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Public welfare measures in the North by the Navy

Under the patronage of the Commander Northern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Piyal de Silva, two field eye clinics were conducted at Madagal and Karainagar on 24th and 25th September 2015 respectively to treat the eye patients of remote areas in the Northern Naval Area....

2015-09-30

SLN Chief Hydrographer and senior survey department officials inspect Bench Mark Network at NNA

The Chief Hydrographer of the Sri Lanka Navy, Rear Admiral Sisira Jayakody and senior officials of the Survey Department of Sri Lanka inspected the Bench Mark (BM) Network established by the SLN Hydrographic Survey Unit in the Nothern Naval Area (NNA) on 25th Sep 2015. ...

2015-09-29

A patient reaches ashore with SLN assistance

In response to a request made to the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Colombo manned by the Sri Lanka Navy, an SLN craft rendered assistance to bring an acutely ill patient who had been onboard the merchant tanker, Horin Trader, ashore for emergency medical treatment on 29th September 2015....

2015-09-29

SLN assists SL Coast Guard to arrest 07 Indian fishermen poaching on Sri Lankan waters

Sri Lanka Navy assisted the Sri Lanka Coast Guard to arrest a fishing dhow with 07 Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters in the seas north of Baththalangunduwa in Kalpitiya on 28th September 2015. ...

2015-09-29

Litro Gas provides Rs. 100,000 /= sponsorship to Navy Triathlon

Litro Gas Lanka Ltd, the largest importer and supplier of LP Gas in Sri Lanka, has come forward to sponsor the Navy Cup Triathlon Championship 2015 by providing Rs. 100,000.00....

2015-09-28

Dead body of a fisherman brought ashore with naval assistance

The Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel, Sagara, rendered assistance to bring the dead body of a fisherman ashore on 28th September 2015. ...

2015-09-28

16 persons arrested for illegal fishing

Naval personnel attached to the Eastern Naval Command arrested 16 persons on the suspicion of illegal fishing south west of Elizabeth island on 26th September 2015....

2015-09-27

Inspection tour of the Navy Commander in North Central & North Western Naval Areas

The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne visited the North Central and North Western Naval Areas on 26th and 27th September 2015 in order to inspect their operational readiness and administrative functions....

2015-09-27

Three Indian fishermen in distress rescued by Sri Lanka Navy

A naval craft on patrol in the seas north west of Thalai-mannar sighted a sinking Indian trawler, Paleiperiyal on 26th September 2015. ...

2015-09-27

Navy grants one million as death compensation

The Sri Lanka Navy granted one million rupees as death compensation to the farther of the late Able Seaman KAN Kumara, who had died of a road traffic accident....

2015-09-25

Commander of the Navy Chief Guest at Richmond College Old Scouts and Old Guides’ Day

The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne was the Chief Guest at the Old Scouts and Old Guides’ Day of the Richmond College, Galle, held on 24th September 2015. ...

2015-09-24

Russian Rescue Vessel “Epron” arrives at the Port of Colombo

Russian Rescue Vessel “Epron”, arrived at the Port of Colombo on a goodwill visit on 23rd September 2015....

2015-09-24

Sri Lanka Navy rescues missing Indian fishing trawler with 06-member crew

Sri Lanka Navy rescued the missing Indian fishing trawler with the six-member crew drifting as a result of a mechanical problem and anchored at a distance of five nautical miles west of Iranativu Island on 23rd September 2015. ...

2015-09-24

Commander of the Navy Guest of Honour at final exercise of FTX Cormorant Strike 2015

The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne was the Guest of Honour on the final day of Cormorant Strike 2015, the field training exercise (FTX) jointly conducted by the Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force with the participation of 54 foreign participants representing Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan and the USA....

2015-09-23

Six Indian fishermen arrested for poaching in Sri Lankan waters

Sri Lanka Navy assisted the Sri Lanka Coast Guard to arrest six Indian fishermen along with two Indian fishing trawlers poaching in Sri Lankan waters off Kovilan Point on 23rd September 2015. ...

2015-09-23