His Excellency the President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne to implement a National Plan to reduce the number of deaths caused by drowning which has come to an alarming rate. There have been 760 and 678 deaths reported in 2016 and 2017 respectively while 412 deaths reported by mid-2018 due to drowning. Most number of deaths have been report....
  
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President Maithripala Sirisena 
Hon. Ruwan Wijewardene MP 
Mr. Kapila Waidyaratne P.C 
Adm R.C Wijegunaratne WV, RWP & Bar, RSP, VSV, USP, ndc, psn |
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The Secretary Defence of Pakistan, Lieutenant General (retd) Ikram UI Haq paid a courtesy call with the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne on 04th October 2018 at the Office of the Chief of Defence Staff (OCDS) at the BMICH.
The Secretary Defence of Pakistan, Lieutenant General (retd) Ikram UI Haq along with a delegation comprising six other defence officials arrived in Sri Lanka today (02nd October) on a four-day official visit to participate in the Sri Lanka - Pakistan Armed Forces Defence Dialogue, scheduled to be held on 03rd and 04th October at the Ministry of Defence.
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne called on Minister of Defence of Mexico, General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda on 14th September during his official visit attending the '208th Anniversary of the Independence of the United Mexican States'.
A delegation of Bangladesh National Defence College (NDC), currently on a study tour in Sri Lanka, headed by Rear Admiral M Anwarul Islam visited the Office of the Chief of Defence Staff (OCDS) on 17th September 2018.
Major General Muhammad Samrez Salik, Director General of the Institute of Strategic Studies Research and Analysis (ISSRA), National Defence University, Pakistan paid a courtesy call with the Chief of Staff, Major General Nirmal Dharmaratne on 13th September 2018 at the Office of the Chief of Defence Staff (OCDS) at the BMICH. 
The Office of the Chief of Defence Staff in collaboration with the University of Sri Jayewardenepura organized a 10 day training programme on Project Management for the middle grade officers of the Tri Services. 
The two week long Managing Defence in the Wider Security Context (MDWSC) export course sponsored by the United Kingdom in collaboration with the Office of the Chief of Defence Staff (OCDS) concluded on Friday (25th May, 2018).
The Office of the Chief of Defence Staff (OCDS) in collaboration with the National Authority for the Implementation of Chemical Weapons Convention, the Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Board and the Country Office for the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted a five day 'Advance Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Explosive materials (CBRNE) Preventative and Responder Course', for Tri-Services....
Petty Officer AMK Adikari of the Sri Lanka Navy, Special Boat Squadron (SBS) who secured two 1st place podium finishes at the 'Navy Cup - 2018, Jet Ski Championship', was commended for his outstanding performances by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Admiral Ravindra C. Wijegunaratne at the Office of the Chief of Defence Staff (OCDS), today (23rd April, 2018).