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NOCPCO Task Force Recommends Review of Quarantine Procedures

2021-03-16

General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff, Commander of the Army and Head, NOCPCO during one more Task Force meeting at the NOCPCO said that although there records a marked drop in detection of...


Major General Jagath Rathnayake’s Service to the Organization Praised

2021-03-16

On the eve of his retirement from the Army after an exemplary service of more than thirty four years, Major General Jagath Rathnayake, the former Commander Security Forces - Mullaittivu...


Commander Receives Updates in the East

2021-03-16

General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff, Commander of the Army and Head of the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) called at the Security Force HQ - East this morning (12)...


3(V) SLSR Troops at the Forefront Rescuing the Missing Pilgrim in Ramboda

2021-03-15

3 (Volunteer) Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (3 (V) SLSR) troops of the 11 Division under the Security Force HQ - Central (SFHQ-Cen), together with Special Task Force (STF)...


Commander-initiated New Mobile Polyclinic Provides Medical Care to Hasalaka Villagers

2021-03-14

A novel concept, mooted by General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army for the best interests of interior underprivileged rural folk....


NOCPCO Head Takes a Look at Ottamwadi Burial Grounds & Speaks to Civilians in Valaichchenai Town

2021-03-13

General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army currently in the East took time off to visit the Ottamwadi burial ground for dead....


SNCOs in 23 Division Invited to a Surprise Breakfast with Visiting Army Chief

2021-03-13

With mounting excitement, surprise and glee, a group of some 25 Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (SNCOs) of the 23 Division HQ in Punani serving under the Security Force....


Retiring Sri Lanka Artillery Band Master’s Service Hailed

2021-03-13

Appreciative of his three-decade of service to the Sri Lanka Artillery (SLA) as Band Master in the Sri Lanka Artillery Band, Major General Sampath Kotuwegoda, Colonel Commandant of the Sri Lanka Artillery and Commandant....


General Shavendra Silva Invited to Open New Utility Building at Pirivena

2021-03-11

General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff, Commander of the Army and Head of the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) as the....


Japanese Embassy's DA Meets Army Commander

2021-03-10

Captain Gaku Fakaura, Defence Attaché (DA) at the Embassy of Japan in Sri Lanka paid a courtesy call on General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff, Commander of the Army and Head of the National Operations Centre....