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  • Retiring MIR Colonel of the Regiment Saluted in Military Formalities

    2020-02-13 13:57:52

    Retiring MIR Colonel of the Regiment Saluted in Military Formalities

    A farewell ceremony for the retiring Major General Sumith Atapattu, Colonel of the Regiment, Mechanized Infantry Regiment (MIR) got underway with military formalities and other farewell arrangements during...

  • Intake 88 Officer Cadets at SLMA Call at SLAC RHQ

    2020-02-13 11:45:07

    Intake 88 Officer Cadets at SLMA Call at SLAC RHQ

    Officer Cadets of the Intake 88 in the Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA) as part of their educative programmes visited the Sri Lanka Armoured Corps (SLAC) Regimental Headquarters on Wednesday (12). The SLAC RHQ Centre Commandant,

  • Troops Fight Against Wildfire atop Hantana

    2020-02-13 10:10:46

    Troops Fight Against Wildfire atop Hantana

    2 (V) Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR) troops of the 111 Brigade HQ of 11 Division under the Security Force Headquarters - Central (SFHQ-Cen) on Monday (10) hurried to the Hantana mountain peak in the Uduwela Divisional Secretariat and extinguished a bushfire...

  • Troops in SFHQ-West Listen to Lecture

    2020-02-13 10:03:07

    Troops in SFHQ-West Listen to Lecture

    The Security Force Headquarters - West (SFHQ-West) under the supervision of the Commander, Security Forces - West (SFHQ-West), Major General Mahinda Mudalige organized the conduct of a special lecture on ‘prevention of suicides’ on Wednesday (12) at the SLAGSC auditorium, in the Army Cantonment Panagoda.

  • Community-Oriented ‘Jaffna Got Talent - 2020’ Launches First Selection Rounds

    2020-02-13 09:53:07

    Community-Oriented ‘Jaffna Got Talent - 2020’ Launches First Selection Rounds

    The singing and dancing competition for the youth in the Jaffna peninsula, ‘Jaffna Got Talent - 2020’ brought to a reality by the Security Force Headquarters - Jaffna (SFHQ-J) kicked off its first round of selections on...

  • 571 Brigade Troops Build Pedestrian Track for Devotees

    2020-02-13 08:23:07

    571 Brigade Troops Build Pedestrian Track for Devotees

    9 Sri Lanka Engineer troops of the 571 Brigade in Kilinochchi considering the need for better facilities for Hindu devotees attending offerings, ‘Pooja’ at Kandasamy Kovil in Kilinochchi constructed a pedestrian track around the temple premises in...

  • Muthurajawela Wild Fire Extinguished

    2020-02-13 06:23:07

    Muthurajawela Wild Fire Extinguished

    Alert to a sudden outbreak of a fire in the general boggy area from Muthurajawela to Pubudugama during morning hours on Monday (10), 5 Officers and 30 Other Ranks of 1 Sri Lanka Armoured Corps and 8 Sri Lanka Light Infantry of the 141 Brigade, together with the 141 Brigade Commander rushed to the area and brought the fast spreading bush fires under control.

  • 72nd National Independence Day Held with Pomp & Pageantry

    2020-02-12 22:23:45

    72nd National Independence Day Held with Pomp & Pageantry

    The 72nd National Independence Day ceremony that re-affirmed the commitment for strengthening of Sri Lanka’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, economic development, reconciliation and peaceful co-existence, took place at the historic Independence Square...

  • Army Volunteer Force Calls for Applicants as Lady Officer Cadets

    2020-02-12 20:57:10

    Army Volunteer Force Calls for Applicants as Lady Officer Cadets

    Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (SLAVF) calls for applications for enlistment of Lady Officer Cadets of not more than 24 years of age by 20th February 2020. The applicants should also possess two passes in the G. C. E. (A/L) examination in one sitting and passed...

  • Russian Commander-in-Chief of Land Forces Flies Back Home

    2020-02-11 19:47:15

    Russian Commander-in-Chief of Land Forces Flies Back Home

    Ending the five-day-long goodwill visit and reassuring continued cooperation to the Sri Lankan armed forces, Commander-in-Chief of the Land Forces, General of the Army, Oleg Salyukov of the Russian Federation who was here at the invitation of his...