Captain Shahzad Ikbal, the Commanding Officer of the Pakistan Naval Ship (PNS) Saif which arrived in Sri Lanka on a goodwill visit yesterday (05th November 2017), called on the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe at the Navy Headquarters in Colombo today.

Sri Lanka Navy apprehended 22 persons engaged in illegal acts at separate locations in the country over the last couple of days.

Having assumed duties as the 22nd Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe paid homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic at the Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy yesterday (04th November 2017).

The Pakistan Naval Ship (PNS) Saif arrived at the port of Colombo on a goodwill visit today (05th November 2017).

A Fast Attack Craft attached to the Northern Naval Command, on routine patrol, apprehended 8 Indian fishermen along with a fishing trawler for poaching in the Sri Lankan territorial waters northeast of Vettalakerni in the early hours today (05th November 2017).

The Defence Advisor of Bangladesh High Commission in Sri Lanka, Commodore SM Hakim called on Commander Eastern Naval Area, Rear Admiral Nimal Sarathsena at the Eastern Naval Command Headquarters today (04 November 2017).

Naval personnel of the Sri Lanka Navy and the crew members of the visiting Indian Navy and Coast Guard ships jointly took part in a special yoga session held in the Colombo harbour premises today (04 November 2017) under the patronage of the Director General Operation, Rear Admiral Piyal de Silva.

Naval personnel attached to the North Central Naval Command and the Special Boat Squadron on information received, arrested 02 persons at Oluthuduwai in Mannar last night (03 November 2017) for transporting conch shells illegally.

On receipt of information, the Navy assisted the transfer of a critically-ill fisherman ashore for medical treatment yesterday (03 November 2017).

The Sri Lanka Navy donated one million rupees as compensation under its healthcare scheme, ‘Naviru Saviya,’ to the family members of the late Patrolman JAD Nandana, who had succumbed to his injuries sustained in an accident.