President of the National Defence University of Pakistan, Lieutenant General Nazir Ahamed Butt called on Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Naval Headquarters today (7).

As yet another project 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 (RO) plant was installed and ceremonially declared open at Sampathnuwara Maha Vidyalaya today (6).

The newly built jetty at the Naval Dockyard, expanding its existing berthing facilities, was declared open by Commander Eastern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Travis Sinniah on 4th September 2016.

Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne donated a laptop computer and a printer to HPM Prabath Jayasundara, a student of Orubendi Weva Maha Vidyalaya in Mahiyanganaya, at the Naval Headquarters today (6).

Naval personnel apprehended 3 local fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing practices at two separate locations yesterday (5).

On receipt of information, naval personnel attached SLNS Thambapanni located in Puttalam in the North Western Naval Command, seized a set of equipment used to distil illicit liquor in Pinkattiya area yesterday (4).

On receipt of intelligence tip off, the naval personnel attached to SLNS Gajaba located in Mannar in North Central Naval Command, apprehended 5 Sri Lankans along with an Indian transferring 2.24 kg of heroin in Pallimunai area this evening (3).

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vijayaba in Nilaweli and the lifesavers of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard rescued 2 persons who were drowning in the seas off Gopalpuram today (3).

A group of naval personnel attached to SLNS Uththara in Kankesanthurai and SLNS Kanchadewa in Kytes arrested to 2 persons who were transferring 2 kg of Kerala Cannabis in the general area of Chavakachcheri yesterday (2).

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 in Gonahathdenawa, Kebithigollewa for the community use and it was declared open by Commander North Central Naval Area, Commodore Merill Wickramasinghe yesterday (2).