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  • 6,436 Persons Still in Quarantine-NOCPCO

    2020-12-04 11:42:19

    6,436 Persons Still in Quarantine-NOCPCO

    As of this morning (4), a total of 628 including one expatriate and 402 locally-identified majority from Colombo, 66 from Gampaha and 35 from Rathnapura were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, states the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).

  • Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Wanni Troops Erect One More New House to a Deserving Family

    2020-12-03 23:13:27

    Funded by Presidential Secretariat, Wanni Troops Erect One More New House to a Deserving Family

    Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army on the sidelines of his visit to the Security Force Headquarters - Wanni (SFHQ-Wanni) this morning (2) to closely evaluate developments and alert troops to the...

  • Isolated Areas to be Confined to GN Divisions-Task Force

    2020-12-03 20:04:36

    Isolated Areas to be Confined to GN Divisions-Task Force

    Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Head, NOCPCO, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army and Dr Asela Gunawardena, Medical Specialist & Director General of Health Services (DGHS) Tuesday afternoon (1) co-chaired one more session of the NOCPCO Task Force at the...

  • Infected Numbers Rise within Day-NOCPCO

    2020-12-03 12:57:09

    Infected Numbers Rise within Day-NOCPCO

    As of this morning (3), a total of 878 including 402 locally-identified majority from Colombo and 188 from Kalutara (Of them, 98 from Atulugama) were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, states the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).

  • SLLI 's New Colonel of the Regiment, Maj Gen Wasantha Abrew Assumes Office at RHQ

    2020-12-02 11:21:56

    SLLI 's New Colonel of the Regiment, Maj Gen Wasantha Abrew Assumes Office at RHQ

    Major General Wasantha Abrew, one of the experienced infantry officers assumed duties as the 13th Colonel of the Regiment of Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) on Monday (30) amid religious blessings and best wishes at the SLLI Regimental HQ at Panagoda .

  • Troops Volunteer to Renovate House of Deserving Family in Oddusudan

    2020-12-02 00:02:00

    Troops Volunteer to Renovate House of Deserving Family in Oddusudan

    The Security Force HQ-Mullaittivu as one more civil-military cooperation project completely renovated a dilapidated house of a deserving family in the general area of Oddusudan and vested it in back to the beneficiaries during a brief ceremony on Monday (30).

  • Troops Donate Dry Rations to Jaffna Flood Victims

    2020-12-01 23:40:46

    Troops Donate Dry Rations to Jaffna Flood Victims

    4 Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment (VIR) troops under the 523 Brigade of the 52 Division HQ rose to the occasion and immediately organized a donation of dry ration packets to 23 low income families in flood-affected Magalankerni in Kovilakkandi GN Division area on Saturday (28) after they were temporarily evacuated.

  • More & More Smuggled Turmeric Stocks Detected in Mannar

    2020-12-01 20:02:48

    More & More Smuggled Turmeric Stocks Detected in Mannar

    7 Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment (VIR) and troops of the 543 Brigade under the 54 Division HQ in Mannar apprehended a suspect together with smuggled turmeric during a search at the Mannar Bridge road block this morning (2).

  • Commander SF - J Makes Familiarization Visits

    2020-12-01 20:02:00

    Commander SF - J Makes Familiarization Visits

    Major General Senerath Bandara, Commander Security Forces - Jaffna (SF-J) made a field visit to the 513 Brigade Headquarters of the 51 Division on Monday (30).

  • More Expatriates Brought Down-NOCPCO

    2020-12-01 19:50:32

    More Expatriates Brought Down-NOCPCO

    As of this morning (2), a total of 545 including 541 locally-identified persons and 4 expatriates, UAE, (2) and Japan (2) were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Among them, are 294 persons from Colombo region, 130 persons from Kalutara area and 36 from Kandy...