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  • New SLSC Colonel Commandant Makes Formal Visit to the East

    2021-08-24 12:57:47

    New SLSC Colonel Commandant Makes Formal Visit to the East

    Major General Ashoka Peiris, the Chief Signal Officer and the Colonel Commandant of Sri Lanka Signal Corps (SLSC) paid his first official visit to the 2 (V) Sri Lanka Signal Corps camp on Friday (20) after assuming duties as the Chief Signal Officer and Colonel Commandant of Sri Lanka Signal Corps.

  • SLAGSC Troops to Grow Hydrangea Flowers

    2021-08-24 11:00:47

    SLAGSC Troops to Grow Hydrangea Flowers

    1 Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps (SLAGSC) troops a few days ago began cultivating Hydrangea Flower saplings in a land patch inside the Diyatalawa detachment as a pilot project. To be in line with the ongoing flower growing project of the Army Seva Vantha Unit...

  • Commander, SF -East Tours 22 Division HQ Areas & Meet Troops

    2021-08-24 09:56:47

    Commander, SF -East Tours 22 Division HQ Areas & Meet  Troops

    Major General Channa Weerasuriya, Commander Security Forces - East visited the 22 Division and under command 221, 222 and 223 Brigades during 19-20 August 2021. He first arrived at the 222 Brigade Headquarters at Jayanthigama, Kantale where the visiting Commander was accorded a drive-past...

  • 6 GR Troops to Erect Dhamma Study Centre inside Kovil Premises

    2021-08-24 08:55:47

    6 GR Troops to Erect Dhamma Study Centre inside Kovil Premises

    6 Gajaba Regiment (GR) troops have undertaken the construction of a new wing inside the Bhaddrakali Amman Kovil premises in Ambandanavely, Vakare offering their manpower, technical and engineering expertise after the Lions Club at Batticaloa agreed to foot the cost...

  • 26th Anniversary Marked with a Lunch Treat to 300 Civilians in Selvapuram

    2021-08-24 08:50:23

    26th Anniversary Marked with a Lunch Treat to 300 Civilians in Selvapuram

    On account of the 26th Anniversary of the 51 Division of the Security Force HQ-Jaffna, troops distributed 300 lunch packets among people, living in Selvapuram village in the Jaffna peninsula on Sunday (22). The community project that expects to further...

  • Brigadier Rohitha Aluvihare, New Commandant at ATS Assumes Duties

    2021-08-23 15:17:01

    Brigadier Rohitha Aluvihare, New Commandant at ATS Assumes Duties

    The newly-appointed Commandant at Army Training School (ATS) Maduru Oya, Brigadier Rohitha Aluvihare assumed duties as the 37th Commandant of the Army Training School (ATS), Maduru Oya on Friday (20) during a simple ceremony.

  • 56 Division's New GOC Assumes Duties

    2021-08-23 15:11:50

    56 Division's New GOC Assumes Duties

    Major General Laksiri Perera of Vijayabhahu Infantry Regiment (VIR) assumed duties as the 25th General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 56 Division, amid religious blessings at the Division Headquarters in Vavuniya on Friday (20). The newly-appointed General Officer Commanding...

  • Troops Deployed to Maintain Smooth Operation of Quarantine Curfew

    2021-08-21 18:00:36

    Troops Deployed to Maintain Smooth Operation of Quarantine Curfew

    Sri Lanka Army troops, together with Policemen on the directions of General Shavendra, Chief of Defence Staff, Commander of the Army and Head of the National Operation Centre for prevention COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO)...

  • SFHQ-J Troops Give Blood to Save Lives of Jaffna Patients

    2021-08-21 16:00:36

    SFHQ-J Troops Give Blood to Save Lives of Jaffna Patients

    Troops of the Security Force Headquarters-Jaffna once again donated much-needed blood to save the lives of hospitalized patients in Jaffna following a request made by Jaffna Teaching Hospital medical officers on Friday (20). As blood stocks in the Jaffna Teaching Hospital have drastically fallen short...

  • Mankada Maha Vidyalaya Playground Renovation Nearing Completion

    2021-08-21 14:00:36

    Mankada Maha Vidyalaya Playground Renovation Nearing Completion

    Renovation of the playground at Kotawehera, Mankada Maha Vidyalaya, together with its very large drainage system in Hambegamuwa is fast nearing completion with the participation of Sri Lanka Engineer (SLE) troops responding to the Presidential directive...