The annual Inter Regiment Practical Rifle Shooting Meet, organized by the Army Small Arms Association got underway at Diyatalawa 1000m firing range during March 9 - 16. Its prize awarding ceremony took place on Monday (16), headed by Major General Prasad Samarasinghe, Chief of Staff as the Chief Guest for the occasion.This year’s Practical Shooting Meet was comprised of 40 teams......
Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Crishanthe De Silva Thursday (17) paid a courtesy call on His Eminence Cardinal Dr Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo at the Archbishop's House in order to receive his blessings on the new appointment. A brief audience the visiting Commander of the Army has had with the Archbishop saw both of them exchange views on general matters of mutual interest and importance.
Officers and other rankers of Moneragala-based 121 Brigade of the 12 Division of the Security Force Headquarters-Central (SFHQ-C), swiftly responded to an SOS telephone call on Thursday (19) evening and recovered the remains of a youth who had drowned in Kumbukkanoya. The telephone message at about 6.00 p.m. alerted the troops who are close to the Kumbukkanoya........
Lieutenant General Crishanthe De Silva, Commander of the Army, making his first formal field visit outside upon his assumption of office, arrived at the Security Force Headquarters - Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) Thursday (19) morning to be warmly received by Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe, Commander, SFHQ-KLN.
Sri Lanka Army, making drastic changes to its traditional Daily Mail Dispatch Service, is to go digital, beginning from April 1, 2015, in all island-wide Army formations where Army data network facilities are available, following instructions given by the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Crishanthe De Silva to the Chief Signal Officer of the Army and the Directorate of Information Technology..jpg)
Security Force Headquarters-Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN), opening up new vistas of cultural integration for harmony and reconciliation, launched the Army’s first-ever combined Tamil-Sinhala Cultural Troupe, ‘SathRanga’, comprised of newly-enlisted Tamil other rankers, including woman soldiers and Sinhalaese during a ceremony on Thursday (19) at Kilinochchi ‘Nelum Piyasa’ auditorium..jpg)
English language course conducted for 16 officers at the Security Force Headquarters-Kilinochchi (SFHQ-KLN) came to an end on Friday (20) with award of certificates to the participants during a ceremony at the SFHQ-KLN auditorium. The Course inaugurated on 12 January, following directions given by Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe, Commander, SFHQ-KLN.
