The Navy apprehended 17 Indian fishermen along with 03 fishing trawlers for engaging in illegal fishing in Sri Lankan territorial waters yesterday (29^th October).

The Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe called on the Honourable Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at the PM’s office, yesterday (29^th October).

The Vice President of the Republic of Burundi, His Excellency Gaston Sindimwo who is on an official tour to Sri Lanka, with a delegation visited the Naval Boat Building Yard (NBBY), Welisara, yesterday (28th October).

Sri Lanka Navy assisted to apprehend 02 persons engaged in illegal acts at various locations in the island during the past few days.

The Navy yesterday (28th October) rendered assistance to bring ashore a fisherman who was suffering from a severe chest pain, for immediate treatment.

The renovated Sebamalai Matha Church on the Iranathivu island was vested in the ownership of the public on 27th October 2018.

The Boat Show and Boating Festival 2018 organized by the Sri Lanka Export Development Board and the Boat Building Technology Improvement Institute Lanka Limited commenced at the Yacht Marina of the Port of Galle on 26th October.

The Sri Lanka Navy Inter Command Sailing Tournament 2018 was held in the alluring waters in front of the Commander Shanthi Bahar Memorial Sailing Club in Trincomalee on 25th and 26th October 2018.

Two new houses constructed under the ‘Api Wenuwen Api’ project and the ‘Weera Sebala Foundation’ of the Ministry of Defence bestowed upon a sailor who died while performing naval duties and another differently abled naval war hero at Upuldeniya in Galenbindunuwewa and Pamunawatta, Kolonna in Rathnapura on 25th October 2018.

Sri Lanka Navy granted interest free loans worth Rs. 500,000 each to another hundred (100) senior sailors in a ceremony presided over by the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe at his office in the Naval Headquarters today (26th October).