Defender of the Nation
2025-02-02
Major General W.P.A.D.W Nanayakkara RSP VSV USP ndu, Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army and Colonel of the Regiment of the Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR), paid an official visit to the 3rd Battalion of the Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment on 31st January 2025.
Warrant Officer II Samitha Dulan Kodithuwakku of Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police (SLCMP), who achieved a remarkable feat by winning a silver medal in the Men’s F44 Javelin Throw event setting a new world record of 67.03 meters at the Paris Paralympics 2024, was presented with a new javelin by the Prime Minister at the Ministry of Education on January 29.
The 11th Contingent of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps (SLAMC), set to operate the Level - 2 SRIMED Hospital under the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), received a ceremonial send-off at the SLAMC Regimental Headquarters, Werahera, on 31st January 2025.
2025-01-31
Major General W.P.A.D.W. Nanayakkara RSP VSV USP ndu, Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army and Colonel of the Regiment of the Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR), paid an official visit to the 11th Battalion of the SLSR on 23rd January 2025.
A high-level Russian military delegation, under the guidance of Major General Alexander Ivanovich Zinchenko, Deputy Chief of the Main Directorate for International Military Cooperation of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, participated in the Action Plan Conference at the Office of the Chief of Staff on 28th January 2025.
Brigadier General Zaw Moe Lwin, Defence Attaché of the Embassy of Myanmar in New Delhi accredited to Sri Lanka, paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Lasantha Rodrigo RSP ctf-ndu psc IG, on 28th January 2025 at the Army Headquarters.
Major General B.I Assalaratchi USP psc ptsc was invited to the office of the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Lasantha Rodrigo RSP ctf-ndu psc IG, on 28th January 2025, accompanied by his family members, prior to his retirement from the Sri Lanka Army.
The recently promoted Major Generals of the Sri Lanka Army paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Lasantha Rodrigo RSP ctf-ndu psc IG, on 27th January 2025.
The Army Elle Team emerged victorious in the Defence Services Games (DSG) Elle Tournament 2025, securing the championship for the fourth consecutive year.
Under the guidance of Commander of the Army and supervision of Major General A.H.L.G Amarapala RWP RSP ndc psc, the Commandant (Overlooking) of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (SLAVF), a classical music therapy session was conducted on 21st January 2025 at the Rendezvous Ground pavilion as part of the “Clean Sri Lanka” campaign.