Sri Lanka Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessels, SLNS ‘Samudura’ and SLNS ‘Suranimila’ which left for Cochin, India on a goodwill and and training mission on 04th of this month, returned to the Colombo port today (11) after a successful completion of tour events.

Acting on a tipoff, the naval personnel attached to the North Central Naval Command apprehended two persons who were illegally transporting sea hog (dugong) flesh at Oluthuduwai yesterday (9).

The Research and Development Unit of Sri Lanka Navy helped installing five more Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants in different parts of the country where communities struggle to find purified drinking water as an initiative to fight with highly spreading kidney deceases within the area.

The Northern Naval Command of the Sri Lanka Navy, in partnership with Teaching Hospital in Jaffna and Regional Health Services Director in Jaffna conducted a special field medical clinic at the divisional hospital in Analathive Island yesterday (9).

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 Leading Diver KASC Kumara of the Diving Branch in Regular Naval Force at their house situated at Galenbindunuweva today (9), having paid the last respects to the departed SLN member and conveying the condolences of the entire Navy to his family members.

The Sri Lanka Naval Ship Samudura and Suranimila left the Colombo port for a goodwill and training visit to India on 04th of this month.

On receipt of an intelligence tip-off naval personnel attached to the Eastern Naval Command personnel in a joint operation together with personnel of the Anti Corruption Squad in Trincomalee nabbed a suspect in possession of 49 Water Gel Sticks weighing of 6.370 at Erankandi today (9).

The New Year Trade Fair, organized under the patronage of the President of the Navy Seva Vanitha Unit (NSVU), Mrs. Yamuna Wijegunaratne, was held on a grand note at SLNS Parakrama today (8).

The Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, who is in Brazil, having being invited to attend at the Latin America Aerospace and Defence (LAAD – 2017) exhibition, made official visits to Special Boat Squadron and Submarine Warfare Training School in Brazil yesterday (7).

On successful completion of the 5th Asymmetric Warfare Course which was held from 9th January to 6th April, the certificate awarding and insignia pinning among the course participants got off the ground at the Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake Auditorium at SLNS Parakrama yesterday (6).