Outgoing MIR Colonel of the Regiment Major General Kumudu Perera was Given a Warm Farewell

Regimental Headquarters troops of the Mechanized Infantry Regiment (MIR) during a moving ceremony, blended with military formalities and ceremonials on Saturday (1) bade farewell to their outgoing Colonel of the Regiment, Major General Kumudu Perera. The proceedings began as the day's protagonist, MIR Colonel of the Regiment...

Special Forces Team ‘2nd COAS International Tri-Marathon Competition – 2018’ Does Well in Nepal

A team of members of Special Forces participated in the ‘2nd COAS International Tri-Marathon Competition’, held recently in Nepal secured the fifth place in the overall scoreboard.

651 & 653 Brigades Launch Two Students-oriented Projects

Troops of the 10 Sri Lanka Light Infantry Regiment and 11 (V) Gajaba Regiment of the 653 Brigade and 651 Brigade of the 65 Division under the Security Force Headquarters - Kilinochchi separately carried out self-help Shramadana campaigns to clean up the Palinagar School premises in Palinagar on Saturday (25) and Pallawarayankaddu pre-school premises in Pallawarayankaddu on Tuesday ( 28).

Defeat of Tamil Tigers Diminished Birth of Many Insurgencies - Dr. David H. Ucko

“Since defeat of Tamil Tigers by the Sri Lankan government, we haven’t seen many insurgents going toe-to-toe against States. They loseor at least they don’t win.Localized insurgencies must be recognized as potentially existential threat to notion of State,” says Dr. David H. Ucko of Sweden, Director,.....

Positive & Negative Aspects of Diasporas Evaluated

The Preparatory Session for Participants in the Session 2 on Friday (31), chaired by Dr Sarala Fernando, Former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN at the ‘Colombo Defence Seminar - 2018’ underGroups A, B, C, D as the Sessions are nearing completion, invited each Group to produce their findings, separately themed on...

Kilinochchi Troops Educated on ‘Healthy Army - Healthy Nation’

Security Force Headquarters – Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) recently launched one more round of ‘Healthy Army - Healthy Nation’ awareness programme in order to educate Kilinochchi troops on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).

Group ‘B’ Focuses on Technological Creativity

The Group ‘B’ forwarding their observations and findings in the Session 3 on ‘Technological Creativity: Challenges to Armed Forces’ on Friday (31), prior to the expert panel comments, largely focused on challenges and opportunities that exist against armed forces. Lieutenant Colonel C.A.B Tennakoon of the Sri Lanka Army....

“Technology Driven New Media, Now Becoming Global Disruptive Forces” - Prime Minister

Prime Minister Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe in his keynote address to the ‘Colombo Defence Seminar - 2018’ inaugural Sessions on Thursday (30) morning at BMICH touched several aspects of security threat perceptions and underlined the need to foster working relations and good rapport to meet with future security challenges at both local, regional and international levels.

Bangladesh Think-tank Urges Quick Action on Geo-engineering to Save the Earth

Taking a proactive look at challenges and opportunities that surround the ‘Human-Induced Climate Change’ discussed in the final session of the first day of the ‘Colombo Defence Seminar - 2018’ Major General A.N.M Muniruzzaman (Retd), President, Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies and Chairman, Global Military Advisory Council on Climate......

South Asian Region, Most Prone to Natural Disasters

Talking on the ‘Role of the Military in Response and Mitigating Strategies’ (Global Strategies) in the final sessions of the first day (Aug 30), Mr Joseph D. Martin, Director, Centre for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, United States of America said that the rescue operations in times of disasters should always be better coordinated as of now and require more energy to those efforts.