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  • 598 More Leave after Recovery-NOCPCO

    2021-03-02 07:00:24

    598 More Leave after Recovery-NOCPCO

    As of this morning (3), a total of 317 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. All of them are locally-identified ones, including the majority 72 from Ratnapura district, 63 from Colombo district....

  • 310 More Persons confirmed positive to COVID-19 in past 24 Hours -NOCPCO

    2021-03-01 23:50:26

    310 More Persons confirmed positive to COVID-19 in past 24 Hours -NOCPCO

    As of this morning (2), a total of 310 more persons were confirmed positive to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Seven Sri Lankan expatriates and 303 of those positive cases are locally-identified ones, including the majority 60 from Colombo district,40 from Gampaha district, 34 from Ratnapura district and 169 others from different districts, states the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO).

  • 642 Brigade Troops Buy Nutrients to Needy Pregnant Women in Oddusudan

    2021-03-01 23:20:19

    642 Brigade Troops Buy Nutrients to Needy Pregnant Women in Oddusudan

    In order to further strengthen good relations between civilians and Security Forces in the area, troops of the 17(Volunteer) Gajaba Regiment of the 642 Brigade under the 64 Division HQ with the support of a...

  • Reputed Planter Gifts His Property for Benefit of Army Members

    2021-03-01 18:10:26

    Reputed Planter Gifts His Property for Benefit of Army Members

    Adding recognition to its Nation-building tasks further and appreciative of its unmatched role as alert defenders of the motherland, an ancestral family into legacy of plantation industry on Thursday (25) met General Shavendra Silva...

  • Army Engineer Troops Undertake One More Playground Renovation on Presidential Directive

    2021-03-01 16:14:36

    Army Engineer Troops Undertake One More Playground Renovation on Presidential Directive

    Responding swiftly to a Presidential directive during one more 'Gama Samaga Pilisandarak' that took place at Gomarankadawala on Saturday (27), Engineer troops inaugurated the preparatory work for complete renovation....

  • Welfare Complex Construction Work Progress Reviewed

    2021-03-01 13:38:09

    Welfare Complex Construction Work Progress Reviewed

    General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence staff and Commander of the Army together with Mrs Sujeewa Nelson President army Seva Vanitha Unit on Thursday (25) took time off to review the progress of the ongoing construction of the new Welfare Shop....

  • NOCPCO Head Updates COVID-19 Developments

    2021-03-01 11:22:53

    NOCPCO Head Updates COVID-19 Developments

    An update on the status quo as regards the transmission of COVID-19 and its control work was given by General Shavendra Silva, Head, NOCPCO, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army this morning (1) to Media agencies. Presenting an overview...

  • 111 Brigade Troops Do Community Work

    2021-03-01 08:00:00

    111 Brigade Troops Do Community Work

    Troops of the 111 Brigade located in Gampola offered a delicious lunch to the inmates of the Pihibiyahena elder’s home in Doluwa area on 24 February as one of their community projects. Brigadier Rohitha Rathnayake, 111 Brigade Commander with....

  • Troops Offer Skeletal Emergency Support for Hospitals on Strike

    2021-02-26 12:43:15

    Troops Offer Skeletal Emergency Support for Hospitals on Strike

    A group of about 185 troops of the 14 Division HQ in Colombo offered their assistance to all hospitals in Colombo, Kurunegala and Puttalam Districts for management of skeletal health services after sections of the minor staff went on strike on trade union....

  • Commander Heaps Laurels on Retiring Major General Kumara Jayapathirana

    2021-02-25 22:32:57

    Commander Heaps Laurels on Retiring Major General Kumara Jayapathirana

    Major General Kumara Jayapathirana who just relinquished the office of the Commander, Security Forces - Central on the eve of his retirement from the Army was invited to the office of the Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army...