A group of naval officers who followed various courses at Wuhan University in China, donated 10 wheelchairs at the Naval Headquarters today (15).

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vidura located in Sampoor in the Eastern Naval Command apprehended 14 local fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing practices using monofilament nets in the sea area off Sampoor on 13th September 2016.

Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Eng. Karunasena Hettiarachchi declared open the newly constructed junior sailors' married quarters in Welisara today (14).

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Buwaneka located in Nachchikuda in the North Central Naval Command arrested 4 local fishermen who engaged in illegal fishing activities using monofilament nets in the seas off Mundampiddi Periyaaru yesterday (13).

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 at premises of Kahakurullanpalassa Junior School in Monaragala for the use of the school children and general public in the area.

The outgoing Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala paid a courtesy call on Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Naval Headquarters today (13).

Motor cycle riders representing the Sri Lanka Navy secured a number of victories at the “Walawa Supercross 2016” motor cycle rally held at Sewanagala race track on 11th September 2016.

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vijayaba in Nilaweli and the lifesavers of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard rescued a woman who was drowning in the seas off Gopalpuram yesterday (12).

The Holy Cross College in Kalpitiya which was in dilapidated condition, was recently renovated and reopened under the guidance of Commander Northwestern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Niraja Attygallle, Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vijaya in Kalpitiya along with the donors of Colombo Dockyard Ltd yesterday (11) donated a stock of furniture and other school equipment to the school for the benefit of its students.

The final round of 'Ranaviru Real Star', the reality programme organized by the State Ministry of Defence to showcase the aesthetic talents of the members of the Sri Lankan armed forces, was held under the auspices of His Excellency the President Maithripala Sirisena at Sugathadasa indoor stadium last evening (11) on grand scale.