Based on information provided by the Navy, a group of Police officials attached to the Mannar Police had found 529kg of tendu leaves (used as Beedi wrappers) transferred by a lorry, on Nur Street in Mannar today (31^st January).

Six (06) more Indian fishing trawlers held by the Sri Lanka Navy for poaching in Sri Lankan territorial waters were released from Sri Lankan custody today (31^st January). The handing over of these trawlers was done with the assistance of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard.

Sri Lanka Navy granted interest free loans worth Rs. 500,000 each to another seventy five (75) senior sailors during a simple ceremony presided over by the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva at the Naval Headquarters today (31^st January).

A Dornier Aircraft of the Indian Navy arrived in Sri Lanka on 28^th January for an Air Observer Training Exercise, with the participation of officers of the Sri Lanka Navy and Air Force.

A group of naval personnel attached to the Northern Naval Command during a foot patrol apprehended a suspect roaming in the general area of Mandathive, Jaffna yesterday (30^th January).

The ceremony to award scholarships to the children of naval families, who passed the grade 5 scholarship examination with flying colours, was held under the auspices of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva at the Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake Auditorium at SLNS Parakrama today (30^th January).

Following information given by the High Commission of Malaysia to the Maritime Rescue Coordinating Centre stationed at the Naval Headquarters, Sri Lanka Navy today (30^th January) rendered assistance to bring ashore a sailor who was taken ill onboard Royal Malaysian Naval Vessel KD Kasthuri.

The Pakistan High Commissioner in Sri Lanka, His Excellency Shahid Ahmed Hashmat called on the Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva at the Naval Headquarters in Colombo, today (30^th January).

Captain Anil Bowatta assumed duties as the new Commanding Officer of the Sri Lanka Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) SLNS Sagara, today (30^th January).

Among the ships belonging to the Sri Lanka Navy fleet, the Best Ship of the organization is selected every year, after having considered a wide range of activities accomplished by each ship.