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Awareness programme with facemasks for Welikanda citizens

The Army’s 231 Brigade troops distributed a stock of facemasks among civilians and community leaders in the Welikanda area recently while educating people on the importance of its use as a precautio...

Oct 29, 2020

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WFP Country Representative meets Defence Secretary

The Country Representative of the United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP), Ms. Brenda Barton paid a courtesy call on the Defence Secretary Maj. Gen. (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne at the Defence Ministry...

Oct 28, 2020

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Military Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Owing to the highest efficiency in the implementation of any emergency response plan by the military and the police, the government of Sri Lanka has succeeded in countering three major clusters of COV...

Oct 28, 2020

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No New Positive Cases Reported - NOCPCO

The Flight No AI 281 from Mumbai with 240 passengers will arrive in Sri Lanka today (22). All of them will be sent to Quarantine Centres (QCs), managed by tri services for necessary quarantine process...

Jun 22, 2020

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More & More Expatriates Expected within Next Few Hours

Sri Lankan Airlines Flight UL 1206 this morning (6) brought down one more batch of 235 Sri Lankan expatriates from Hamburg, Germany to Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport on a directive given by H...

Jun 07, 2020

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Only Four COVID-19 Cases Reported in Last 24 Hours - NOCPCO

As stated yesterday (5) the UL 1206 Sri Lankan Flight is scheduled to arrive in Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport in a few hours (6) from Hamburg, Germany with expatriates, comprised of 236 civi...

Jun 06, 2020

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