Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- Sri Lanka's defence forces must be developed into one of the most professional forces in the world, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has emphasised.

Accordingly, the President has instructed officials to ensure that the necessary budgetary allocations are properly channelled to provide the required training and facilities to achieve this goal.

President Dissanayake issued these instructions while participating in the preliminary budget discussion of the Ministry of Defence for the year 2026, which was held at the Presidential Secretariat.

The progress of projects implemented under the budgetary provisions allocated to the Ministry of Defence in 2025 was reviewed at the discussion. Programmes currently being carr...