious observances and commemoration of fallen SLA War Heroes on Saturday....

MIR Soldiers Renovate & Complete Late UN Peacekeeper’s House

Fellow-Mechanized Infantry Regiment (MIR) Officers and soldiers, concerned about the family members of late Sergeant S.S Wijekumara who sacrificed his life recently while serving the UN Mission in Mali, took steps to renovate and refurbish his partly-built home at Polpithigama on the instructions of Brigadier Sumith Atapattu....

Army Troops Rush to Explosion Sites

Several explosions that ripped off in a few churches in Colombo and elsewhere and three hotels in Colombo prompted Army personnel of the Security Force Headquarters-West and the East to rush to those affected places in order to ensure security and help evacuate the victims to nearby hospitals, reports reaching the Army Headquarters confirmed.

Eastern Troops Clean Tanks, Build Trade Stalls & Distribute Lunch Packets

4 Gemunu Watch (GW) troops and 11 (V) Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR) troops of the 231 Brigade serving under the Security Force Headquarters - East (SFHQ-E) in connection with the recent concluding ceremony of the ‘Rata Wenuwen Ekata Sitimu’...

Jaffna Troops Renovate Abandoned Farming Tank

Security Force Headquarters - Jaffna (SFHQ-J) using its machinery and much-needed manpower at the request of ‘Friends of Jaffna’ and Vadukkodai South West Farmers Association completely renovated the tank near the Arali Shettiarmadam Periyathambiran temple in Vadukkoddai.