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  • Major General Vikum Liyanage, New Commander SF-West Takes Office

    2021-04-23 19:29:25

    Major General Vikum Liyanage, New Commander SF-West Takes Office

    Major General Vikum Liyanage of Gajaba Regiment (GR) assumed duties as the 10th Commander of the Security Forces - West at the office in the SFHQ-West at Panagoda on Tuesday (20). The newly-appointed Commander...

  • 5,021 Still Under Treatment in Hospitals and Care Centers - NOCPCO

    2021-04-23 14:29:25

    5,021 Still Under Treatment in Hospitals and Care Centers - NOCPCO

    As of this morning (24), a total of 969 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID -19 in the past 24 hours. 38 Sri Lankan expatriates and 931 of those positive cases are locally-identified ones, including the majority 251 from Kurunegala District, 236 from Gampaha District, 194 from Colombo District and 250 others from different Districts, states the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).

  • Engineers Get Ready for Undertaking Multifaceted Construction Projects

    2021-04-23 09:29:25

    Engineers Get Ready for Undertaking Multifaceted Construction Projects

    On the guidelines given by Major General Nihal Amarasekara, the Chief Field Engineer of the Sri Lanka Army and Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Engineers, a workshop on 'Construction Project Management' was...

  • Retiring Major General Ajith Pallawela Accorded Military Salute

    2021-04-21 22:48:40

    Retiring Major General Ajith Pallawela Accorded Military Salute

    Major General Ajith Pallawela, former Chief of Staff at the Office of the Chief of Defence Staff (OCDS) at BMICH Colombo on the verge of his retirement from active service after completing more than 35 years of committed service was honoured in a farewell...

  • Outgoing SF-West Commander Honoured

    2021-04-21 18:43:46

    Outgoing SF-West Commander Honoured

    Troops of the Security Force Headquarters - West (SFHQ-West) on Monday (19) bade farewell to the outgoing Commander Security Forces - West, Major General Wasantha Abrew, Colonel of the Regiment, Sri Lanka Light Infantry during a formal military...

  • SRIMED Troops Rehearse Duty Roles for Better Preparations

    2021-04-21 16:01:29

    SRIMED Troops Rehearse Duty Roles for Better Preparations

    The SRIMED Level II Hospital, managed largely by Sri Lanka Army contingent on 8 April 2021 launched a training exercise for management of critically ill patients with focus on preparations for Operational Readiness Assessment (ORA) in the Level II hospital.

  • 7,548 PCR Test Done on Wednesday - NOCPCO

    2021-04-20 22:42:04

    7,548 PCR Test Done on Wednesday - NOCPCO

    As of this morning (22), a total of 578 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID -19 in the past 24 hours. 51 Sri Lankan expatriates including 11 foreigners and 516 of those positive cases are locally-identified ones, including the majority 171 from Kurunegala District, 51 from Puttalam District, 43 each from Colombo & Gampaha Districts and 251 others from different Districts, states the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).

  • Medical Experts, Specialists, NOCPCO Head & All Stakeholders Discuss Current Status & Beyond

    2021-04-20 19:42:04

    Medical Experts, Specialists, NOCPCO Head & All Stakeholders Discuss Current Status & Beyond

    Task Force Members of NOCPCO, Medical Experts, Epidemiologists, PHIs and main stakeholders, engaged in the control of COVID-19 epidemic this afternoon (19) evaluated developments, related...

  • 185 kgs of Smuggled Cannabis, Worth Over Rs 55.7 m Taken into Custody

    2021-04-20 18:03:28

    185 kgs of Smuggled Cannabis, Worth Over Rs 55.7 m Taken into Custody

    Intelligence troops of the 54 Division in Mannar on information received, early this morning (20) detected 185.575 kgs of smuggled Kerala Cannabis (Ganja) in 86 packs to the value of Rs 55.7 million...

  • 10,515 persons in 105 tri service-managed QCs Still in Quarantine - NOCPCO

    2021-04-20 17:30:28

    10,515 persons in 105 tri service-managed QCs Still in Quarantine - NOCPCO

    As of this morning (21), a total of 367 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID -19 in the past 24 hours. 22 Sri Lankan expatriates and 345 of those positive cases are locally-identified ones, including the majority...