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18 local fishermen arrested whilst engaged in illegal fishing
Naval personnel attached to the Eastern Naval Command arrested 18 persons on the suspicion of illegal fishing on two occasions on 21st September 2015....
2015-09-22
Navy launches official web site of 'Galle-Dialogue - 2015'
The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne launched the official web site of the 'Galle-Dialogue 2015' on 22nd September 2015....
2015-09-22
15 Indian fishermen arrested whilst poaching in Sri Lankan waters
Sri Lanka Navy assisted the SL Coast Guard to arrest 15 Indian fishermen along with two Indian steel fishing trawlers poaching in Sri Lankan waters in the seas North-East of Point Pedro on 21st September 2015. ...
2015-09-22
Naval assistance to a patient onboard a fishing trawler
On information received from the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Sri Lanka Navy immediately dispatched a naval craft on 21st September 2015 to assist a patient onboard a fishing trawler named 'Manoch Malli 10' which was at 45 nautical miles east of Oluvil....
2015-09-21
Sri Lanka Navy rescues 3 Indian fishermen in distress in northern waters
Sri Lanka Navy rescued an Indian trawler with three (03) Indian fishermen in distress within Sri Lankan waters, off Analativu on 20th September 2015. ...
2015-09-21
Commander of the Navy felicitated by Sri Lanka Queen’s & President’s Scout Guild
The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, who is a President’s Scout and Lifetime Member of the Sri Lanka Queen’s & President’s Scout Guild (SLQPSG), was felicitated at the National Headquarters of the Sri Lanka Scout Association (SLSA) on 19th September 2015. ...
2015-09-20
Navy lends assistance to national coastal cleaning programme
The inaugural ceremony of the national coastal cleaning programme was held under the patronage of His Excellency the President Maithripala Sirisena at the Galle Face Green on 19th September 2015....
2015-09-19
SLN Dockyard conducts “Ganadevi Pooja” to invoke blessings
“Ganadevi Pooja” was conducted at the Gandevi Kovil in Trincomalee naval base on 17th September 2015. A colourful procession was also held on 18th with the statue of God Ganesh being paraded through the premises of the naval base and Trincomalee town to invoke blessings. ...
2015-09-19
Inter Command Sailing Championship 2015 held at Bolgoda Lake
The Inter Command Sailing Championship 2015 of the Sri Lanka Navy was held at the Bolgoda Lake on 10th and 11th September 2015. ...
2015-09-17
Commander of the Navy attends International Maritime Security Symposium held in Indonesia
The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne is attending the second International Maritime Security Symposium (IMSS) 2015 held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 15th to 17th September....
2015-09-16
Senior Pakistan military officers attending Armed Forces Staff Talks pay courtesy call on SLN Chief of Staff
Three senior Pakistan military officers attending the Sri Lanka and Pakistan Armed Forces Staff Talks paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy, Rear Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe at the SLN Headquarters in Colombo on 16th September 2015....
2015-09-16
Navy arrests six persons with 932 kilograms of sea cucumber
Naval troops attached to the North Western Naval Command arrested six local persons with 932 kilograms of sea cucumber packed in polysack bags at Keerimundalama in Kalpitiya on 15th September 2015...
2015-09-16
Navy grants one million as death compensation
The Sri Lanka Navy granted one million rupees as death compensation to the farther of the late Transport Assistant DMC Dissanayaka, who had died of cancer....
2015-09-15
Chief Hydrographer of the Sri Lanka Navy is Rear Admiral Sisira Jayakody
Rear Admiral Sisira Jayakody, RWP, RSP, USP, ndc, psc, MSc(DS)Mgt, MSc(NS&WS), ASC, has been appointed as the Chief Hydrographer of the Sri Lanka Navy with effect from 01st August 2015. ...
2015-09-14
Certificate Awarding Ceremony of the 15th Junior Naval Staff Course
The Certificate Awarding Ceremony of the 15th Junior Naval Staff Course (JNSC) was held at the Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda Auditorium in Trincomalee on 12th September 2015....
2015-09-12
