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Navy renders assistance in fixing refurbished water pumps at "Tissa Wewa pump house"
The water purification centre at the sacred city of Anuradhapura obtains its water requirement from Tissa Wewa by means of 3 submerged water pumps....
2016-03-19
Naval personnel nab six local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing
Naval personnel attached to SLN Dockyard arrested six local fishermen, with 3 Fiber Glass Dinghies, engaged in illegal fishing in the seas off Koneshwaram, Trincomalee on 16th March 2016. ...
2016-03-17
Navy arrests seven fishermen engaged in illegal harvesting of sea cucumbers
On receipt of information, naval personnel attached to SLNS Buwaneka in North Central Naval Command arrested 7 fishermen who engaged in illegal harvesting of sea cucumbers in the seas off Nachchikuda on 14th March 2016....
2016-03-16
Australian High Commissioner calls on Commander of the Navy
The Australian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka His Excellency Bryce Hutchesson called on the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Naval Headquarters on 15th March 2016....
2016-03-15
Naval personnel recover 187 kilograms of Kerala Cannabis
On receipt of information naval personnel attached to SLNS Therapuththa located in North Western Naval Command recovered 187 kilograms of Kerrala Cannabis concealed under a scrub near a fishing hamlet in Silawathurai, today (15). ...
2016-03-15
Navy beat Police in the Clifford Cup Rugby Quarter-Finals
Navy Sports Club secured their semi-final position when they beat Police Sports Club by 19 points (2 tries and 3 penalties) to 10 points (1 try, 1 conversion and 1 penalty) in the Clifford Cup Knock-out Rugby Tournament fourth-quarter final match played at the Race Course in Reid Avenue on 14th March 2016. ...
2016-03-15
Navy’s Inter Command Athletics Meet held in Trincomalee
Sri Lanka Navy’s Inter Command Athletics Meet was held in the sports ground of Naval and Maritime Academy in Trincomalee on 12th and 13th March 2016 in a flamboyant fashion....
2016-03-15
Navy assists to protect mangrove environment
Under the visionary concept of Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, another two phases of the mangrove plantation project, in view of stopping sea erosion, were held in Northern and North Central Commands....
2016-03-15
Navy arrests three local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Mahanaga in Panama arrested three local fishermen with an FGD engaged in illegal fishing between Sangamankanda and Thirukkovil sea areas on 12th March 2016....
2016-03-13
Twenty eight Indian fishermen are arrested for poaching in Sri Lankan waters
Sri Lanka Navy assisted the Department of Coast Guard to arrest 28 Indian fishermen who were poaching, in three separate incidents, yesterday (12) in Sri Lankan waters....
2016-03-13
Forty two sailors of artificer branch are awarded Diploma Certificates
Forty two sailors of naval artificer branch were awarded diploma certificates on successful completion of their course of study....
2016-03-11
Navy apprehends 24 local fisherman engaged in illegal fishing
Naval personnel apprehended 24 local fisherman engaged in illegal fishing in two separate incidents on 10th March 2016....
2016-03-11
Navy arrests 20 persons engaged in illegal harvesting of sea cucumbers
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Welusumana in Northern Naval Area attested 20 persons along with a haul of 220 kgs of Sea Cucumbers, harvested illegally in Pallekuda beach area on 9th March 2016....
2016-03-11
Navy arrests 02 persons with 621kg of smuggled sea cucumbers worth Rs 10 million
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vijaya in Kalpitiya arrested two (2) persons with an illegal haul of 621 kilograms of sea cucumbers at Kirimundalam, Kalpitiya, on 09th March 2016. ...
2016-03-11
Navy installs a Reverse Osmosis plant in Vavunia
At an invitation of the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne the Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Eng. Karunasena Hettiarachchi declared open an RO plant for public use in Irattai Periyakulam in Vavunia today (10). ...
2016-03-10
