The Armed Forces Remembrance Day and Poppy Flower Ceremony 2025 was held on 16 November 2025 under the patronage of the Hon. Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, at the Cenotaph War Memorial at Viharamahadevi Park, Colombo.

The Sri Lanka Armed Forces Veterans’ Association, in collaboration with the Armed Services, organizes this annual event to honour and remember war heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice for the security of the motherland. The commemoration includes those who gave their lives in conflicts ranging from the First World War to the present day.

The Prime Minister, Service Commanders, invitees, and the President of SLAFESA, Air Vice Marshal Hemantha Soysa USP (Retd), along with other Air Force veterans, laid floral tributes at the War Memorial.