His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa ceremonially handed over the 101 houses constructed in the Puttalam district under the 17th phase of the "Api Wenuwen Api" housing project on 01st November 2014.

A contingent of Naval personnel has been deployed to assist the rescue operations of the landslide-affected Koslandawatta-Meeriyabedda estate areas of Haldummulla Divisional Secretariat since yesterday (31).

Sri Lanka Navy has extended its fullest assistance to the Dengue Control Programme conducted in the Western Province under the guidance of the National Dengue Control Unit.

The Commander Eastern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Rohan Amarasinghe declared open the newly-constructed Thiriyaya Officers’ Holiday Bungalow and the Iranatheni Sector C Fisheries Coordinating Office at SLNS Walagamba and the Sector B Fisheries Coordinating Office at SLNS Mahaweli on 28th October 2014.

The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jayantha Perera and Mrs. Shalika Perera visited India from 26th to 30th October 2014 at an invitation extended by the Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy Admiral RK Dowan.

Sri Lanka Navy hosts the Defence Services Games (DSG) 2014 under the direction of the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jayantha Perera, who is the President of the Defence Services Sports Board. The Navy shares a proud history with the DSG winning its joint championship in 2010 and becoming the overall champions in 2012.

The North Western Naval Command conducted two field health clinics at the Roman Catholic Tamil mixed school in Kayakkuli and the Roman Catholic Church of the Lady of Our Assumption in Mullikulam on 25th and 26th October 2014.

The Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Jayantha Perera, who is on a five-day official visit to India, called on the Indian Defence Minister Hon. Arun Jaitley and the Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy Admiral RK Dhowan on 27th October 2014.

A six-member Chinese delegation headed by Vice Chancellor of the Academy of Military Science of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Lieutenant General He lie visited the Naval Headquarters in Colombo on 24th October 2014.

An all-night pirith chanting ceremony was held in view of “Parakrama Day” at the Admiral Somatilake Dissanayake Auditorium on 23rd October 2014.