Third Segment of Lebanon Bound 9th Army Contingent Leaves on UN Peace Keeping
The third segment of the 9th Sri Lanka Army contingent for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) left Sri Lanka to assume duties as troops of the Force Protection in Lebanon Wednesday (25) evening. The group consists of 80 Army personnel (four officers and seventy six other rankers). The Sri Lanka’s Force Protection Unit (9 SLFPU), is comprised of 10 officers and 140 other rankers in total and has been made up with the troops from Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment (76).....
Former Commander of the Army General Daya Ratnayake (retd) made a farewell courtesy call on Hon State Minister of Defence Mr. Ruwan Wijewardene on Thursday (26) at the Ministry of Defence. During the cordial discussions, State Minister Wijewardene extended his good wishes to the outgoing Commander for all his future endeavours. 
Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) Regiment, the oldest Regiment in the Sri Lanka Army which has hitherto produced the most number of Army Commanders, bade farewell to one of its most illustrious military icons that has made the SLLI and the country proud by serving the Army for......
Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau on Friday (27) in a special ceremony at the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, Colombo, felicitated Sergeant A. M. Sudesh Lalinda of 3 Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment who risked his own life to rescue a Dutch foreigner who fell off the famous World’s End in Hortons Plains, off Ohiya while photographing his wife. (.jpg){kind=small}
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In keeping with age-old traditions and military formalities that have been practised since founding of the Army, Lieutenant General Crishanthe De Silva, the newly-appointed 21st Commander of the Army on Friday (27) morning, paid his homage to the most sacred Temple of Tooth, Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy.
A simple ceremony to distribute school amenities among 38 students of low-income families attending Kevil Government’s Mixed School in Pokkarappu area, was held on Wednesday (25) morning at the school premises. Each student was provided with a gift parcel, worth around Rs 1600/=. Moreover, each teacher was also presented with an umbrella to symbolically admire the great service they are rendering..jpg)
A medical clinic was organized on account of the World Cancer Day by the Lieutenant Colonel T.C Harasgama, of the Security Force Headquarters – Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) in cooperation with Dr. D. Vinodya at the Harmony Centre Kilinochchi, on Friday (27) on the directions of Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe, Commander, SFHQ-KLN.