‘Harmattan - 2’ Overcomes All Threats & Challenges

Mock ambushes, night attacks, escape from landmine and IED explosions, sniper attacks and different sabotage attempts dominated in the past three days (20 - 22 Oct) when the ‘Harmattan - 2’, Field Training Exercise (FTX) of the Army, now underway was proceeding towards Pulmoddai after they started off from Thiriyaya this morning (22).

Second Day of ‘Harmattan - 2’ Begins from Manalkadu

The Army-initiated Field Training Exercise (FTX), ‘Harmattan - 2’ day Two started this morning (19) from Manalkadu to proceed to Wedithalthivu. The convoy of about 60 vehicles, together with 400 troops left Manalkadu to reach Wedithalthivu via Point Pedro and Chavakachcheri. The first Mock attack took place at Point Pedro...

Wanni Muslims in Landmark Prayer Invoke Blessings on Army Anniversary

Blossoming religious amity and the high regard the Muslim community in the Wanni region has towards the Sri Lanka Army came to the fore when Mawlawis at Vavuniya town-based Jumma Mosque (masjid) took an initiative in organizing a separate prayer session to invoke blessings on the 69th Army Anniversary on Tuesday (16).

Army Benevolent Fund Moves to New Spacious Building

Just a few minutes after the customary Army Anniversary Parade concluded on Thursday (18) morning at Panagoda, the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake at the invitation of the Army Benevolent Fund (Home of ABF) opened its new three-storied building, ‘Yahasadaka Piyasa’ in the same Cantonment premises during a brief ceremony.

Troops Get More Job Opportunities for the Unemployed in Kilinochchi

Security Force Headquarters - Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN), multiplying its projects to get more employment opportunities for the unemployed in Kilinochchi area, succeeded in getting 123 new employment openings in construction industry for young men and women in collaboration with the....

Tamil Donors on Army Day Join Army Personnel to Give Blood for Batticaloa Patients

Indicative of the Army’s sustained endeavour for promotion of gestures of reconciliation, co-existence and ethnic harmony in the North and East is seemingly, but certainly coming to fruition, a crowd of 26 Tamil youths in Batticaloa town area, perhaps for the....

54 Div Troops Dig Agro-Wells & Get Water for Needy Villagers in Mannar

54 Division troops of the Security Force Headquarters-Wanni (SFHQ-W), determined to assist low-income group families with water for drinking and agricultural purposes in remote areas off Mannar got the first agro-well dug with the technical and scientific support, provided by the Department of....

‘Ranaviru Sevana’ Begins Production of Artificial Limbs on Army Day

The ‘Ranaviru Sevana’, the state-of-the-art wellness centre for disabled War Heroes of the Army at Ragama, turned a new leaf of life on the Army Day (10) when it ceremonially commenced its own new workshop for production of Prostheses and Orthotics, providing solace to more than....

First Manual on ‘Army Drill Procedures’ Presented to the Commander

A new comprehensive book, ‘Sri Lanka Yudda Hamuda Saramba Upadeshana Sangrahaya’ (A Manual on Drill Procedures of the Sri Lanka Army), authored by the Directorate of Personnel Administration (DPA) was presented this morning (10)...

Army Troops Clear Passage for Gushing Water under Two Bridges

16 (V) 16 Gemunu Watch troops of the 581 Brigade on Tuesday (9) on the directions of their Brigade Commander quickly attended to the removal of sewage and a stock of floating bamboo trees down under Aviththawa Bridge in Elpitiya and Wakwella Bridge in Galle on Tuesday (9).