President Maithripala Sirisena, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces has promoted thirty-one Senior Colonels of the Sri Lanka Army to the rank of temporary Brigadier.
A communiqué issued by the Military Secretariat said the following Colonals have been promoted:
Colonel C.D Ranasinghe
Colonel K.G.M.S Fernando
Colonel S.P.A.I.M.B Samarakoon
Colonel H.M.H.N Herath
Colonel S.N.A Dissanayaka
Colonel W.M.R.W.W.H.J.B Wanigasekera
Colonel K.P.S Silva
Colonel W.B.W.M.R.S.P Aluwihare
Colonel E.A.D.P Edirisingha
Colonel U.P.R Weerakoon
Colonel K.A Samarasiri
Colonel N.P.A Gunawardena
Colonel L.C.R Jayasuriya
Colonel K.P.S.A Fernando
Colonel R.B Benjamin
Colonel S.R.B Aluvihare
Colonel W.P.A.D.W Nanayakkara
Colonel B.K.G.M.L Rodrigo
Colonel A.M Muttalib
Colonel M.G.W.W.W.M.C.B Wickramasinghe
Colonel I.H.M.T.H Senaratne
Colonel M.K.U.P Gunaratne
Colonel S.W.M Fernando
Colonel K.A.W.S Ratnayake
Colonel K.A.A Udaya Kumara
Colonel L.P.K.C Wijetunge
Colonel D.P Jayasinghe
Colonel E.A.P Ediriweera
Colonel R.W Ponnamperuma
Colonel A.S Wickramasena
Colonel D.L.S.U de Silva
