The officials of Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen’s Association called on the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Naval Headquarters in Colombo on 24th August 2015. The team was headed by the president of the association, Brigadier KA Gnanaweera.

As a formality of the assumption of duties as the 20th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne paid a curtsey call on the Inspector General of Police Mr. N.K. Illangakoon, at the Police Headquarters on 24th August 2015.

A delegation of National Defence College, New Delhi, India headed by Senior Directing Staff, Major General RPS Bhaduria, visited the Naval Headquarters in Colombo on 24th August 2015.

His Excellency the President Mr. Maithripala Sirisena made an observation tour to Naval Base, Trincomalee on 23rd August 2015.

The Defence Attaché of the Embassy of Japan in Sri Lanka, Captain Mototsugu SHIGEKAWA paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Naval Headquarters in Colombo on 19th August 2015.

The official web site of the Sri Lanka Navy, www.navy.lk, won the merit award in the Government Category at the Best Web Competition 2015 organized by LK Domain Registry.

His Excellency the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Mr. Maithripala Sirisena, has been pleased to appoint Admiral Jayantha Perera as the Presidential Advisor on Maritime Affairs with effect from 13th August 2015.

Three hundred and eighty-seven naval recruits belonging to the 222nd regular intake of the Sri Lanka Navy passed out at SLNS Shiksa in Poonewa on 15th August 2015.

The first copy of the book titled “Gonapura Asiriya, ”a research book on historical places in the district of Trincomalee, written by Lieutenant Commander Ruwan Premaweera, was presented to the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne at the Navy Headquarters in Colombo on 14th August 2015.

Naval craft on routine patrol attached to the Eastern Naval Command arrested 17 persons with 03 Fiber Glass Dinghies (FGDs) on the suspicion of their engagement in illegal fishing in the seas off Koneshwaram in Trincomalee on 14th August 2015.