Sri Lanka declares a ‘Maritime and Naval Week’

The Government declared the period between September 21 to 27 as the week of maritime and naval activities in Sri Lanka, the Government Information Department announced today.

September 21, 2015  05:02 pm|

Australian Naval Ship in the island

Australian Naval Ship HMAS ‘Melbourne’ arrived in Colombo on a goodwill visit, the Ministry of Defence announced today. Sri Lanka Navy accorded the visiting ship and its crew a traditional naval welcome. MORE...

August 30, 2015  03:01 pm|

440 people including a Sri Lankan evacuated from Yemen

Indian naval ship INS Mumbai reached Djibouti safely on Sunday with a total of 440 people which includes Indians and nationals of 17 other countries including a Sri Lankan on board who were evacuated from the Yemeni port of Aden amid heavy shelling. MORE...

April 5, 2015  01:41 pm|