2017-05-27 17:28:10
As rescue and relief operations being conducted by Army troops in badly-affected Bulathsinhala areas are in full swing where landslides had caused extensive damages by floods and landslides, Lieutenant General Crisanthe De Silva, Commander of the Army this morning (27), together with several senior officers arrived at......
2017-05-26 12:42:44
Nearly 300 Army troops and 13 rescue teams of Navy along with reconnaissance teams of the Air Force in a massive effort are currently engaged in immediate rescue and relief work in flood-affected Weeraketiya, Neluwa, Morawaka, Deiyandara, Padukka, Bulathsinhala, Kalawana, Wellampitiya, Palindanuwara and Beliatta areas....
2017-05-24 17:08:29
The biannual academic sessions of the Officer Career Development Centre (OCDC) at Buttala began this morning (24) after a brief inaugural session, in which Major General Mahesh Senanayake, Chief of Staff of the Army, delivered the keynote address as the Chief Guest.
2017-05-22 20:18:30
A group of 26 middle-grade Army officers, including one Nepalese officer and a Maldivian officer who followed the one-year long Logistics Staff Course - No 3 (LSC) at Trincomalee-based Army School of Logistics (ASL) received their graduation on Monday (22) during a simple ceremony at Colombo Defence Services College auditorium.......
2017-05-19 19:57:50
Gallantry of War Heroes of the Tri-services and the Police received a deep veneration during this year’s National War Hero (Ranaviru) Commemoration Day’s solemn ceremony, held this evening (19) at the Ranaviru Monument, Battaramulla Parliament ground, dignified by the presence of HE the President Maithripala Sirisena, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces as the Chief Guest.
2017-05-17 08:05:09
Sri Lanka Army on Tuesday (16) bringing its Vesak arrangements to a pinnacle, staged its state-of-the-art masterpiece, ‘Inginalu Samagin Vesak Bethi Gee’ (Vesak devotional songs with balletic gestures) at Nelum Pokuna theatre before a distinguished gathering of invitees, headed by Mr P.B Abeykoon, Secretary to HE the President as the Chief Guest, the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Crisanthe De Silva, Mrs P.B Abeykoon, the spouse of the Secretary to HE the President and Mrs Nayana De Silva, President, Army Seva Vanitha Unit.
2017-05-15 17:32:31
Rejuvenating the legacy of spiritual connectivity and cultural ethos that has existed between Sri Lanka and India for generations, a brightly - lit up ‘Vesak’ Pandol erected by the Sri Lanka Army’s Corps of Engineer Services (CES), following an initiative of Ms Chitranganee Wagiswara, High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in India will be on display in New Delhi beginning Monday (15) to coincide with the ongoing commemoration of the Buddha’s Birth, Enlightenment and Parrinibbana (passing away).
2017-05-13 23:26:40
Members of the Sri Lanka Army Band added their musical talents to the Lake House - organized ‘Amadahara’ Vesak Zone near the Lake House roundabout Saturday (13) evening by participating in the Vesak Bethi Gee (Devotional Songs) recital before a large gathering of Vesak sightseers.
2017-05-12 20:19:27
A consignment of electric beds and wheelchairs, saline stands, walkers and other accessories, gifted by the Maha Karuna Buddhist Society of Singapore and some philanthropists for the use of inmates at Colombo Army Hospital was symbolically handed over to Eng Karunasena Hettiarachchi.........
2017-05-11 15:19:47
Sri Lanka Army troops, who have assisted in numerous ways to hold the National Vesak Day on a grand scale exhibited their elegant Vesak decorations at the Army Headquarters, Security Force Headquarters - West (SFHQ-West) at Panagoda Army Cantonment, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Parliament grounds, Presidential Secretariat, Valukaramaya, Kollupitiya, Lake House and Kelaniya, Bollegala International Buddhist University premises and elsewhere in the North and East last evening (10).
