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Navy apprehends 2 local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Parakumba located in Sampoor in the Eastern Naval Command, during their routine sea patrol, arrested 2 local fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing activities in the sea area off Sampoor yesterday (28). ...

2016-09-29

Commander of the Navy meets Ms. Nisha Biswal at the United States Department of State

Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, who is currently on an official visit to the United States, met the US Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Ms. Nisha Biswal, at the United States Department of State on Tuesday (27) and held discussions on matters which are mutually beneficial....

2016-09-28

Coral Monitoring and Replanting Programme conducted in Trincomalee

The Blue Resources Team and Wild Life Research and Conservation Trust along with Tokyo Cement (Lanka) Plc, conducted a coral reef surveying method training workshop and coral planting programme for SL Navy Divers at the Coral Cove, Naval Base, Trincomalee....

2016-09-28

Commander of the Navy meets Senior Military officials at the Pentagon USA

Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne met with the senior military officials at the Pentagon on Monday (26)....

2016-09-27

Sri Lanka Navy assists repatriation of 4 Indian fishermen

The Sri Lanka Navy assisted in the repatriation of 4 Indian fishermen released from Sri Lankan custody this morning (27)....

2016-09-27

A Reverse Osmosis plant is declared open in Eppawala

Implementing yet another community service programme of the Sri Lanka Navy, a Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant was installed in the school premises of Sri Siddhartha Central College in Eppawala, Anuradhapura, considering the intolerable levels of hardship faced by the students of the school and residents in the area. Accordingly the newly installed RO system was declared open by Commander North Central Naval Area, Commodore Merril Wickramasinghe today (26)....

2016-09-26

Navy and Police apprehends 89 kg of Kerala Cannabis
 

Naval personnel attached to the Naval Deployment Vettalakerni in the Northern Naval Command, and Maradankerni Police personal seized 89 kg of Kerala Cannabis, packed in 4 separate packages and hidden in the general area of Maradankerni Today (26)....

2016-09-26

A stock of medical equipment donated for the use of Ambulance Watercraft and Delft Divisional Hospital
 

A donation of medical equipment for the use of Navy’s Ambulance Watercraft and Delft Divisional Hospital was made at the naval base SLNS Wasaba located in the Delft Island on 21st September 2016....

2016-09-24

Navy and Police nabs 77.5 kg of Kerala Cannabis
 

On receipt of intelligence, a group of naval personnel attached to SLNS Gotabaya in Mullaitivu belonging to the Eastern Naval Command in coordination with Mulathivu Police arrested 77.5 kg of Kerala Cannabis while being transferred in a three-wheeler in the coastal area of Ambalampokkane in Pudukurippu yesterday (23)....

2016-09-24

Navy declares open a Reverse Osmosis Plant in Hambegamuwa
 

As part of the Sri Lanka Navy’s community service programmes carried out with the intention of preventing Chronic Interstitial Nephritis in Agricultural Communities (CINAC), a Reverse Osmosis system was installed at the premises of Hambegamuwa Junior School in Monaragala for the use of the school children and general public in the area....

2016-09-24

Sri Lanka Navy Sailing Pool records a number of victories at CMYC Sailing Regatta
 

The Sri Lanka Navy Sailing Pool recorded a number of victories at the Sailing Regatta organized by Colombo Motor Yacht Club at the Bolgoda Lake on 18th September 2016. ...

2016-09-24

Navy apprehends 14 local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing
 

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Gokanna located in Kinniya in the Eastern Naval Command arrested 14 local fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing activities in the sea area off Upparu yesterday (22)....

2016-09-23

Nineteen local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing were apprehended by the Navy
 

Naval personnel arrested 19 local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing at three separate locations yesterday (22)....

2016-09-23

Artists who performed in the Buddhist Cantata “Pirinivan Mangalya” felicitated
 

Following the directives of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, the artists who took part in Maestro Premasiri Khemadasa’s Buddhist Cantata “Pirinivan Mangalya” held at Nelum Pokuna Theatre on 25th August 2016 with the patronage of Prime Minister Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe , were feted at a grand felicitation ceremony at the Light House Galley last evening (22)....

2016-09-23

Navy apprehends 12 local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing
 

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Gajaba located in Mannar in the North Central Naval Command arrested 12 local fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing activities using monofilament nets in the sea area off Kondampiddi yesterday (21)....

2016-09-22