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28th May 2021 21:03:46 Hours
Exclusively designed military uniforms, expected to reflect the high professional standards, personal appearance and esprit de corps that the Sri Lankan Tri Services represent will in future be worn by All Retired tri service personnel not only to symbolize military status after retirement, but also to depict that the mindset that being a 'Soldier ' is a lifelong proposition, deeply respected and well-recognized in society.
28th May 2021 21:03:46 Hours
The forthcoming 73rd Independence Day rehearsals were reviewed by the Minister of Irrigation and State Minister of National Security, Home Affairs and Disaster Management, Hon. Chamal Rajapaksa at Independence Square today morning (Feb 2).
28th May 2021 21:03:46 Hours
All top level Security brass, including the Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, General Shavendra Silva, Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne, Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana, Inspector General of Police, C.D. Wickramaratne, were at the Independence Square, Colombo 7 this morning (1) in order to review rehearsals and supervise arrangements in place in connection with the forthcoming 73rd National Independence Day on 4 February 2021.
28th May 2021 21:03:46 Hours
During his stay in Jaffna to attend a religious ceremony on Saturday (30), General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, Head of the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO), took time off to closely inspect the Army-renovated Quarantine Centre (QC) ready for occupancy at Vasavillan, Palaly where 500- 1000 persons, arriving either for quarantining or nursing care could be facilitated in the event of an emergency.
28th May 2021 21:03:46 Hours
General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff ,Commander of the Army and Head of the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID 19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) was invited to be the day 's special guest in ‘the Subharathi " radio programme of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) this morning (31), attributed to the title Lak Mawa Senahu Ranaviruwo .
28th May 2021 21:03:46 Hours
The auspicious corner-stone laying ceremony for erection of the new pagoda (Chaithya Stupa) and the monastery at the historic Tissa Raja Maha Viharaya in Kankesanthurai began this morning (30) amid religious formalities and blessings of the Maha Sangha as a result of the cooperation, extended by the Jaffna Security Force HQ, Navy, Air Force and the Police.
28th May 2021 21:03:46 Hours
Senior Colonel Wan Dong, Defence Attaché in the Embassy of People 's Republic of China in Sri Lanka, together with the Deputy Defence Attaché, Colonel Chang Qianjin called on the Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, General Shavendra Silva at the Army Headquarters on Monday (25).
28th May 2021 21:03:46 Hours
Defence Secretary Gen (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne, together with the Secretary to Public Security Ministry, Major General (Retd) Jagath Alwis, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, General Shavendra Silva, District Secretary for Ampara, D.M.L. Bandaranayaka, Chief of National Intelligence Major General (Retd) Ruwan Kulathunga, Director General Civil Security Department Major General Nandana Senadeera, Director General of Archaeology, Prof Anura Manatunga, Military Liaison Officer of Ministry of Defence Brigadier Dinesh Nanayakkara, Director Military Intelligence Brigadier Robin Jayasuriya, Architects, Archaeologists, Engineers and Surveyors on Tuesday 26) made an inspection visit to the Deegawapiya Stupa restoration project.
28th May 2021 21:03:46 Hours
General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff, Commander of the Army and Head, NOCPCO and Medical Specialist and Director General of Health Services, Dr Asela Gunawardena on Wednesday (20) jointly met a representative gathering of private sector laboratory technicians and discussed possibilities of implementing a common regulatory mechanism for conduct of antigen and PCR tests giving priority to BOI approved garment industry employees, those proceeding overseas, workforce in respective hospitals and those set to undergo surgeries in order to streamline and reinforce 100% credibility of such procedures to be in line with guidelines issued by the Director General of Health Services.
28th May 2021 21:03:46 Hours
A parallel live-streamed edition of the ongoing ‘Aero-India ', a biennial Aerospace & Defence Exhibition in Bangalore (Feb 03-05) which would also include Indian Ocean Region (IOR) Defence Ministers ' Conclave, Air Conclave, IOR- Naval Seminar and IOR- Coast Guard Seminar got underway in Colombo this morning (5) at Taj Samudra Hotel, organized by the High Commission of India in Sri Lanka.
