Retiring Major General Priyantha Senaratne Presented Salute in His Mother Regiment RHQ at Ganemulla

The outgoing Major General Priyantha Senaratne was accorded a ceremonial Guard Turnout and a Guard of Honour salute when he recently arrived at the Commando Regiment (CR) HQ at Ganemulla...

401 More Infected Ones Reported in Past 24 Hrs-NOCPCO

As of this morning (18), a total of 401 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 3 of them are seafarers and all other 398 were from locally-identified affectees. Of those persons, 201 are from Colombo...

May Bright Lights of 'Deepawali' Bring Strength to Overcome Present Predicament !

Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army on behalf of All Ranks in the Army in a brief message on this year's muted Deepawali (Diwali) Day (14 November) wishes...

Central Commander Makes Official Visits to Under Command Division and other Units

The recently appointed Commander Security Forces-Central Major General Kumara Jayapathirana made his first formal visits to several under command establishments during 11-12 November.

Northern Troops Join Special 'Pahan' Pooja at Kankesanthurai Tissa Raja Maha Viharaya to Invoke Blessings on Country

The Security Force HQ- Jaffna (SFHQ-J) with the objective of invoking blessings on the country, epidemic-affected people and the country at large organized a Special Pahan Pooja (lighting of earthern lamps) at Kankesanthurai Tissa Raja Maha Viharaya....

Ornamental Fish Farming Encouraged at Kuttigala Farm

On the instructions of Major General Kumara Handunmulla, Colonel Commandant, SLAGSC troops of the 1 Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps (SLAGSC) with the objective of popularizing ornamental fish farming, inaugurated....

6th Contingent Serving UNMISS Begins Returning after Completion of Tenure in South Sudan

The first team of four Officers and 26 Other Ranks in theSri Lanka Army Medical Corps' (SLAMC) 6th contingent who completed their near 16-month long tenure of service in the United Nations Peace-Keeping...

382 More Infected Ones Reported in Past 24 Hrs-NOCPCO

As of this morning (17), a total of 382 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 8 of them are seafarers (5 Locals and 3 Foreigners) and all other 374 were from locally-identified affectees. Of those persons, 231 are from Colombo....

Poppy Flowers Recall Memory of World War Heroes at Cenotaph

The memory of unsung heroes in the World Wars I & II was brought alive this morning (15) when the ‘Armed Forces’ Remembrance Day’, more popularly, called the ‘Poppy Day’ ceremony, organized by the Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen’s Association....

New Regiment Holds Workshop on 'Archery' at SLA RHQ

With a view to further developing sports spirits among soldiers in the Regiment of Sri Lanka Artillery, a workshop on "Introduction to Archery" was conducted by the new 15th Drone Regiment at the Regimental Headquarters, Panagoda on Friday (13).