The Sri Lanka Navy donated one million rupees as death compensation under the Navy's healthcare scheme, "Naviru Saviya," to the wife of the late Engineering Mate GSS Abeyweera of the Engineering Branch in Regular Naval Force.

A group of naval personnel attached to SLNS Rangalla at Port of Colombo and SLNS Gemunu in Welisara, arrested a person who were transferring 8 kg of Kerala Cannabis in the general area of Kandana yesterday (15).

Implementing yet another community service programme of the Sri Lanka Navy, a Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant was installed at Koruwewa Mahanama Maha Vidyalaya in Polpithigama considering the hardships faced by the students of the school and residents in the area.

The Defence Attaché of the Chinese High Commission in Sri Lanka, Senior Colonel Li Chenglin and Deputy Defence Attaché Lieutenant Colonel Chang paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Naval Headquarters today (15).

A group of naval officers who followed various courses at Wuhan University in China, donated 10 wheelchairs at the Naval Headquarters today (15).

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vidura located in Sampoor in the Eastern Naval Command apprehended 14 local fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing practices using monofilament nets in the sea area off Sampoor on 13th September 2016.

Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Eng. Karunasena Hettiarachchi declared open the newly constructed junior sailors' married quarters in Welisara today (14).

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Buwaneka located in Nachchikuda in the North Central Naval Command arrested 4 local fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing activities using monofilament nets in the seas off Mundampiddi Periyaaru yesterday (13).

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 premises of Kahakurullanpalassa Junior School in Monaragala for the use of the school children and general public in the area.

The outgoing Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala paid a courtesy call on Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Naval Headquarters today (13).