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

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).

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).

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.

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.

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).

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).

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).

As per the initiative of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, the second phase of the footwear distribution to the children in grade 1 to 5 of Maha Kashyapa Vidyalaya took place at the school premises yesterday (19).

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Gajaba located in Mannar in the North Central Naval Command arrested a local fisherman who engaged in illegal fishing activities using monofilament nets in the sea area off Kondampiddi today (19).