The state investiture ceremony to confer the Admiral of the Fleet rank to former Commander of the Navy, Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda (Retd) was held under the auspices of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, the President of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena at the Colombo harbour premises today (19^th September 2019).

Sri Lanka Navy apprehended 05 Indian fishermen along with a fishing trawler belonging to them for poaching in Sri Lankan territorial waters today (18^th September 2019).

The Navy rendered assistance to pull 02 motorbikes plunged into water at the Horawala ferry port in Uragasmanhandiya today (18^th September).

The state investiture ceremony to confer the Admiral of the Fleet rank to former Commander of the Navy, Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda (Retd) is scheduled to be held under the auspices of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, the President of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena at the harbour premises of Colombo tomorrow (19^th September).

To coincide with the ‘National Coastal and Marine Resources Conservation Week’ the Navy, under the able guidance of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva, organized a beach clean-up programme at the Gall Face beach, Colombo today (17^th September).

A person who engaged in illegal fishing using banned nets at Mundalama lagoon in Udappuwa area, was apprehended by Navy on 16^th September 2019.

Assistant Secretary Global Interests to the Australian High Commission in Sri Lanka, Mr. Jarrod Howard met the Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva, at the Naval Headquarters, today (17^th September).

Sri Lanka Navy ships patrolling in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) had spotted 04 Sri Lankan multiday fishing vessels named ‘Danuji’, ‘SubaPathum 4’, ‘LakpriyaDehi’ and ‘Nalin 10’ engaging in fishing activities in waters belonging to the Maldives.

A copy of the first issue in the fifth volume of the Navy Journal published by the Naval Research Wing of the Sri Lanka Navy was presented to Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva by its Chief Editor, Captain Prasad Kariyapperuma at the Naval Headquarters today (16^th September).

A Visit Board Search & Seizure (VBSS) course for the boarding teams of Indonesian, Malaysian and Philippine Coast Guards commenced at the Special Boat Squadron (SBS) Headquarters in Trincomalee today (16^th September 2019). The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) partners with the Sri Lanka Navy in conducting this training programme.