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Pakistani Defence Advisor pays a courtesy call on the Commander of the Navy
The Defence Advisor of the Pakistan High Commission in Sri Lanka, Colonel Mohammed Rajil Irshad Khan paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Naval Headquarters in Colombo on 13th May 2016....
2016-05-13
Navy arrests six persons with 58 kilograms of sea cucumbers
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Welusumana in Mandathivu of Northern Naval Command on routine patrol arrested six persons who were illegally harvesting sea cucumbers without having valid license in the seas between Vinayasodi and ‘K’ Point on 11th May 2016....
2016-05-13
Director for Strategic Planning and Policy (J5) of U.S Pacific Command pays a courtesy call on Commander of the Navy
The Director for Strategic Planning and Policy (J5) of U.S Pacific Command, Major General Steven R. Rudder, paid a courtesy call on Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Naval Headquarters in Colombo today (12). ...
2016-05-12
Navy arrests ten local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing using banned fishing nets
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Buwaneka in Nachchikuda, apprehended 10 local fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing in two separate incidents yesterday (11)....
2016-05-12
Navy nabs five local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Therapuththa in Silawathurai belonging to the Northwestern Naval Command, arrested 02 persons who engaged in illegal fishing using banned fishing nets in the seas off Mullikulam and Kallaru yesterday (10)....
2016-05-11
Two Japanese naval ships arrive at the Port of Colombo
Two Japanese naval ships, "Uraga" and "Takashimayaeyama", arrived at the Port of Colombo on a goodwill and replenishment visit on 11th May 2016....
2016-05-11
Navy arrests fourteen local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing activities
Navy arrested 14 persons who engaged in illegal fishing activities in two separate incidents....
2016-05-11
Commander, Deployment of Air-Force for Counter Piracy Enforcement calls on Commander of the Navy
The Commander, Deployment of Air-Force for Counter Piracy Enforcement (DAPE) Captain Masahisa Motomura, JMSDF called on Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Naval Headquarters today (10)....
2016-05-10
Foundation stone laid for construction of a new church in Kachchative Island
The ceremony of laying the foundation stone for the construction of a new church in the Island of Kachchative, was presided over by the Jaffna Vicar General Rev. Fr. Joshep Das Jebarathnam along with parish priest Rev. Fr. Antony Jeyaranjan, assistant parish priest Rev. Fr. Nixon Colin and the Commander Northern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Piyal De Silva on 09th May 2016....
2016-05-10
Navy apprehends four local fishermen engaged in Bottom Trawling
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Thammana in Thalaimannar belonging to the North Central Naval Command, arrested 4 fishermen engaged in Bottom Trawling in the seas off Thalaimannar yesterday (9)....
2016-05-10
Commander of the Navy lauds the inventors of Reverse Osmosis Plant
In order to help combat the Chronic Kidney Disease in the areas where a high prevalence of the disease is recorded, Sri Lanka Navy has been installing Reverse Osmosis (RO) Plants, for the benefit of the people in such areas, in the recent past. ...
2016-05-09
Naval personnel arrest 10 local fishermen engaged in illegal harvesting of sea cucumbers
Naval personnel onboard P 4445 attached to Eastern Naval Command arrested 6 local fishermen engaged in illegal harvesting of sea cucumbers in the seas east of Chalai on 7th May 2016....
2016-05-09
Sri Lanka Navy exports 9 Patrol Craft for the first time in the history
Winning one of the biggest defence contracts in the naval history, Sri Lanka Navy sold 9 small patrol craft, indigenously built by the Inshore Patrol Craft Project of the Navy established at Welisara, to the Nigerian Government today (06) at its’ premises. Winning one of the biggest defence contracts in the naval history, Sri Lanka Navy sold 9 small patrol craft, indigenously built by the Inshore Patrol Craft Project of the Navy established at Welisara, to the Nigerian Government today (06) at its’ premises. ...
2016-05-06
Navy clinches the overall championship in “Trinco Blu Sailing Regatta”
The Sri Lanka Navy sailing team, represented by Chief Petty Officer WAR Nishantha and Leading Seaman MGMU Gunawardana, clinched the overall championship in the “Trinco Blu Sailing Regatta” organized by the Royal Colombo Yacht Club in Trincomalee on 29th and 30th of April 2016. ...
2016-05-06
Navy apprehends a haul of Kerala Cannabis in the seas off Silavathurai and Mullikulam
Naval patrol craft deployed West of Silavathurai and Mullikulam area in the Northwestern Naval Command, apprehended five Indians along with a boat who were transferring approximately 120 kg of Kerala Cannabis by sea on 4th May 2016....
2016-05-05
