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The Sri Lanka Signals Corps ( SLSC) ( Sinhalese: ශ්රී ලංකා සංඥා බලකාය Shri Lanka Sana Balakaya) is a combat support corps of the Sri Lanka Army, [1] responsible for providing military communications, information technology and electronic warfare support. The corps is made up of a signals brigade, ten regular ...
The Special Forces Regiment (SF) ( Sinhala: විශේෂ බලකාය Visēsha Balakāya ;) is a special forces unit of the Sri Lanka Army. Founded in 1986 as a combat tracker team , it was established as a regiment in 1988, and later expanded into a brigade. The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-terrorism, direct ...
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 ...
Umaria Sinhawansa was born 5 January 1991, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She is the daughter of Tony Sinhawansa and Ayesha Sinhawansa who were musicians and Umaria was exposed to music early in her life. [9] Umaria studied at Muslim Ladies College and Gateway International school, Colombo, Sri Lanka. She graduated BA Honours degree In Music and She ...
South Sudan – Sri Lanka Army's entry into South Sudan in 2014 as the newest member in the UN peace keeping family, marks a milestone in the Army history. Sri Lanka became the first country to deploy a surge contingent in South Sudan.Army maintains a SRIMED Level 2 Hospital, manned entirely by Sri Lanka's Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps personnel.
The Sri Lanka Army Band is the official representative military band of the Sri Lanka Army. It is currently based in Panagoda, which is 20 km away from Colombo. The band was formed on 22 June 1950 with British Army Lieutenant George Perry, leading the platoon-sized band. Between 1952 and 1955, local Sri Lankan musicians were incorporated into ...
Musical artist. Kala Suri Alhaj Kareem Mohideen Baig ( Sinhala: මොහිදින් බෙග්, Arabic: محي الدين بيك; 5 December 1919 – 4 November 1991), popularly as Mohideen Baig, was a Sri Lankan musician. [1] One of the most influential singers in Sinhala music, Baig is known particularly for his Buddhist devotional ...
Major General. Unit. First Regiment of Sri Lanka Signal Corps. Battles/wars. Sri Lankan Civil War. Awards. RWP, USP, ndu, psc, USACGSC. Major General Renuka Rowel, RWP, USP was a Sri Lankan Army general. He was the 10th Colonel Commandant of the Sri Lanka Signals Corps and the Chief Signal Officer of Sri Lanka Army .