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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
Commander of the Navy attends the International Seapower Symposium in the United States
Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne attended the 22nd International Seapower Symposium (ISS) commenced yesterday (21) at Newport, Rhode Island, in the United States. ...
2016-09-22
Navy renders assistance to clean up garbage in Basawakkulama Tank in Anuradhapura
As part of its community service programmes operated on the directives of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, Sri Lanka Navy rendered assistance to clean up garbage in Basawakkulama Tank in Anuradhapura. ...
2016-09-21
Commander of the Navy meets United States Chief of Naval Operations and U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander
The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne who is presently at Newport, Rhode Island, in the United States attending the 22nd International Seapower Symposium (ISS) from 21st to 23rd September 2016 met Admiral John M. Richardson, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) of the US Navy and Admiral Scott H. Swift, the Commander US Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT). ...
2016-09-21
Navy apprehends a local fisherman engaged in illegal fishing
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Gajaba located in Mannar in the North Central Naval Command arrested a local fisherman who engaged in illegal fishing activity using monofilament nets in the sea area off Erukkulampiddi yesterday (20)....
2016-09-21
Cormorant Strike concludes in Kokkilai Beach
The annual joint military exercise of the Sri Lanka armed forces 'Cormorant Strike’, organized by the Sri Lanka Army, successfully came to an end in Kokkilai beach area in Trincomalee today (20). ...
2016-09-20
