Special Meeting at NOCPCO Office Takes up Pressing Issues

A special discussion that took up a range of issues and concerns, related to ongoing COVID-19 prevention mechanism got underway this morning (24) at the NOCPCO office at Rajagiriya presided by General Shavendra Silva, Head of the NOCPCO, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army...

61 Division Troops Receive Training in Disaster Management

On the guidelines given by Major General Dammi Hewage, General Officer Commanding, 61 Division, an emergency disaster preparation Out Boat Motor (OBM) training programme got underway at Galle Port on during 22 and 23 days in collaboration with the troops in the Naval Command South.

Troops Ready Elpitiya Factory Building as One More Intermediate Care Centre

Troops of the 613 Brigade and the 14 (V) Gemunu Watch initiated a project to improvise a Factory Building at Elpitiya area to serve as an Intermediate Care Centre (ICC) in the event of any surge of infectees of the virus. As numbers of infectees are rising, the new ICC...

Army Special Riders, Drone Battalion, Infantry Soldiers with Navy & Air Force Assist the Police for Monitoring Process

In order to further reinforce ongoing community security arrangements of the Police against the spread of COVID-19 virus, the Army on the instructions of General Shavendra Silva...

Two More ICCs with 230 Beds Ready in Trinco

Trincomalee district's Kilivetti Hospital and 'Hameedia' Garment Factory in Sampoor are being converted into Covid 19 Intermediate Care Centres (ICC) by troops of the 222 Brigade, 223 Brigade, 15 Sri Lanka Light Infantry and 22 Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment battalions.

64 Division with Sponsorship of Southerners Erects Two Homes for the Needy

A brief inaugural arrangement, organized in Mawalapaddimuruppu, Mankulamon on Tuesday (18) saw the General Officer Commanding 64 Division, Major General Manjula Karunarathne lay the foundation stone for construction of a new house for...

New COVID-19 Wards Improvised at Nakulugama & Buttala Divisional Hospitals

Troops of the 112 Brigade and the 23 Gajaba Regiment, 3 Sri Lanka National Guard and 10 (V) Corps of Engineer Services took steps to convert one ward at Nakulugama Divisional Hospital to serve as an Intermediate Care Centre (ICC) in the event of any surge...

Troops Rush to Avert Hanwella Flood Water Spilling

Alert Army troops of the 142 Brigade of the Security Force Headquarters -West Sunday (23) morning rushed to Ihala Hanwella Polwatte area and placed sandbags along low-lying areas to avert Kelani river overflowing and possibly submerging public roads around the area.

99 Persons Leave Seven Quarantine Centres-NOCPCO

As of this morning (24), a total of 2,959 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 14 Sri Lankan expatriates and 2,945 of those positive cases are locally-identified ones, including the majority 554 from Colombo District, 391 from Gampaha District, 198 from Galle District and...

112 Brigade Troops-Improvised 260-Bed ICC Formally Inaugurated

An old garment factory building, owned by Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) Bus Depot at Badulla was improvised as an Intermediate Care Center (ICC) for COVID-19 infectees by the Army and vested it in health authorities on Sunday (23). The Commander, Security Forces - Central, Major General Ranjan Lamahewage...