Colombo Army Hospital Turns Five Years Old: 'Pirith' & 'Sangeeka Daana' Prioritized

The state-of-the art Colombo Army Hospital on Saturday (4) giving pride of place to an all-night 'Pirith chanting' plus a 'Sangeeka Daana' (alms) marked its 5th anniversary in colourful ceremonies.

Commander in BBC TV Interview Wants People to Have Confidence in Armed Forces

Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake, Commander of the Army in an interview given to the BBC TV Channel on Thursday (2) wants people to confide in armed forces and admitted that the country suffered...

East Commander Briefs Visiting Premier & Ministerial Delegation

Hon Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe this morning (3) during a tour to Batticaloa visited the devastated Zion church on Easter Sunday (21) and took part in a security coordinating meeting at the office of the Deputy Inspector General of Police for Batticaloa.

More & More Swords, Fire Arms, Ammunition, Explosives Recovered

Troops of the Security Force Headquarters – Central and 11 Division during their cordon and search operations in the past 24 hours found a suspicious Hyundai car, 5 swords, shot guns, fake National Identity Cards, ATM cards, machetes, 11 knives, 12g of drugs...

SFHQ-W Begins Its 7th House for Civilians in 2019

Security Force Headquarters – Wanni (SFHQ-W) lending its helping hand once again for the benefit of under privileged civilians in the Wanni with the support of an expatriate laid the foundation stone for construction of a new house for a helpless family...

The National Media Highlight Roles of Armed Forces & Police

Print Media in Sri Lanka, quite enthusiastic about security detections and continuing search and clear operations now underway by the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Police has in the past couple of days published a series of reports, most of which have been....

New 57 Div GOC Assumes Office

Brigadier A. Shantha Hewawitharana of Sri Lanka Artillery assumed office as the 12th General Officer Commanding of the 57 Division under the Security Force Headquarters - Kilinochchi on Wednesday (1) amid religious observances. The newly-appointed...

Army-Renovated Cultural Hall Vested in Vavuniya Civilians

Sri Lanka Army Corps of Engineer Service Regiment troops completely renovated the Vavuniya Cultural Hall and handed it over to the District Secretary on Tuesday (30) during a simple ceremony, headed by Major General Kumudu Perera, Commander...

Special Powwow Evaluates Security in Polonnaruwa

A top - level coordinating conference to assess security arrangements in the wake of forthcoming Vesak, Poson and Ramazan festivals and re - opening of public schools got underway at Polonnaruwa District Secretariat on Thursday (02) morning.

New 157 Recruits from SLSR Beragala Trg Centre Passed Out

157 new recruits of the Army who received training in Course No 27 at Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment Recruit Training Centre in Beragala, Kegalle passed out on Saturday (27) during a formal military ceremony. Those recruits of Sri Lanka Engineers, Sri Lanka Light Infantry....