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  • Bilateral Cooperation with HRCSL would Resolve Pending Screening Issues of UN Peacekeepers

    2018-06-27 16:17:19

    Bilateral Cooperation with HRCSL would Resolve Pending Screening Issues of UN Peacekeepers

    Sri Lanka as one of the Troop Contributing Countries (TCC) to the United Nations (UN) since the year 2004 has been in the practice of sending her troops for UN Peacekeeping assignments in large groups in close collaboration with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO).

  • Canadian High Commissioner Meets Army Commander

    2018-06-27 16:09:29

    Canadian High Commissioner Meets Army Commander

    HE David Mckinnon, High Commissioner of Canada in Sri Lanka, together with several envoys of the Canadian High Commission in Colombo paid a courtesy visit to the Army Headquarters and met Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General....

  • SFHQ – Kilinochchi Commemorates its 9th Anniversary

    2018-06-26 21:44:38

    SFHQ – Kilinochchi Commemorates its 9th Anniversary

    A Pirith chanting ceremony organized by the Security Force Headquarters - Kilinochchi on Friday (22) invoked blessings on the 9th Anniversary of the Security Force Headquarters – Kilinochchi. On the directions of Major General.....

  • 224 Brigade Troops Initiate Dengue Eradication in Muttur

    2018-06-26 21:43:38

    224 Brigade Troops Initiate Dengue Eradication in Muttur

    24 Battalion of the Sri Lanka National Guard (SLNG) of the 224 Brigade of the 22 Division under the Security Force Headquarters – East (SFHQ-E) initiated a Dengue Prevention Campaign in Muttur area with the assistance of Medical Officers and Muttur Pradeshiya Sabha officials on Saturday (23).

  • ADIC Trains 22 Officers as Drug Prevention Instructors

    2018-06-26 21:42:38

    ADIC Trains 22 Officers as Drug Prevention Instructors

    The Alcohol and Drug Information Centre (ADIC) in coordination with the Directorate of Psychological Operations conducted an educative programme for trainee instructors in ‘Drug Prevention’ duties at the ADIC premises.

  • Jaffna SF Headquarters Turns 22 Years Old

    2018-06-26 17:44:38

    Jaffna SF Headquarters Turns 22 Years Old

    The Security Force Headquarters - Jaffna (SFHQ-J) marked its 22nd anniversary with a series of events during 17-25 June 2018. The series of programmes commenced on 17 June after paying floral tributes to the memory of fallen War Heroes...

  • SIO Qualified 166 Soldiers Pass Out from ATS in Maduruoya

    2018-06-26 16:23:49

    SIO Qualified 166 Soldiers Pass Out from ATS in Maduruoya

    10 Officers and 156 Other Ranks who successfully completed the Special Infantry Operation Course No 63 at the Army Training School at Maduruoya, passed out recently in a grand ceremony.

  • One More IT Course Educates Jaffna Troops

    2018-06-26 15:23:49

    One More IT Course Educates Jaffna Troops

    Security Force Headquarters - Jaffna (SFHQ-J) in coordination with the Orient Lanka Academy which has offered its professional training modules to the Security Forces, conducted one more computer training course for the benefit of soldiers serving the SFHQ-J.

  • Soldiers Donate their Blood to Jaffna Hospital

    2018-06-26 13:37:08

    Soldiers Donate their Blood to Jaffna Hospital

    Giving due recognition and its due place in the history of island-wide Security Force Headquarters (SFHQ), the troops of the oldest SFHQ, Jaffna on Saturday (23) marked its 22nd birth anniversary by staging a mega blood donation camp for the best interests of the patients lying at Jaffna Teaching Hospital.

  • 58 Division Troops Clean Gintota Beach Once Again

    2018-06-25 15:52:07

    58 Division Troops Clean Gintota Beach Once Again

    Troops of the 58 Division in Galle under the Security Force Headquarters - West (SFHQ-West) in coordination with the Ministry of Environment, Southern Province joined hands together with civil sector employees and cleaned up the beach front in Gintota, Galle during a huge ‘Shramadana’ campaign conducted on Saturday (23).