New Director Budget & Financial Management Assumes Office

Brigadier Saliya Pathmashantha assumed office as the 15th Director of the Directorate of Budget and Financial Management on Monday (9) in his office at the Army Headquarters during a brief ceremony. After brief religious observances, the newly...

SLAGSC Troops Take to Cultivation of Tea Saplings

1 Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps (SLAGSC) troops a few days ago began cultivating tea (Silvertip Tea) saplings in a land patch inside the Diyatalawa detachment as a pilot project. To be in line with the Army's, 'Thuru Mithuru Nawaratak', initiated by the...

118 Deaths Reported - NOCPCO

As of this morning (11), a total of 2,922 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Among them, 18 were Sri Lankan expatriates. The rest 2,904 were locally-identified positive cases, including the majority 511 from Colombo District, 402 from Gampaha District, 363 from Kalutara...

7 GW & 9 SLNG Troops in Mullaittivu Conduct Disinfection Programmes

Troops of 7 Gemunu Watch and Sri Lanka National Guard under command to the 681 Brigade under the Security Force HQ- Mullaittivu conducted a disinfection project. Accordingly, 7 Gemenu Watch troops covered Bharathi Maha Vidyalaya...

Deputy Chief of Staff on SLASC Inspection Visit Meets Officers

The Deputy Chief of Staff, Major General Wasantha Madola on Friday (6) conducted an administrative inspection on the Sri Lanka Army Service Corps (SLASC) Regimental Headquarters at Panagoda. Major General Mahesh Abeyerathne, Colonel Commandant...

Development of Sports Schools Underway

Sri Lanka Engineer (SLE) troops continuing their Presidential assignments as per directions of the Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, General Shavendra Silva have successfully completed the construction of a school playgrounds...

Another 4.3 km Stretch of Road being Widened & Developed

Following guidelines and guidance are given by the Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army General Shavendra Silva and under supervision of Major General Nihal Amarasekara, Army Chief Field Engineer and the Major General...

General Ward at Karapitiya Teaching Hospital Converted

Troops of the 14 Gemenu Watch and the Corps of Engineer Services (CES) under the 61 Division converted a general ward at Karapitiya Teaching Hospital to serve as a COVID treatment ward as affected numbers are rising in Galle District.

Troops Clean Kovil Premises

Troops of 12 Sri Lanka Light Infantry and 14 Sri Lanka Singha Regiment together with employees at Avolon Private Limited conducted a Shramadana campaign to clean the Kannaki Amman Kovil premises in Wattapalalei.

Commemorative Ceremonies Culminate

The final segment of the 29th Death Anniversaries commemorative ceremonies of Major General Vijaya Wimalaratne, the founding father of the Gajaba Regiment (GR) and other War Heroes including Lieutenant General Denzil Kobbekaduwa...