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  • Naval Students Visit MIR Headquarters on Study Tour

    2019-01-26 14:01:32

    Naval Students Visit MIR Headquarters on Study Tour

    A team of 20 Student Officers of the Junior Naval Staff Course No 23 of the Navy, accompanied by members of the Directing Staff at Naval and Maritime Academy paid a visit to the Mechanized Infantry Regimental (MIR) Centre at Dambulla on Thursday (24) with a view to learning about mechanical aspects.

  • 65 Division New Utility Building Opened

    2019-01-26 12:01:32

    65 Division New Utility Building Opened

    A new utility building that can be used for ration-storing and carpentry, built by 11 Corps of Engineer Services was opened at the 65 Division Headquarters premises in Kilinochchi on Saturday (19) during a simple ceremony.

  • East-Based Troops Listen to Lecture on ‘Media & Its Impact’

    2019-01-26 11:01:32

    East-Based Troops Listen to Lecture on ‘Media & Its Impact’

    More than 40 Officers and 150 Other Ranks serving in Divisions, Brigades and other formations under the Security Force Headquarters - East (SFHQ-E) on Wednesday (23) listened to an awareness lecture on the 'Importance of Media, Its Impact on the Organization & Society' during a....

  • More Students Visit Palaly Airport

    2019-01-26 10:01:32

    More Students Visit Palaly Airport

    A total number of 130 students from Kakathiv Muttramil Pre-School in Kakathiv, Vaddu Hindu Vidyalaya and St. Antony's Vidyalaya in Jaffna along with their teachers and parents visited the Palaly airport on Friday (25) following facilitation, made by the SFHQ-J.

  • British High Commission & US Embassy Envoys Meet Jaffna Commander

    2019-01-25 18:43:24

    British High Commission & US Embassy Envoys Meet Jaffna Commander

    A team of envoys of the High Commission of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Colombo as well as a United States Indo-Pacific Command (PACOM) Augmentation Team of the US Embassy on Thursday (24) met Major General Dharshana Hettiarrachchi....

  • 4 GW Troops Prevent Piercing of Tank Bund in Nediyamadu

    2019-01-25 16:31:06

    4 GW Troops Prevent Piercing of Tank Bund in Nediyamadu

    Security Force Headquarters - East (SFHQ-E) based, 4 Gemunu Watch troops of the 231 Brigade under the 23 Division, following information received from the civilians promptly attended to a sudden water leakage in the Kalikkulam Tank bund in Nediyamadu area and prevented the danger of its split a few days ago.

  • Army Rugby Players Receive Incentive for Excellence in Future

    2019-01-25 12:23:09

    Army Rugby Players Receive Incentive for Excellence in Future

    Sri Lanka Army Rugby League which has been displaying promising achievements in Rugby by beating even the most formidable opponents in the recent past is to shortly receive the gift of a new Rugby ground, highly suitable for training sessions inside the Panagoda Army Cantonment.

  • Affected 2280 Plus Kilinochchi Students & 100 Families Given Essentials by Southerners

    2019-01-24 16:12:00

    Affected 2280 Plus Kilinochchi Students & 100 Families Given Essentials by Southerners

    Unprecedented gestures of honest assistance from the South to poverty and flood -affected Kilinochchi students and civilians still continue to pour, thanks to the effective and credible coordinating and distributing mechanisms of the Army in place in respective areas....

  • Two More Senior Brigadiers Promoted to Next Rank

    2019-01-24 16:00:00

    Two More Senior Brigadiers Promoted to Next Rank

    HE the President Maithripala Sirisena, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces has promoted two more Senior Brigadiers of the Army to the rank of temporary Major General, states a communiqué issued by the Military Secretariat on Thursday (24) evening. Brigadier K.A.W Kumarapperuma of Sri Lanka...

  • SFHQ-J’s New Warrant Officers' Mess Opened

    2019-01-24 15:52:39

    SFHQ-J’s New Warrant Officers' Mess Opened

    The newly-constructed two-storied mess building for Warrant Officers & Sergeants at the Security Force Headquarters - Jaffna (SFHQ-J) was vested in them during a formal ceremony, graced by Major General Darshana Hettiarachchi, Commander, Security Forces - Jaffna on Wednesday (23).