2021-12-08 17:39:01
" Sri Lanka Army is maintaining the highest level of battle-preparedness on contingencies while introducing various training modules and exercises that are more refined, objective- oriented, and timely. Equally, necessary measures are now in place to face any security challenge in our best capacity, incorporating most modern warfare techniques and based on our own experiences, gained during the three-decade-long conflict with the LTTE.
2021-12-07 12:38:36
General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, just minutes after HE the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed Major General Vikum Liyanage as the new Chief of Staff following recommendations of the Commander of the Army accepted his letter of appointment from General Shavendra Silva this morning (7) at the Army Headquarters.
2021-12-02 13:50:16
A copy of the recently-published ‘The Conflict that Eluded Peace’, authored by the former Secretary of Defence and 17th Commander of the Army, General Shantha Kottegoda (Rtd) was presented on Wednesday (1) to General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army at the Army Headquarters.
2021-11-27 21:56:18
Infused with all aspects of logistics, one more group of 26 middle-grade officers, including two foreign military officers from Nepal and Bangladesh, two officers from Sri Lanka Navy, and an Officer from Sri Lanka Air Force who followed the one-year-long Logistics Staff Course - No 7 (LSC) at Trincomalee-based Army School of Logistics (ASL) passed out during a....
2021-11-26 22:42:45
Curtains came down of the ‘57th Army Inter Regiment Athletic Championship 2020-2021’, the most-awaited inspiring event in the Army sports calendar which generates enormous enthusiasm among Army sports lovers this evening (26) at Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, rekindling hopes for many more national and international wins in future.
2021-11-25 13:57:21
Head of the Russian Army Engineers’ delegation, Lieutenant General Yuri Mikhailovich Stavitsky, Chief of Engineering Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation currently in Sri Lanka with the objective of observing the ongoing Sri Lanka Army’s Humanitarian De-mining roles and sharing advanced technical know-how with Sri Lankan troops for acceleration of de-mining work made a courtesy visit to General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army at the Army Headquarters this morning (25).
2021-11-21 15:43:24
The Sri Lanka Army's Special Forces (SF), arguably the best-trained top Special Operations Force and the most formidable unit a country can boast, being well-geared to perform unconventional or unorthodox covert missions concerning national security interests on Sunday (21) inducted one more elite batch of 7 highly-trained Officers and 235 Other Ranks upon completion of their intensive nine-month long Training Course No-51 during a thrilling ceremony at the Special Forces Training School (SFTS) at Maduruoya.
2021-11-20 06:32:57
A special ‘Gilanpasa’ cum ‘Aashirvada Pooja’ at the sacred Ruwanweli Maha Seya in Anuradhapura this evening (19) to mark the completion of HE the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s second year of Presidency and for the prosperity of the Nation was graced by Maha Nayake Theros (supreme hierarchy) of Three Chapters and a representative group of Buddhist monks.
2021-11-19 19:19:28
A mammoth alms-giving to members of the Maha Sangha (Shathadika Sangagatha Dakshinawa) that coincides with the ceremonial unveiling of the ‘Sanda Hiru Seya’ Stupa and the completion of two years of Presidency got underway this noon (19) at new ‘Sanda Hiru Seya’ Vihara compound.
2021-11-19 01:00:02
The undying memories and invaluable sacrifices of Army, Navy, Air Force and Civil Security Department War Heroes were once again immortalized and made sacred this afternoon (18) at Anuradhapura when the second largest hemispherical Stupa in the country, ‘Sanda Hiru Seya’, the monumental tribute to fallen War Heroes was consecrated and offered to the custodianship of the ‘Sasana’ and the Maha Sangha in a dignified ceremony, graced by the hierarchy of the Maha Sangha, HE the President, Hon Prime Minister, Ministers...
