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Lieutenant General Crishanthe De Silva, Commander of the Army suspended the service of four soldiers, involved in the fatal road accident in Jayanthipura, Polonnaruwa which claimed the lives of two persons with immediate effect without pay. An Army truck with four soldiers collided with a car killing two persons on the spot on 21 May 2015 while it was returning after some duty commitments.The assistance of the Sri Lanka Army has been offered to conduct emergency skeletal services at island-wide government hospitals in response to a request, following a trade union action, staged by the minor staff working in hospitals Tuesday (26) morning. At the request of the Ministry of Health, the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Crishanthe De Silva has accordingly directed Army formations at provincial levels.......The ‘Suwasahana’ fund of the Army that came into effect with multiple benefits to Army personnel and their families, covering medical expenses of the soldier, his/her spouse and children, has now been extended to cover the parents of unmarried Army personnel, too on the directions of the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Crishanthe De Silva. Under this ‘Suwasahana’ fund, inaugurated in January 2014, Army personnel/parents/children are........jpg)
A mammoth Dengue eradication programme, launched this morning (26) covering 49 Grama Seva sectors of the Biyagama Divisional Secretariat areas, received the participatory support of 77 Army personnel of 6 Gemunu Watch, following a request made to the Commander of the Army by the Ministry of Defence.
With the coordination and support of the Security Force Headquarters - East (SFHQ-E), 23 Division Headquarters in Punani, 5 Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps Headquarters in Habarana and 24 Division Headquarters in Ampara organized a series of preventive and awareness programmes on ‘Drugs’ during the past two weeks. 
25 offices and 120 other rankers of the Mechanized Infantry Regiment (MIR) during a special ceremony at its MIR Regimental Centre, Kekirawa, were recently awarded Regimental Badges by Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe, Colonel of the Regiment, MIR.
Troops of the 651 Brigade under the Security Force Headquarters - Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) distributed ready-made clothes and toys, worth of Rs. 50,000/=, donated by philanthropists from Colombo area among 20 low-income families in Jayapuram, Thunukkai area on Saturday (23). In the meantime, 11 (V) Gajaba Regiment troops provided refreshments to 60 children and elders who attended the above ceremony to receive their gift parcels.
Fourteen young Tamil employees working at the Army-managed Vellankulam farm in Kilinochchi enjoyed a field trip organized by the 6 Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps (SLAGSC) to the south for the first time in their lives. With the intention of exposing those employees to other areas away from their residential region, the 6 SLAGSC during......
A total of 18 officers and 704 other rankers serving under the Security Force Headquarters - West (SFHQ-West) are currently engaged in emergency services at state hospitals as a result of the ongoing Trade Union action of a section of the minor staff. On Tuesday (26) on the directions of the Commander of the Army.....
‘Ranaviru Resource Centre,’ established in collaboration with Sri Lanka Vocational Training Authority to offer different vocational training modules for dependently able War Heroes, marked its second anniversary on Friday (24). Commandant of the ‘Ranaviru Resource Centre’, Brigadier W. H .M Manatunga attended as the Chief Guest at the 2nd Anniversary celebration of the ‘Ranaviru Resource Centre’ held at their building complex in Hekitta........
