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  • 57 GOC Inquires into Well-Being of Former Woman Combatant

    2019-09-25 20:10:37

    57 GOC Inquires into Well-Being of Former Woman Combatant

    During a visit to a Unit under the 57 Division Headquarters in Kilinochchi, Major General B.P.S de Silva, General Officer Commanding (GOC), 57 Division took time off to visit a disabled former LTTE woman combatant who is undergoing hardships with her two children.

  • Dinesh Chandimal to Join Army for Cricket

    2019-09-25 18:10:37

    Dinesh Chandimal to Join Army for Cricket

    Sri Lanka’s reputed cricketer, Dinesh Chandimal has consented to join the Army as a Commissioned Officer to play cricket for the Army team. He is to be enlisted to the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force as a Commissioned Officer of the Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps, according to the Army..

  • Sri Lankan Envoy in Vietnam Calls on Commander

    2019-09-25 18:07:48

    Sri Lankan Envoy in Vietnam Calls on Commander

    The Ambassador of Sri Lanka for Vietnam, based in Hanoi, Mr Sampath Prasanna Walpita Gamage paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva at the Army Headquarters on Wednesday (25) morning. During the meeting at the Commander’s office...

  • Commander in Jaffna Joins Distribution of Pushbikes to Needy Students

    2019-09-25 15:04:31

    Commander in Jaffna Joins Distribution of Pushbikes to Needy Students

    The Security Force Headquarters - Jaffna (SFHQ-J) in parallel with the Commander's first visit to the SFHQ-J extended its helping hand once again to needy students in Jaffna by distributing one more stock of new push bicycles and saplings of economic...

  • Shangri La Management Appreciates Security Forces

    2019-09-25 13:55:30

    Shangri La Management Appreciates Security Forces

    A large group of about 400 Tri-service Officers, Other Ranks and Policemen who provided the maximum security and safety to the Shangri La Hotel when the hotel came under the brutal attack of National Thowheeth Jama'ath (NTJ) terrorists in April, this year, were appreciated by the hotel management,

  • Much-Looked Forward ‘Walawe Supercross’ 9th Edition Thunders in Sevanagala

    2019-09-25 13:49:30

    Much-Looked Forward ‘Walawe Supercross’ 9th Edition Thunders in Sevanagala

    The much-looked forward 9th Edition of the ‘Walawe Supercross - 2019’ enthusiastically organized by the Sri Lanka Army Motor Sports Committee of the Sri Lanka Army Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (SLEME) sped off at the Uda Walawe Supercross...

  • Retiring Major General Gunawardena Given Military Honours at HQ VIR

    2019-09-25 07:15:42

    Retiring Major General Gunawardena Given Military Honours at HQ VIR

    Major General Chandana Gunawardena, Colonel of the Regiment, Vijayabhu Infantry Regiment (VIR) and the former Commandant at the Officer Career Development Centre (OCDC) - Buttala retired from the Sri Lanka Army on Sunday (22) after completion...

  • 682 Brigade Launched ‘Mobile Eye Camp’ Treats more than 200 Civilians

    2019-09-24 18:19:56

    682 Brigade Launched ‘Mobile Eye Camp’ Treats more than 200 Civilians

    18 Vijayabhahu Infantry Regiment (VIR) troops of the 682 Brigade of the 68 Division under the Security Force Headquarters - Mullaittivu (SF-MLT) recently took the initiative in conducting a special eye clinic plus a donation of spectacles for the...

  • Memories of Araly Point War Heroes Refreshed & Saluted

    2019-09-24 17:56:45

    Memories of Araly Point War Heroes Refreshed & Saluted

    Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Commander of the Army during his two-day stay in the Jaffna peninsula did not forget to pay tribute to the memory of the legendary veteran, Lieutenant General Denzil Kobbekaduwa and nine other War Heroes....

  • New SLLI Colonel of the Regiment Visits SLLI Battalions

    2019-09-24 12:36:10

    New SLLI Colonel of the Regiment Visits SLLI Battalions

    The newly-appointed 10th Colonel of the Regiment Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI), Major General Mahinda Mudalige who is also the Commander, Security Forces - West undertook formal visits to the SLLI battalions, serving in the North of the island in the...