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The List of newspapers in Sri Lanka lists every daily and non-daily news publication currently operating in Sri Lanka. The list includes information on whether it is distributed daily or non-daily, and who publishes it.
List of current Sri Lanka Army formations. The professional head of the army is the Commander of the Army, at present Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage. [ 1] He is assisted by the Chief of Staff of the Army (Sri Lanka). [ 2] The Commandant of the Volunteer Force is head of the Army Volunteer Force and is responsible for the administration and ...
Dominion status followed on 4 February 1948 with military treaties with Britain, as the upper ranks of the armed forces were initially British, and British air and sea bases remained intact. This was later raised to independence itself and Senanayake became the first Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. In 1949, with the concurrence of the leaders of ...
Muditha Jayakody Associates [ 1] The Defence Headquarters Complex ( Sinhala: ආරක්ෂක හමුදා මුලස්ථානය, romanized: ārakshaka hamudā mūlasthānaya) is a complex of buildings currently under construction at Akuregoda, Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte to house the Sri Lanka Armed Forces headquarters and offices of ...
The Sri Lanka Armed Forces is the overall unified military of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka encompassing the Sri Lanka Army, the Sri Lanka Navy, and the Sri Lanka Air Force; they are governed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The three services have around 346,700 active personnel; conscription has never been imposed in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps. Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps. Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police. Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps. Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps. Sri Lanka Army Corps of Agriculture and Livestocks. Sri Lanka Army Pioneer Corps.
Operation Jayasikurui ( Certain Victory in Sinhala), was a Sri Lankan military operation launched on 13 May 1997, it lasted until 1999, when it was called off. The operation was initially launched for 6 months but cancelled after 18 months as Sri Lankan government faced huge loss. It was the largest military operation undertaken by the armed ...
Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment was the first rifle regiment of the Sri Lanka Army and was formed on 1 October 1956 at the Imperial camp at Diyatalawa. The first battalion primarily consisted of 60 officers and other ranks from the Ceylon Light Infantry with Lt Col R. D. Jayathilaka MBE as the first commanding officer. The D company of the volunteer ...