FMA-East Troops Clean Devalaya Premises

Troops of the Forward Maintenance Area - East (FMA-E) recently conducted a 'Shramadana' campaign around the Minneriya Mahasen Devalaya premises and the tank bund at Minneriya.

DGGS Inspects Ammunition Storages & Meets Wanni Commander

Major General Priyanka Fernando, Director General General Staff (DGGS) at the Army HQ called at the Security Force Headquarters - Wanni (SFHQ-W) and met the...

GOC Inspects Readiness of ICCs & Proposed Quarantine Centre in Badulla

Just hours after taking reins of the 11 Division in Kundasale, Major General Kithsiri Liyanage, General Officer Commanding 11 Division undertook a few inspection visits to...

Major General D.W Hapuarachchi (Retd) of SLSR Passes Away

Major General D.W Hapuarachchi (Retd) of Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR) passed away peacefully at his home in Peradeniya, Kandy on Sunday (9) after a brief illness. He was 90 years of age and an outstanding...

Converted ICC at Kantale Ready to Admit 150 Infectees

As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in many parts of the country, troops of the Security Force HQ-East with a view to readying for any emergency converted the Kantale Youth Centre to serve as one more...

Day's Total of Infectees Crosses 2500 - NOCPCO

As of this morning (10), a total of 2672 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 13 Sri Lankan expatriates and 2659 of those positive cases are locally-identified ones, including the majority...

Major General Kithsiri Liyanage, New GOC 11 Division Takes Office

Major General Kithsiri Liyanage assumed duties as the 11th General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 11 Division on Friday (7) at the Division Headquarters in Kundasale.

Now, Army-improvised ICC at Barathipuram for COVID-19 Patients Operational

To be in line with instructions given by General Shavendra Silva, Head, NOCPCO, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, the SFHQ-Kilinochchi was among...

122 Brigade Troops Convert Hospital Wards to Serve as Intermediate Care Centres

122 Brigade troops of the 12 Division at Hambantota readily offered their assistance and converted 3 Wards at the Regional Hospital Ambalanthota...

11 Division Troops Bid Farewell to their Outgoing GOC

A Guard Turnout and a Guard of Honour saluted the outgoing Major General Sarada Samarakoon in accordance with military traditions to mark the relinquishment of his appointment as the General...