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  • 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...

  • Army-initiated Mobile Vaccination to Cover Entire Jaffna Peninsula

    2021-08-21 12:00:36

    Army-initiated Mobile Vaccination to Cover Entire Jaffna Peninsula

    Giving a further push to the COVID - 19 vaccination drive, a mobile vaccination drive in Jaffna was launched for elderly people above 60 years of age, sick, handicapped and feeble sections in Jaffna peninsula by 4 Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps troops on Thursday (19) as part of the Army-initiated vaccination drive.

  • Wanni SFHQ Troops Build One More House for a Needy Family

    2021-08-21 10:00:36

    Wanni SFHQ Troops Build One More House for a Needy Family

    The financial patronage of the People’s Bank Buddhist Association enabled 17 (V) Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR) troops of the Security Force HQ -Wanni to provide their professional manpower for construction of a new house for a needy family on Thursday (18). The opening ceremony of the new home...

  • 511 Brigade Troops to Erect New House for a Deserving Family

    2021-08-21 08:00:36

    511 Brigade Troops to Erect New House for a Deserving Family

    9 (V) Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI) troops of the 511 Brigade under the 51 Division of the Security Force HQ-Jaffna have undertaken the responsibility for construction of a new house to a needy civilian in Uduvil South, Jaffna area after Kuberiya Association in association with the Ceylon-American Missionary...