The defence attaché of the Namibian Embassy in Sri Lanka, Air Commodore Paavo Elwin-Paul Kamanya paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe at the Naval Headquarters today (02nd July 2018).

Another 36 senior sailors of the Sri Lanka Navy were granted the interest free loan of five hundred thousand rupees (Rs.500,000/=) each, by the Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe at the Naval Headquarters, today (02 July 2018).

Sri Lanka Navy apprehended 33 persons engaged in illegal acts at several locations in the island during the past few days.

During a fitting ceremony held at the Naval Headquarters today (02nd July 2018), Sri Lanka Navy bade farewell to its Chief of Staff, Rear Admiral Neil Rosayro who completed 36 years of distinguished naval career.

His Excellency the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Maithripala Sirisena has appointed Rear Admiral Piyal De Silva as the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy with effect from tomorrow (02nd July 2018).

The Inter Divisional Athletic Tournament of 232 Recruit Intake was held on a successful note at SLNS Shiksha in Poonewa, yesterday (30th June).

General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, the Pakistan Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee who is on a four-day official tour in Sri Lanka, visited the Southern Naval Command yesterday (30th June 2018).

A Visit Board Search & Seizure (VBSS) Course for the Bangladesh and Maldivian naval personnel attached to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Programme was conducted under the direction of the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe and the guidance and supervision of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), at the Special Boat Squadron (SBS) Training School in Trincomalee.

Sri Lanka Navy promptly rendered assistance to transfer a fisherman, who was suffering from a chest pain, ashore for treatment yesterday (30th June).

The bestowal of newly constructed Piriven building complex and Sanghawasa of Dimbulagala Aranya Senasanaya, built utilizing the manpower of Sri Lanka Navy’s Civil Engineering Department, and ceremonial inauguration of the vestibule (Wahalkada) of the monastery took place under the patronage of the President His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena on 27th June 2018.