President Maithripala Sirisena, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces has promoted thirty-one Senior Colonels of the Army to the rank of temporary Brigadier states a communiqué issued by the Military Secretariat .Here follows the newly promoted Brigadiers;Colonel C.D Ranasinghe RWP RSPColonel K.G.M.S FernandoColonel S.P.A.I.M.B Samarakoon Hdmc LscColonel H.M.H.N HerathColonel S.N.A Dissanayaka atoColonel W.M.R.W.W.H.J.B Wanigasekera USPColonel K.P.S SilvaColonel W.B.W.M.R.S.P Aluwihare RWP RSPColonel E.A.D.P Edirisingha pscColonel U.P.R Weerakoon WWV RWP RSP USPColonel K.A Samarasiri RWP RSP USP pscColonel N.P.A Gunawardena RSPColonel L.C.R Jayasuriya RSP pscColonel K.P.S.A Fernando RWP RSPColonel R.B Benjamin RSP USPColonel S.R.B Aluvihare RWP RSP pscColonel W.P.A.D.W Nanayakkara RSP USPColonel B.K.G.M.L Rodrigo RSP psc IGColonel A.M MuttalibColonel M.G.W.W.W.M.C.B Wickramasinghe RWP RSP pscColonel I.H.M.T.H Senaratne USPColonel M.K.U.P Gunaratne RSP psc IGColonel S.W.M Fernando WWV RWP RSP USP pscColonel K.A.W.S RatnayakeColonel K.A.A Udaya Kumara RSP USP pscColonel L.P.K.C Wijetunge RWP RSP USPColonel D.P Jayasinghe RSPColonel E.A.P Ediriweera RWPColonel R.W Ponnamperuma RSP pscColonel A.S Wickramasena RWP RSP USP psc HdmcColonel D.L.S.U de Silva USP