Sri Lanka Navy rescued an Indian trawler with three (03) Indian fishermen in distress within Sri Lankan waters, off Analativu on 20th September 2015.

The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, who is a President’s Scout and Lifetime Member of the Sri Lanka Queen’s & President’s Scout Guild (SLQPSG), was felicitated at the National Headquarters of the Sri Lanka Scout Association (SLSA) on 19th September 2015.

The inaugural ceremony of the national coastal cleaning programme was held under the patronage of His Excellency the President Maithripala Sirisena at the Galle Face Green on 19th September 2015.

“Ganadevi Pooja” was conducted at the Gandevi Kovil in Trincomalee naval base on 17th September 2015. A colourful procession was also held on 18th with the statue of God Ganesh being paraded through the premises of the naval base and Trincomalee town to invoke blessings.

The Inter Command Sailing Championship 2015 of the Sri Lanka Navy was held at the Bolgoda Lake on 10th and 11th September 2015.

The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne is attending the second International Maritime Security Symposium (IMSS) 2015 held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 15th to 17th September.

Three senior Pakistan military officers attending the Sri Lanka and Pakistan Armed Forces Staff Talks paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy, Rear Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe at the SLN Headquarters in Colombo on 16th September 2015.

Naval troops attached to the North Western Naval Command arrested six local persons with 932 kilograms of sea cucumber packed in polysack bags at Keerimundalama in Kalpitiya on 15th September 2015

The Sri Lanka Navy granted one million rupees as death compensation to the farther of the late Transport Assistant DMC Dissanayaka, who had died of cancer.

Rear Admiral Sisira Jayakody, RWP, RSP, USP, ndc, psc, MSc(DS)Mgt, MSc(NS&WS), ASC, has been appointed as the Chief Hydrographer of the Sri Lanka Navy with effect from 01st August 2015.