The Sri Lanka Armed Forces Veterans Association (SLAFVA) honoured all fallen War Heroes, including those of the World Wars during a fitting ceremony that commemorated Remembrance Day, more popularly known as ‘Poppy Day’, at the Vihara Maha Devi Park Cenotaph today (16 November 2025). The Prime Minister of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Hon.(Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.

The Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) , Commanders of the Army and Navy, Chief of Staff of the SLAF, Air Vice Marshal Lasitha Sumanaweera, Foreign Ambassadors and Defence Attaches, past Tri-Service Commanders, Senior Officers of Tri-Forces, members of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces Veterans Association and Spouses of the fallen War Heroes  attended for the ceremony.

The War Memorial in Colombo was initially raised at the Galle Face but the Cenotaph was later dismantled and reassembled at its present location during the Second World War. The Cenotaph contains the names of those killed during First World War, while the Memorial Wall behind it maintains the names of those killed in the Second World War.