2022-08-05 11:20:52
Finals and colourful awarding ceremony of the tripartite joint Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (SLAVF) Athletics Championship - 2022, 23rd Inter Regiment Army Para Athletic Championship and the Inter Regiment Novices’ Sports Meet got underway this afternoon (4) at Diyagama Mahinda Rajapaksa stadium where Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage, Commander of the Army graced as the Chief Guest.
2022-07-29 18:14:07
The Army repeating its annual practice of offering free dried coconuts (Copra) that can be used to light up and for illuminations of the Sri Dalada Perahera this morning (29) handed over a stock of 15 tons of Copra to the chieftain (Diyawadana Nilame) of the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of Tooth) for the 9th consecutive year during a simple ceremony, graced by Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage, Commander of the Army.
2022-07-29 09:50:00
Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage, Commander of the Army at the invitation of Mrs Janaki Liyanage, President, Army Seva Vanitha Unit (ASVU) further broadened the scope of welfare for Army personnel, resident in Manning Town married quarters premises in Narahenpita and vested the recently-expanded and upgraded 'Seva Vanitha Budget Centre’ complex in....
2022-07-23 21:39:18
The Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (SLAVF) HQ complex at Salawa, Kosgama this morning (23) laid a red carpet welcome to Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage, Commander of the Army when he as the Chief Guest arrived there to open the new administrative building complex in the premises, symbolizing the revival of the SLAVF administration as....
2022-07-15 21:51:19
Hon Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, just a few hours after he took oath as HE the acting President of Sri Lanka, effective from Friday (15) paid a visit to the Colombo Army Hospital in order to see the two dozens of injured Army personnel receiving treatment after violent acts around the Parliament complex on Wednesday (13) afternoon.
2022-07-15 16:14:24
Attaching greater significance and appreciation to the commitment, displayed by Army personnel in the performance of their challenging duty roles in the past couple of weeks, regardless of threats, posed to their own lives, General Kamal Gunaratne (Retd), Secretary Defence, together with Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage, Commander of the Army took time off and called at the Colombo Army Hospital this morning....
2022-07-15 00:40:30
Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage, Commander of the Army showing his fatherly care towards soldiers who sustained serious injuries on Wednesday (13) after protesters near the Parliament complex brutally assaulted them visited the Colombo Army Hospital this afternoon (14), together with Major General Nishantha Manage, Director General General Staff and Brigadier Shantha Ranaweera, Director Operation.
2022-07-01 09:27:52
Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage as the Chief Guest witnessed the finals of the Inter Regiment Netball Team Championship - 2022 held at the Panagoda Army Indoor Stadium on Thursday evening (30) The tournament got underway from 22 June 2022 to 30 June 2022 with the participants of seven teams.
2022-06-18 19:01:12
Amid military ceremonials, greetings and best wishes of all, including veterans in the Intake-26 at ‘Home of Keterians’ in Saliyapura, the recently-appointed Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage this morning (18) accepted the office of the Colonel of the Regiment, Gajaba Regiment (GR) in a formal felicitation ceremony.
2022-06-17 12:29:53
The Sri Lanka Army, now set to embark upon another gigantic project of national and timely importance established its Green Agriculture Steering Committee of the Army (GASC) on Thursday (16) in order to supplement and promote the island’s food security programme by cultivating more than 1500 acres of barren or abandoned state lands across the country.