The newly appointed State Minister of Defence Hon. Ruwan Wijewardene assumed duties at the Ministry of Defence on 16th January 2015.

A group of officers from the Army Command and Staff College (ACSC) in Nepal visited the Naval Headquarters in Colombo on 16th January 2015.

His Holiness Pope Francis, who was in Sri Lanka as part of His Apostolic journey in Asia, visited the Chapel of Our Lady of Lanka at the Benedict XVI Cultural Institute in Bolawalana on 15th January 2015.

As part of the Sri Lanka Navy’s community development and social responsibility project, a special blood donation campaign was held at SLNS Thambapanni of the North Western Naval Command on 15th January 2015 under the patronage of the Commander North Western Naval Area, Rear Admiral Sarath Mohotti.

The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jayantha Perera conveyed his best wishes to the newly appointed Secretary of Defence Mr B.M.U.D Basnayake at the Ministry of Defence on 11th January 2015.

The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jayantha Perera paid a courtesy call on the newly elected Prime Minister Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe at the Opposition Leader’s Residence in Colombo on 11th January 2015.

The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jayantha Perera paid a courtesy call on the newly elected President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena at the Government’s Ministerial Residence in Colombo on 10th January 2015.

The North Western Naval Command conducted two field health clinics at the St. Anthonies Roman Catholic Church in Gangaewadiya and the Roman Catholic Church of the Lady of Our Assumption in Mullikulam on 10th & 11th January 2015.

The prize awarding ceremony of the RNBF and VNBF Raffle Draw, "Thilina Malla", was held at the Lighthouse Galley on 05th January 2015.

The Defence Advisor attached to the High Commission of the Republic of Maldives, Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Mukthar paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Jayantha Perera, at the Naval Headquarters in Colombo on 05th January 2015.