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The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy was established in 1980 by the Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy Act, No. 68 of 1981 as the joint defence service training institute of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services, Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force undergo academic training together ...
The Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) is situated at Batalanda, Makola (South) 12 Kilometers away from Colombo and its aim to develop the professional knowledge and understanding of experienced officers of the Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy & the Sri Lanka Air Force to prepare them for the ranks of junior field officers in the army and the respective ranks of the Navy and Air ...
The army was officially established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, though the army traces its roots back in 1881 when Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers was created; the army was renamed as the 'Sri Lanka Army' when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. In 2024, the Army had approximately 150,000 personnel.
1 January – The "Clean Sri Lanka" national initiative commences under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. [1] 16 January – The government announces an agreement with Chinese state oil company Sinopec valued at $3.7 billion to construct a "state-of-the-art oil refinery" with a capacity of 200,000 barrels in Hambantota. [2]
The Sri Lanka Army is the oldest and largest of Sri Lanka's three armed services. Established as the Royal Ceylon Army in 1949, it was renamed when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. The Army of approximately 255,000 regular and reserve personnel including 90,000 National Guardsmen and is responsible for overseeing land-based military and ...
The notifications for the upcoming dates are released initially on Twitter handle of GMC [5] and later published on their website. This exam can be taken in the UK as well 15 other countries. On the other hand, PLAB 2 is held only in Manchester and the dates are often frequently available. For 2023, the PLAB 1 dates [6] are: [needs update]
7 December – Major General Vikum Liyanage is appointed as the 59th Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army. [287] 9 December – Sri Lankan weightlifter Srimali Samarakoon wins a gold medal at the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [288] 15 December Sri Lanka's traditional craftsmanship of making "Dumbara ...
Sri Lanka Light Infantry: 61: Major General Channa Weerasuriya: 29 November 2022: 14 July 2023: Sri Lanka Light Infantry: 62: Major General Sanjaya Wanasinghe: 15 July 2023: 13 October 2023: Sri Lanka Artillery: He is the eldest son of 11th commander of Sri Lanka Army, General Hamilton Wanasinghe. 63: Major General W.H.K.S Peiris: 16 December ...