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  • Army Men’s & Women’s Teams Clinch Youth Services Rupavahini Volleyball Championship - 2016

    2016-12-12 12:22:49

    Army Men’s & Women’s Teams Clinch Youth Services Rupavahini Volleyball Championship - 2016

    Sri Lanka Army Men’s and Women’s Volleyball Teams emerged champions, beating Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Volleyball team and Sri Lanka Navy Women’s Volleyball team in the 30th Youth Services Rupavahini Volleyball.....

  • General Amnesty Received by More Army Deserters

    2016-12-12 12:22:40

    General Amnesty Received by More Army Deserters

    A total of 1341 other rankers and two officers of the Army who are considered as Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL) have been issued with their legal discharge by Tuesday (13) evening under the ongoing month-long (December 1 - 31) general amnesty period which came into effect on December 1, 2016.

  • SLNG Commanding Officers’ Conference Takes Up Administrative Issues

    2016-12-12 12:21:38

    SLNG Commanding Officers’ Conference Takes Up Administrative Issues

    A conference on improvement of administrative tasks for Commanding Officers of the Sri Lanka National Guard (SLNG) was held at the SLNG Regimental Conference Hall, Weherawatta, Kurunegala on Friday (09).

  • Chinese NDU Teams Calls at SFHQ-West

    2016-12-09 19:44:20

    Chinese NDU Teams Calls at SFHQ-West

    A students delegation of National Defence University in China, headed by Major General Wu Shuli and five Major Generals and forty senior Colonels visited the Security Force Headquarters - West (SFHQ - West) on Friday (9) as part of their itinerary in Sri Lanka.

  • Psy Ops Begins Its Awareness Programmes at Regimental Levels

    2016-12-09 19:43:08

    Psy Ops Begins Its Awareness Programmes at Regimental Levels

    Directorate of Psychological Operations of the Army-organized one more awareness lecture on ‘Illegal Social Activities’ was recently conducted at the Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) Regimental Headquarters main auditorium in.....

  • Leading Buddhist Monks in Jaffna Meet Jaffna Commander

    2016-12-09 19:36:09

    Leading Buddhist Monks in Jaffna Meet Jaffna Commander

    A three-member delegation of Chief Buddhist monks Ven Dr. Akuratiye Nandanayake Thero, Chief Prelate Western Province, Director of Vidyodaya Pirivena, Maligakanda, former Vice Chancellor Buddhist and Pali University of Colombo, Editor in Chief Sinhala Dictionary, Ven Dr. Nagoda Amarawansa Maha Thero.....

  • Undergraduates in Peradeniya University Educated on Leadership

    2016-12-09 19:30:39

    Undergraduates in Peradeniya University Educated on Leadership

    One day out-bound leadership training programme for the undergraduates in Post Graduate Diploma course at the University of Peradeniya was launched by Security Force Headquarters – Central on Friday (6) at Dunumadalawa Forest Reserve, Kandy to their request.

  • Another Training Day Programme Held at SFHQ-MLT

    2016-12-09 19:18:20

    Another Training Day Programme Held at SFHQ-MLT

    Security Force Headquarters - Mullaittivu (SFHQ-MLT) with a view to enhancing the general knowledge of Army personnel arranged a Wednesday training programme on (07). Those serving in Divisions, Forward Maintenance Areas (FMA), Brigades and Units of the SFHQ-MLT took part in the programme.

  • More Awareness Programmes on Drug Prevention Conducted

    2016-12-09 19:11:27

    More Awareness Programmes on Drug Prevention Conducted

    The Army’s Directorate of Psychological Operations organized one more awareness programme on ‘Drugs’ with the support of the Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) got underway at its office during December 6-8 its office, Park Road in Colombo 5.

  • 65 Div Opens Its Own IT Centre & Facility Complex

    2016-12-07 15:19:54

    65 Div Opens Its Own IT Centre & Facility Complex

    The state-of-the-art ‘Nena Saviya Information Technology Center’, expected to improve IT knowledge of all Army personnel serving the 65 Division Headquarters in Thunukkai, Mallawi area, was inaugurated on Monday (5) during a simple ceremony.