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  • Maldivian Defence Chief on State Tour Calls on Commander

     
    Minister of Defence and National Security of Maldives Colonel (Retd) Mohammed Nazim psc, currently on a state visit to Sri Lanka, together with a four-member military delegation, paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya Thursday (19) afternoon at Army Headquarters. The visiting Maldivian Minister of Defence and National Security earlier called on His Excellency, the President.....

     
     
     
  • New Chinese Ambassador Calls on Army Chief

    The newly-accredited Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Mr Wu Jianghao on Thursday (19) morning paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya at Army Headquarters. Mr Wu Jianghao during his cordial interaction with the Army Chief exchanged views on military matters of bilateral importance and ever-strengthening relations between both the armies....

  • Keys to New Army Built 36 Homes Formally Delivered to Displaced Families


    Sri Lanka Army Engineers built 36 new houses, each worth about Rs 125,000/= at Thirumurukkandi, Kilinochchi area for resettlement of displaced people in the Manik Farm relief village, were formally handed over to the recipients during a brief ceremony, headed by Major General Udaya Perera, Commander Security Forces, Kilinochchi (SFHQ - KLN).
  • Nutrients Distributed Among Kids


    Pre-school students at Alex pre-school in Wadduwakkal village under 59 Division area received gift parcels, containing nutrients such as green gram, cowpea, chickpeas, dhal, red rice, Samaposha, etc, following initiatives taken by troops of the 23 Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) Regiment. 60 kids of those low-income group families lined up to receive.....
  • Army Troops on Dengue Eradication Project in Kandy


    11 Division Headquarters in Kandy on the eve of the commencement of the annual Kandy ‘Sri Dalada Perahera’ festival conducted a series of Shramadana campaigns against the spread of Dengue under the theme ‘Environment is sacred’. Troops of the 142 Brigade, 143 Brigade, 122 Brigade, 121 Brigade and 112 Brigade under.....
  • 552 Brigade & 17 Gemunu Watch Troops Coordinate Donation of School Items


    In what is seen as another community project in the Jaffna peninsula, 552 Brigade troops at Iyakkachchi harnessed the support of Three-wheeler Drivers’ Association, Traders’ Association and the Cooperative Society of the Pallai town and recently donated exercise books and school accessories to 24 students of Arathinagar Roman Catholic Tamil Mixed School......
  • Friendship of Japan-Sri Lanka Friendship Assn. with the Army Renewed Once Again

    The Japan - Sri Lanka Friendship Association (JSFA), endorsing its wholehearted support to the Sri Lanka Army once again, donated an ambulance and a fire engine during a brief ceremony at Army Headquarters on Monday (23). The JSFA, presided by Dr Lal Thilakarathne with the generous support of the Japanese philanthropists and members of Japanese Lions Clubs, has been in the practice of providing many such emergency vehicles and equipment to the Army....



  • Maldivian Defence Chief on State Tour Calls on Commander

     
    Minister of Defence and National Security of Maldives Colonel (Retd) Mohammed Nazim psc, currently on a state visit to Sri Lanka, together with a four-member military delegation, paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya Thursday (19) afternoon at Army Headquarters......
  • SLAC Basketball Players Clinch Tournament Championship


    Sri Lanka Armoured Corps (SLAC) Basketball team in the Inter Regiment Basketball Championship Tournament - 2012, just ended, emerged Champions, trouncing all other sixteen Regimental teams. Basketball Championship Tournament - 2012 of the Army commenced on July 10 and continued until the final day (July 20) with the participation of seventeen Men’s teams and two Women’s teams (Sri Lanka Military Police women’s team....
     
  • Kids Under Margosa Tree Given Army Constructed School Building


    Nagarkovil, one of the most widely-talked northern-most former LTTE hubs during the span of the entire war operations, which had remained badly infested with terrorist landmines and unexploded devices, has recently returned to complete normalcy with the Army’s de-mining role successfully over.