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Navy springs in to action to assist public in affected areas following inclement weather
 

Under the directives of the Office of Chief of Defence Staff (OCDS) and information of Disaster Management Centre, naval personnel are currently engaged in relief missions, following the adverse weather condition. ...

2018-05-22

Inter-command Rugby Championship 2018
 

Sri Lanka Navy Inter-command Rugby Championship 2018 worked off at the rugby ground of SLNS Gemunu in Welisara from 18th to 20th May 2018. ...

2018-05-22

Navy assists to apprehend 41 persons for engaging in illegal activities
 

Sri Lanka Navy assisted to apprehend 41 persons engaged in illegal acts at various locations in the island during the past few days. ...

2018-05-21

Navy clinch women’s title at National Beach Volleyball Championship
 

Sri Lanka Navy women’s beach volleyball team emerged champions edging out its Army counterpart in the finals of the National Beach Volleyball Championship held at the Beach Volleyball court of the Sugathadasa stadium on 19th May 2018....

2018-05-21

President Chief Guest at National War Heroes' Day
 

Commemorating the heroics of armed force personnel, the National War Heroes' Day 2018 was held under the auspices of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena at the War Heroes’ Monument in Battaramulla yesterday (19 May 2018)....

2018-05-20

Vishishta Seva Vibhushanaya conferred on senior naval officers
 

In parallel with the National War Heroes' Day, the investiture ceremony of Vishishta Seva Vibhushanaya (VSV) to military personnel over 25 years of unblemished service, took place under the patronage of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (19 May 2018)....

2018-05-20

Twenty Three Naval personnel pass out after SBS Training
 

One officer and 22 sailors of 25th SBS intake who completed their training successfully passed out at the SBS Headquarters in Naval Dockyard Trincomalee, yesterday (18 May)....

2018-05-19

SLNS Sagara returns home on completion of successful naval exercise
 

Sri Lanka Naval Ship Sagara which left the island for Indonesia on last 24th April to attend Komodo-2018 Naval exercise and International Fleet Review, on completion of a successful tour returned to the Colombo port today (18 May)....

2018-05-18

Naval War Heroes Commemorated in Welisara under the patronage of Commander of the Navy
 

In concurrent with the National War Hero Commemoration, a remembrance ceremony presided by the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe was held to commemorate the naval war heroes who made supreme sacrifice for the motherland, at the War Hero Monument in Welisara, in the morning today (18 May)....

2018-05-18

Indian Army Chief visits Eastern Naval Command
 

The Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army, General Bipin Rawat who is currently in Sri Lanka on an official tour, called at the Eastern Naval Command yesterday (16 May 2018). ...

2018-05-17

06 persons onboard suspicious dinghy held in northern seas
 

Naval personnel onboard a Fast Attack Craft attached to the Northern Naval Command, during routine patrol, intercepted a suspicious dinghy with 06 persons in northern seas yesterday (15 May 2018)....

2018-05-16

India releases five Sri Lankan fishermen with the assistance of Sri Lanka Navy, Coast Guard and Indian Coast Guard
 

Five (05) Sri Lankan fishermen arrested by the Indian Coast Guard for trespassing into the Indian territorial waters, were released form Indian custody with the assistance of Sri Lanka Navy and Coast Guard Department today (15 May)....

2018-05-15

Lieutenant Commander Senaka Wahala assumes duties as Commanding Officer of SLNS Edithara II
 

Lieutenant Commander (C) Senaka Wahala today (15 May 2018) assumed duties as the new Commanding Officer of the Fast Gun Boat, SLNS Edithara II....

2018-05-15

Indian Chief of the Army Staff meets Commander of the Navy
 

The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army General Bipin Rawat and the delegation who are on an official visit to Sri Lanka, paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe at the Naval Headquarters in Colombo, today (14 May)....

2018-05-14

Navy riders storm to several victories at ‘Uda Walawe Supercross’ 2018
 

The ‘Uda Walawe Supercross’ 2018 organized by Sri Lanka Army Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Regiment (SLEME) in collaboration with Sri Lanka Motor Cycle Club ( SLMCC) worked off at the Crsftsman Autodrome racing track in Sewanagala yesterday ( 13 May 2018)....

2018-05-14