Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Hon. Ranil Wickramasinghe at the Prime Minister's Office today, 02nd September 2015.

The Director General Operation, Rear Admiral Dharmendra Wettewa presented a special paper at the first session of the Defence Seminar 2015 on 01st September 2015.

Naval troops attached to SLNS Kelani of the Western Naval Command arrested two persons who were transporting 740 Tramadol capsules in a three-wheeler. The arrest was made near Wellaweediya beach on 31st August 2015 with the assistance of Negambo Police.

SLN craft attached to the Northern Naval Command on routine patrol arrested 16 Indian fishermen and 3 Indian fishing trawlers engaged in poaching in the Sri Lankan waters on 31st August 2015.

As part of the Navy’s Community Development Project, the North Central Naval Command conducted a field health clinic at the Talaimannar Pier Government Tamil Mixed School on 30th August 2015 under the guidance of the Commander North Central Naval Area, Rear Admiral Dimuthu Gunawardena.

The Sri Lanka Navy donated one million rupees as death compensation under the Navy's healthcare scheme, "Naviru Saviya," to the wife of the late Mechanical Engineering Mate JS Jayasinghe of the Civil Engineering Branch recruited under the Volunteer Special Scheme.

Defence Attaché of the Republic of Korea to Sri Lanka, Colonel Kim Chuol Hwan paid a courtesy call on Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Naval Headquarters in Colombo on 31st August 2015.

The Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy Vice Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne felicitated the former Navy Rugby players of the 80s at a brief function held during the Inter Command Rugby Football Tournament at Welisara Navy Rugby Football grounds on Sunday (30th August).

At the final encounter of the Inter Command Rugby Championship 2015, which was conducted from 28th to 30th August at Welisara Rugby grounds, the Eastern Naval Command beat the Training Command and became the champion command winning the Cup Championship also.

Promptly responding to the request made by Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, the Sri Lanka Navy dispatched Sri Lanka Naval Ship “Udara” from the port of Galle on 28th August 2015 to rescue ten local fishermen onboard multi-day fishing trawlers “Manusath” and “Isuruputha 03” drifting 63 km (35 nautical miles) South East of Hambantota due to an engine failure.