45 Colonels promoted to Brigadier

22 March 2013 10:14 pm

A total of 45 Colonels of the Sri Lanka Army have been promoted to the rank of Brigadier with effect from March 1 this year, military sources yesterday revealed.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa had approved the promotion to the rank of Brigadier, the sources said.

Accordingly the following officers were promoted: D C J W Jayasekera, K M R P Karunatilaka, W A N M Weerasinghe, M D P Chandrasekere,  H P N K Jayapathirane, P A D Kahapola, A I Marasinghe, D T Gamage,  J C Gamage, N S Kotuwegoda, K D C G J Thilakarathne, E N Ramanayaka, K J Jayaweera,  J Thanthiriwatta, H P P Fernando, M D Wijesundara, M M Kithsiri, W Liyanage, W S Ariyasinghe, W S Rajakaruna, A S Hewawitharana, B A L Rathnayake, R G U Rajapaksha, K Premathilake, S S Waduge, W A Ariyaratne, S P Seneviratne, P S Tillekerathna, W M J R K Senaratne, A G D N Jayasundera, R M P J Rathnayake, H D G Ranasinghe, W L P W Perera, W P A K Tilakaratne, S A D A D Gunawardane, K W R De Abrew, N I de Silva, H H A S P K Senaratne, R M Y J Rathnayake, N D S P Niwunhella, D M H D Bandara, M P Gunasinghe, S M P B Abhayarathna, A A I J Bandara and T Hathnagoda.