The first copy of the 9th edition of the Sri Lanka Navy Journal published by the Naval Research Wing of the Sri Lanka Navy was presented to Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne by Head of Naval Research Wing, Captain (G) Lasantha Vithanage at the Navy Headquarters today (14th July 2021).

His Excellency Tareq Md Ariful Islam, the new High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka paid a courtesy call on Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne at the Navy Headquarters today (09th July 2021).

The navy-refurbished classroom and library buildings as well as new assembly hall of Pansalgodella Primary School in Kantale, Trincomalee were vested with the students in a ceremony presided over by Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne along with the attendance of President Navy Seva Vanitha Unit, Mrs. Chandima Ulugetenne on 08th July 2021.

Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne declared open the Navy’s first ever Ship in a Box (SIAB) training facility at the Special Boat Squadron (SBS) Headquarters on 07th July 2021. The facility remains to be the Navy’s first ever fully-fledged training model of that calibre with world-class facilities.

The opening of newly-built Seva Vanitha Welfare Shop at SLNS Walagamba was held under the patronage of the President Navy Seva Vanitha Unit (NSVU), Mrs. Chandima Ulugetenne and with the attendance of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne on 07th July 2021. The Welfare Shop was constructed under the guidance of the President NSVU, to offer a wide range of welfare benefits to the serving naval personnel and their family members.

Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne presided over the ceremony held at the Special Boat Squadron (SBS) Headquarters in Naval Dockyard, Trincomalee today (07th July 2021) to award insignia to 43 SBS personnel of the 28th intake, who successfully completed their training.

Continuing the COVID-19 vaccination drive focusing on the civilians over 30 years of age in the Western Province, Sri Lanka Navy administered the Sinopharm vaccine at the Lighthouse premises on Chaithya Road Colombo, Elapitiwela Chandrawansha Vidyalaya in Ragama as well as St Mary's Maha Vidyalaya, Uswetakeiyawa today (06th July 2021).

Supporting the COVID-19 vaccination programme carried out by the Armed Forces Hospitals of tri-services focusing on the people of the Western Province, to control the transmission of the pandemic, Sri Lanka Navy is conducting inoculation drives to administer Sinopharm vaccine at the Lighthouse premises on Chaithya Road Colombo and Elapitiwela Chandrawansha Vidyalaya in Ragama commencing from today (05th July 2021)

The Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Exercise-2021 held with the participation of Sri Lanka Navy, United States 7th Fleet and Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) from 24th to 30th June 2021 in the Trincomalee harbour and off the eastern coast of Sri Lanka concluded on a successful note.

The President Navy Seva Vanitha Unit (NSVU), Mrs. Chandima Ulugetenne declared open a new vegetable and fruit stall, introduced by NSVU, at its building premises in SLNS Gemunu on 28th June 2021.