News Highlights

An Awareness Programme on Etiquette for Regimental Sergeant Majors (RSMs) is conducted by the Directorate of Training on 22 and 23 September 2025 at the Regimental Centre, Sri Lanka Light Infantry, with the participation of 224 Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (SNCOs) representing various Regiments of the Army.

The Passing Out Parade (PoP) of the Commando Course – 52 A & B, comprising 07 Officers and 78 Other Ranks, took place on 20 September 2025 at the Commando Regiment Training School (CRTS), Uva-Kudaoya.

Under the direction of the Commander of the Army, Directorate of Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation, in collaboration with the Army Seva Vanitha Unit (ASVU), conducted a medical camp for disabled retired personnel as part of a series of medical programmes on 19 September 2025 at the Combat Training School, Ampara. The initiative aimed to address the healthcare needs of Army veterans residing in the Eastern Province.

Lieutenant Colonel S.D. Peiris USP psc (Retd) met Lieutenant General Lasantha Rodrigo RSP ctf-ndu psc IG, Commander of the Army, and presented the book “My Journey with the Commando Regiment” authored by him at Army Headquarters on 09 September 2025.

Lieutenant General R.S Raman PVSM AVSM YSM, Director General of Military Intelligence (DGMI) of the Indian Army, together with his delegation comprising Brigadier S.S Dhaliwal SC YSM SM, Colonel Yash Vardhan Patel, Colonel Ashish Sood, Captain Anand Mukundan of Indian Navy - Defence Attaché, High Commission of India to Sri Lanka, Lieutenant Colonel Vikrant Vishwasrao Deshmukh, and Lieutenant Colonel Mandeep Singh - Assistant Defence Attaché, High Commission of India to Sri Lanka, paid a courtesy call on Lieutenant General Lasantha Rodrigo RSP ctf-ndu psc IG, Commander of the Army, on 17 September 2025 at the Commander’s Office, Army Headquarters.

Lieutenant General Lasantha Rodrigo RSP ctf-ndu psc IG, Commander of the Army, visited the Directorate of Army Bands and Performing Arts on 16 September 2025.

Lieutenant General Lasantha Rodrigo RSP ctf-ndu psc IG, Commander of the Army, commended Corporal W.M.V.M. Bandara of the 2nd Regiment Special Forces on 16 September 2025 at the Army Headquarters, Colombo, for his extraordinary bravery in rescuing three victims during the tragic bus accident at Ravana Falls on 04 September 2025.

In line with the National Action Plan to Eliminate Bribery and Corruption from Sri Lanka, the Presidential Secretariat and the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), in collaboration with the Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) of the Sri Lanka Army, successfully conducted a one-day Anti-Corruption Training Programme on 12 September 2025 at the Army Headquarters Auditorium, Colombo.

A special wheelchair donation programme was held at Mihindu Seth Madura on 13 September 2025, conducted by the Directorate of Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation in collaboration with the Late Lieutenant General Denzil Kobbekaduwa Foundation.

A group of representatives of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces Veterans Association (SLAFVA) pinned a Poppy flower on the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Lasantha Rodrigo RSP ctf-ndu psc IG, at the Commander’s office on 12 September 2025 in parallel with the forthcoming Poppy Day, which recalls the memories of all fallen War Heroes.