10/10/2025
Wishing a proud 76th Army Day to the Sri Lanka Army — 76 years of honour, courage, and unwavering dedication to our nation. May the legacy of valour continue to inspire generations to come.
Subsequently, he commanded the 53 Division, also known as the country’s Reserve Strike Force (RSF).
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10/10/2025
Wishing a proud 76th Army Day to the Sri Lanka Army — 76 years of honour, courage, and unwavering dedication to our nation. May the legacy of valour continue to inspire generations to come.
02/01/2025
26/11/2024
අතිගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමන්ගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් මියගිය රණවිරුවන් අනුස්මරණය කෙරේ
FALLEN WAR HEROES COMMEMORATED
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26/11/2024
අතිගරු ජනාධිපති ආරක්ෂක අමාත්ය සහ ශ්රී ලංකා ත්රිවිධ හමුදාවේ සේනාධිනායක අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක මහතා ආරක්ෂක අමාත්යාංශයේ සිය මංගල චාරිකාවට එක්විය.
His Excellency the President, the Minister of Defence and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayake paid his inaugural visit to the Ministry of Defence at the Defence Headquarters Complex
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26/11/2024
ජාතික ආරක්ෂක විද්යාලීය පාඨමාලා අංක 3 හි උපාධි ප්රදානෝත්සවය පසුගිය දින ශ්රීමත් ජෝන් කොතලාවල ආරක්ෂක විශ්වවිද්යාලයේ අධ්යයන පීඨ ශ්රවණාගාරයේදී පැවැත්විණි.
The Ceremonial Graduation of the National Defence College course No 3 was held last day at the Faculty of Graduate Studies Auditorium of Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
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26/11/2024
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ නව බංග්ලාදේශ මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයා ආරක්ෂක මාණ්ඩලික ප්රධානී ජෙනරාල් ශවේන්ද්ර සිල්වා මහතා හමුවිය.
the new High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka, paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Shavendra Silva
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07/11/2024
ජෙනරාල් ශවේන්ද්ර සිල්වා විසින් ජාතික ආරක්ෂක විද්යාලයේ පාඨමාලාලාභී 3 වන කණ්ඩායම වෙත දේශනයක් පවත්වන ලදී.
General Shavendra Silva delivered a lecture to the graduands of the 3rd batch of the National Defence College
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05/11/2024
General Shavendra Silva address Tri Forces Troops in East (භට පිරිස් ඇමතීම) #army #navy #airforce Chief of Defence Staff General Shavendra Silva addressed Tri Forces Troops in East. In his address, the CDS expressed his pleasure in visiting and addressing...
31/10/2024
DIWALI GREETINGS FROM THE CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF
On this auspicious occasion of Diwali, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Shavendra Silva WWV RWP RSP VSV USP ndc psc MPhil, extends his warmest greetings to all Hindus in Sri Lanka and across the world.
The Festival of Lights is a celebration of light’s triumph over darkness, goodness over adversity, and hope over despair. May this Diwali bring peace, prosperity, and unity to our beloved Sri Lankans and deepen the bonds that connect us as a blessed community.
As homes and hearts are illuminated with the glow of Diwali, may we be inspired to spread compassion, respect, and the spirit of togetherness. May the blessings of this joyous festival guide every step of the journey ahead, bringing brightness and joy into all our lives.
Wishing everyone a happy and blessed Diwali!
24/10/2024
ආරක්ෂක මාණ්ඩලික ප්රධානි ජෙනරාල් ශවේන්ද්ර සිල්වා ගරු අග්රාමාත්යතුමිය හමුවෙයි
The Chief of Defence Staff made official courtesy visits to the Honorable Prime Minister
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11/10/2024
ශ්රී ලංකා සේවා මුක්ත භට සංගමයේ සාමාජිකයින් විසින් පොපි දින උත්සවයට පූර්වගාමී ලෙස පළමු පොපි මල ආරක්ෂක මාණ්ඩලික ප්රධානි වෙත නිල වශයෙන් ඇලවීම සිදු කරයි.
Members of the Ex-Servicemen’s Association formally pin the first poppy flower to Chief of Defence Staff as a precursor to the Poppy Day ceremony.
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11/10/2024
චීන නාවික හමුදාවට අයත් රුවල් පුහුණු යුද නෞකාවක් වන ‘PO LANG’ නිල සංචාරයක් සඳහා කොළඹ වරායට පැමිනේ
Chinese Navy Sail Training Warship ‘PO LANG’ arrived at the port of Colombo for an official visit
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