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Navy apprehends 47 persons for engaging in illegal fishing in Eastern seas
The Navy apprehended 47 persons who engaged in illegal fishing in the sea area of Foul Point in Trincomalee on 17th July 2020....
2020-07-18
Navy apprehends 14 persons for engaging in illegal fishing with unauthorized nets
The Navy, during a patrol in the sea area of Salpeyaru on 16th July 2020, apprehended 14 persons who engaged in illegal fishing with unauthorized nets. Along with these 14 persons 03 dinghies were also seized by the Navy.
...2020-07-17
Navy assists apprehension of 08 suspects for possession of heroin and controlled substance
The Navy managed to apprehend 08 suspects for possession of heroin and capsules of controlled substance, during 02 search operations conducted with the assistance of the Police in Kuchchaveli and Ambalantota on 16th July 2020. ...
2020-07-17
Commander of the Navy calls on Hon. Prime Minister
Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne, upon being appointed as the 24th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Temple Trees today (17th July 2020)....
2020-07-17
Navy bids adieu to Rear Admiral Sudath Kurukulasooriya
Sri Lanka Navy today (17th July 2020) bade farewell to Rear Admiral Sudath Kurukulasooriya who relinquished his naval duties to which he was committed in the past 34 years....
2020-07-17
Navy seizes over 164kg of Kerala cannabis
The Navy seized a stock of drugs belonging to the category of Kerala cannabis, during a special operation conducted in the sea area south of Mandaitivu, Jaffna on 16th July 2020. ...
2020-07-17
Navy holds fifteen persons and two dinghies engaged in illegal fishing
Fifteen (15) persons who engaged in illegal fishing using banned nets and two dinghies were apprehended by Navy during a search operation carried out in the seas off Valalthottam area in Trincomalee, on 15th July 2020....
2020-07-16
Navy Commander calls on Secretary Defence
The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne paid a courtesy call on the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Major General (Retd.) Kamal Gunaratne at the Ministry of Defence today (16th July 2020). ...
2020-07-16
Navy apprehends 19 persons for engaging in illegal fishing
The Navy apprehended 19 persons for engaging in illegal fishing in the sea areas of Kumburupiddi and Nayaru in Trincomalee on 13th and 14th July 2020.
...2020-07-15
Twenty two(22) inmates leave Kalpitiya and Boossa Naval quarantine centers
Twenty two(22) inmates who were undergoing quarantine period in Naval quarantine centers at Boossa Naval Base and at Kalpitiya area, left the centers after completion of their quarantine process, on 13th and 14th July 2020....
2020-07-15
Captain Sanjeewa Kathriarachchi assumes duties as new Commanding Officer of SLNS Suranimila
Captain Sanjeewa Kathriarachchi assumed duties as the new Commanding Officer of the Sri Lanka Navy's Fast Missile Vessel (FMV) SLNS Suranimila, today (15th July 2020)....
2020-07-15
Navy recoveries rise to 899 as another naval person discharged following full recovery from COVID – 19
Another naval person (01) who had contracted COVID-19 and underwent treatment in hospital was discharged after gaining full recovery from the virus, confirmed by PCR tests, on 14th July 2020. ...
2020-07-15
New Commander of the Navy calls on His Excellency the President
Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne who assumed duties as the 24th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, paid a courtesy call on His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at the Presidential Secretariat today (15th July 2020)....
2020-07-15
Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne appointed as the 24th Commander of the Navy
Rear Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne, on being promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral, was appointed as the 24th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy by His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, today (15th July 2020)....
2020-07-15
Navy bids farewell to Admiral Piyal De Silva
Admiral Piyal De Silva who was appointed as the 23rd Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy on 01st January 2019 bade farewell his illustrious naval career today (15th July 2020)....
2020-07-15
