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Kicking heels and soothing songs
Senior officers planned a farewell cocktail party to former Police Chief, Indra de Silva, over a week ago.

It was to begin at 8 p.m. but the chief guest arrived only after 10.30 p.m. All the guests who turned up on time had to wait kicking their heels until the former Police Chief turned up.

Then the cocktail party got under way at a pace. So much so, Mr. de Silva ended up singing songs to soothe the angry guests.

Sandagiri gets things moving
Chief of Defence Staff (and Navy Commander) Vice Admiral Daya Sandagiri has set in motion a series of new measures to ensure enhanced military preparedness.

This is after taking over the Joint Operations Headquarters (JOH), the unified command of the security forces and the Police. The JOH is located inside the Army Headquarters premises.

The measures include forward planning and enhancing of intelligence capabilities. Vice Admiral Sandagiri left on Friday night for Japan to attend a United States Army sponsored conference of Chiefs of Defence Staff of pacific countries.

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