Naval personnel attached to the North Central Naval Command, during a search operation, recovered 05 gunny bags washed to the beach of Urumalei in Talaimannar this morning (20^th March).

The Royal Australian Navy ships, HMAS Diamantina and HMAS Leeuwin left for their next port of call from Trincomalee today (20^th March). Sri Lanka Navy bade customary farewell to the departing ships at the port of Trincomalee.

Marking yet another important landmark of the Sri Lanka Navy’s efforts to curb Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) reported in several regions of the island, the 600^th Reverse Osmosis (RO) Plant made by the Navy was ceremonially declared open by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena at the Isurumuniya Viharaya in Anuradhapura today (20^th March).

Naval personnel attached to the Southeastern Naval Command, during a patrol conducted in the general area of Maradamunei, Kalmunai yesterday (19^th March) apprehended a person for catching fish using unauthorized fishing nets.