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  • Engineer Service Regiment Troops in Active Re-building Roles Given More Vehicles


    Responding positively to the vehicular requirements of the Engineer Service Regiment (ESR), now actively engaged in diverse nation-building roles, an initiative, adopted by the Commander of the Army in collaboration with the Treasury, resulted in the Army receiving a special allocation of  Rs 40 million for purchase of 20 troop carrier trucks, 20 three wheelers and 20 motorbikes.
     
  • Curtains Come Down on Joint Military Exercise 'Mithra Shakthi' Between Special Forces of Indian Army & Sri Lanka Army


    Elevating existing relations to new heights and marking the start of a new era of neighbourly understanding and close cooperation between both organizations, the contingent of 42 Indian Army Special Force troops (5 officers and 37 other ranks), successfully, completed the training ‘Exercise - Mithra Shakthi’ on Sunday (23), together with a corresponding Sri Lankan contingent of 300 Special Forces and Commandos....
     
  • One more 'Sammabhimani' Programme Held in Passara


    The Army-organized ‘Sammabhimani’ Dhamma preaching programme of Ven Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero was conducted at Passara Uttararamaya temple on Wednesday (19). The programme, being held island-wide as a spiritual programme to enhance moral values of the public, has been organized by the troops serving the.......
     
  • Scholarships & Coconut Saplings Distributed


    Troops serving the 2 Gajaba Regiment (GR) of 221 Brigade under the 22 Division of the Security Force Headquarters – East (SFHQ-E) launched two separate ‘Shramadana’ projects to clean the Grama Niladhari office in Trincomalee and the Bodhipadarama temple in Sumedankarapura during November........
     
     
  • Farmers Want Army Engineers to Repair Waweddikulam Lake


    In response to a request, made by farming communities in the area, 592 Brigade troops of the 59 Division in the Security Force Headquarters – Mullaittivu (SFHQ-MLT) with the active support received from 11 Sri Lanka Field Engineers troops, inaugurated the repair work of the damaged Waweddikulam lake on Wednesday (19).......
     
  • Army Organized Medical Clinics Examine Meeriyabedda Victims


    With the support of medical supplies, provided by the government of Pakistan, the Security Force Headquarters-Central (SFHQ-C), in order to ensure health condition of Meeriyabedda mudslide victims, conducted separate medical clinics at Poonagala Tamil Vidyalayam, Poonagala Tamil Primary School........
     
  • Cattle & Goats Distributed Among Needy Families


    Giving further boost to the promotion of economic power to needy civilians in the Jaffna peninsula, Security Force Headquarters-Jaffna (SFHQ-J) coordinated the distribution of 100 cattle and 100 goats among 200 low income families, selected by respective Gramaseva officials in 51, 52 and 55 Divisions of the SFHQ-J.......
         
  • Second Batch of 46 SLAVF Professionals Pass Out After Training


    A total of 46 more professional officers who have joined the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (SLAVF) in the second phase of the ‘Api Army’ programme after successful completion of the basic military training course at Diyatalawa SLAVF School, passed out on Friday (21) in a ceremony, graced by Major General Lawrance Wickramasinghe, Deputy Commandant, SLAVF as the Chief Guest.