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Engineer Brigade Commander Shares Views with Wanni Commander

2021-03-02

Engineer Brigade Commander Brigadier Dumindu Jayasinghe paid a courtesy call on the Commander, Security Forces - Wanni, Major General Hemantha Bandara on Tuesday (02).


Wanni Commander Receives Blessings of Maha Sangha in Wanni

2021-03-02

Major General Hemantha Bandara, Commander, Security Forces-Wanni visited a few religious places of Buddhist faith in Vavuniya on Monday (1).


Major General Kotuwegoda, New SLAVF Commandant Assumes Office

2021-03-02

Major General Sampath Kotuwegoda on Sunday (28) assumed duties as the 45th Commandant of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (SLAVF) amidst military formalities at the SLAVF Headquarters premises at Kosgama, Seethawaka.


598 More Leave after Recovery-NOCPCO

2021-03-02

As of this morning (3), a total of 317 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. All of them are locally-identified ones, including the majority 72 from Ratnapura district, 63 from Colombo district....


310 More Persons confirmed positive to COVID-19 in past 24 Hours -NOCPCO

2021-03-01

As of this morning (2), a total of 310 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Seven Sri Lankan expatriates and 303 of those positive cases are locally-identified ones, including the majority 60 from Colombo district,40 from Gampaha district, 34 from Ratnapura district and 169 others from different districts, states the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).


642 Brigade Troops Buy Nutrients to Needy Pregnant Women in Oddusudan

2021-03-01

In order to further strengthen good relations between civilians and Security Forces in the area, troops of the 17(Volunteer) Gajaba Regiment of the 642 Brigade under the 64 Division HQ with the support of a...


Reputed Planter Gifts His Property for Benefit of Army Members

2021-03-01

Adding recognition to its Nation-building tasks further and appreciative of its unmatched role as alert defenders of the motherland, an ancestral family into legacy of plantation industry on Thursday (25) met General Shavendra Silva...


Army Engineer Troops Undertake One More Playground Renovation on Presidential Directive

2021-03-01

Responding swiftly to a Presidential directive during one more 'Gama Samaga Pilisandarak' that took place at Gomarankadawala on Saturday (27), Engineer troops inaugurated the preparatory work for complete renovation....


Welfare Complex Construction Work Progress Reviewed

2021-03-01

General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence staff and Commander of the Army together with Mrs Sujeewa Nelson President army Seva Vanitha Unit on Thursday (25) took time off to review the progress of the ongoing construction of the new Welfare Shop....


NOCPCO Head Updates COVID-19 Developments

2021-03-01

An update on the status quo as regards the transmission of COVID-19 and its control work was given by General Shavendra Silva, Head, NOCPCO, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army this morning (1) to Media agencies. Presenting an overview...