Amid Military Honours Late Major General Kingsley Ranawana (Retd) Laid to Rest

Amid a gathering of his past military comrades and scores of mourners, late Major General R.W.W. Kingsley Ranawana (Retd) bade farewell to the Nation during a military funeral that took place at the Kegalle crematorium....

512 Brigade Troops Support Conduct of Annual ‘Katina’ Ceremony in Jaffna

512 Brigade troops of the 52 Division under the Security Force HQ-Jaffna supported the conduct of the annual ‘Katina Pooja’ ceremony of the Sri Naga Viharaya in Jaffna on Saturday (7) and Sunday (8).

VIR’s New Majors General Honoured & Felicitated at RHQ Premises

The Vijayabhahu Infantry Regiment’s (VIR) Regimental HQ (RHQ) at Boyagane in conformity with traditions greeted and extended felicitations to two of its newly-promoted Majors General Sisira Pilapitiya, General Officer Commanding, 55 Division and Nishantha Manage....

231 Brigade Marks its Anniversary on a Low Profile

The 231 Brigade of the Security Force Headquarters - East in Kalladi celebrated its 9th anniversary on Tuesday (10) on a low-profile due to the resurgence of COVID-19 epidemic, giving pride of place to religious observances.

Sambodhi Vihara & 'Bauddhaya' TV Gift Biological Safety Cabinet to Colombo Army Hospital

The Dayaka Sabha of the Sri Sambodhi Viharaya in collaboration with the 'Bauddahaya' TV channel this evening (10) was generous in gifting a much-needed Biological Safety Cabinet to the Colombo Army...

First Regional 'COVID-19' Operational Centre Established in Batticaloa

In order to meet with any contingency as regards the outbreak of COVID-19, the 231 Brigade of the 23 Division of the Security Force HQ-East assisted the establishment of the COVID-19 Operation Centre at the Batticaloa District Secretariat which....

NOCPCO Head Interviewed in 'Ada Derana'-24 ‘Get Real’ on New Normalcy

The popular 'Ada Derana'- 24 ‘Get Real ’ investigative TV feature, telecast on Monday (9) evening had an extensive discussion with Head of the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO)...

NOCPCO Meeting Requests Private Hospitals to Streamline PCR Charges

One more round of discussions, held this afternoon (6) at the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID- 19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) at Rajagiriya re-visited the transmission of the deadly virus, its current behavioural patterns...

Newly-Appointed Air Force Commander Calls on Army Commander

The newly-appointed 18th Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana this morning (5) was greeted to ceremonial honours when he arrived at the Army Headquarters to pay a courtesy call on...

595 Fully Recovered Leave Hospitals –NOCPCO

As of this morning (10), a total of 356 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. All of them were from locally-identified affectees, states the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).