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Galle Dialogue 2015 commences in the port city of Galle
The International Maritime Conference, “Galle Dialogue 2015”, organized by the Sri Lanka Navy under the aegis of the Ministry of Defence, got underway in the port city of Galle today, 23rd November 2015. ...
2015-11-23
Navy facilitates students to fulfill their dream
Navy facilitated to students of the Sri Rathanapala Navodya Maha Vidyalaya, Anamaduwa in Puttalam to fulfill their dream of visiting the world's largest floating book fair, Logos Hope, docked at the Colombo Harbour on 01st November 2015....
2015-11-22
Navy assists in the repatriation of 34 Sri Lankan fishermen
Sri Lanka Navy assisted in the repatriation of thirty-four (34) Sri Lankan fishermen, who were released from the Indian custody. ...
2015-11-21
Navy beat Air Force
Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club beat Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club 36 – 08 in their Dialog Inter-Club ‘A’ Division league rugby match, which kicked off at the SLN Rugby Ground in Welisara at 4.00 p.m on 20th November 2015. ...
2015-11-21
Joint Commander of the French Forces deployed in the Indian Ocean calls on Commander of the Navy
Joint Commander of the French Force deployed in the Indian Ocean, Rear Admiral Antoine Beaussant called on the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Naval Headquarters on 20th November 2015....
2015-11-20
"Galle Dialogue 2015" to begin in the Port City of Galle
The International Maritime Conference, “Galle Dialogue 2015”, organized by the Sri Lanka Navy under the aegis of the Ministry of Defence, will get underway in the port city of Galle on 23rd November 2015 for the sixth consecutive year. ...
2015-11-20
Fourteen Indian fishermen arrested in Sri Lankan waters
Sri Lanka Navy assisted the Sri Lanka Coast Guard to arrest fourteen Indian fishermen along with three Indian fishing trawlers poaching in Sri Lankan waters in close proximity to Delft Island on 18th November 2015. ...
2015-11-19
Navy arrests twenty six persons engaged in illegal fishing
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vijaya in Kalpitiya arrested 26 persons with 15 Fiber Glass Dinghies (FGDs) on the suspicion of their engagement in illegal fishing in the seas between Seththawadiya and Uchchamuniya on 18th November 2015. ...
2015-11-19
Japanese Ambassador calls on Commander of the Navy
The Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, His Excellency Mr. Kenichi Suganuma called on the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Naval Headquarters in Colombo on 18th November 2015. ...
2015-11-18
Commander of the Navy accords a warm welcome to ex-Royal Navy officer visiting Sri Lanka
The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne accorded a warm welcome to Lieutenant Commander (Retd) Gordon M Scott MBE, a retired officer of the Royal Navy when he called over at the Naval Headquarters in Colombo on 18th November 2015 while on visit with his wife to Sri Lanka....
2015-11-18
A three- member Nigerian naval delegation calls on the Commander of the Navy
A three-member Nigerian naval delegation called on the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Naval Headquarters on 18th November 2015. ...
2015-11-18
Commander of the Navy expresses his condolences to the victims of Paris terrorist attacks
The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne expressed his condolences to the French people in their time of bereavement for the loss of 129 innocent lives by calling over at the French Embassy in Colombo on 17th November 2015....
2015-11-17
Navy provides relief assistance to flood victims in Madagal and Kayts
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Uttara, SLNS Kanchadewa and SLNS Agbo provided relief assistance to the civilians affected by the floods in Madagal and Kayts areas. They distributed food, water and other essential items to the affected residents and ferried civilians to safe places as many of the roads in Iranamadu had been inundated. ...
2015-11-17
Navy brings a patient who was onboard a fishing vessel ashore for medical treatment
On receipt of information from the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Sri Lanka Navy immediately dispatched a naval craft on 16th November 2015 to assist a patient onboard a fishing trawler named 'Oshani 1' which was at 65 nautical miles east of Trincomalee....
2015-11-16
Navy assists civilians to cross flooded bridge at Mandagal Aru
Promptly responding to the requests made by the Divisional Secretariat of Pooneryn and Nachchikuda police, the naval personnel attached to SLNS Buwaneka in Nachchikuda and the Rapid, Response, Rescue, and Relief Squadron (4Rs) personnel attached to SLNS Pandukabhaya in Poonewa assisted civilians to cross the flooded bridge on Mannar- Jaffna main road (A32) at Mandagal Aru on 15th and 16th November 2015....
2015-11-16
