COLOMBO (News 1st) -  It would be disrespecting for one to not look back on the 40-year illustrious career of the retired Sri Lanka Army Commander, General Mahesh Senanayake. General Mahesh Senanayake, a past pupil of Ananda College Colombo, was enlisted to the Sri Lanka Army in 1981 as a cadet o...

Colombo (News 1st): A Sri Lanka Army Special Forces parachuter died in a skydiving accident in Uhana, Ampara this morning (August 20). Reports of the tragedy was confirmed by the Sri Lanka Army media unit noting the Special Forces Parachuter died during a training 7000 feet in the air. The victim...

Colombo (News1st) -  A racket transporting timber from Ritigala forest reserve to Colombo was raided by the Police Special Forces in Labunoruwa yesterday. (August 18) The two arrested suspects are reported to be residents of Polgahawela and Melsiripura. Following interrogations of the suspects, i...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Centre for Research and Development (CRD) of the Ministry of Defence has made a massive breakthrough in military training with the introduction of the state of the art technology: Virtual reality military training for Sri Lankan armed forces. Commander of the Army, Lieute...