Navy renders assistance to douse sudden fire at Galle fisheries harbour

The Navy and the Fire Brigade Galle on 08th April 2020 sprang into action to douse a fire erupted in a multi-day fishing trawler which was undergoing repairs at the Galle fisheries harbour.

09 Apr 2020
Retired naval personnel and naval family members to consult doctors over the phone in the absence of clinics

Sri Lanka Navy's medical clinics have been temporarily halted due to the prevailing COVID - 19 outbreak. As an alternative to that, a specialist opinion service by medical consultants has been established to address essential and emergency.

08 Apr 2020
Navy General Hospital Colombo delivers medicine to patients receiving long-term treatment

The prevailing situation in the country had greatly hampered the monthly receipt of medication of retired and serving naval personnel as well as their family members who are attending clinics in Navy General Hospital Colombo.

08 Apr 2020
Navy develops remote-controlled smart appliance to treat and test COVID-19 patients

Taking in to account a basic concept mooted by an inventor, Mr. Thushara Kelum Wadasinghe, the Navy’s Research and Development Unit developed a remote-controlled smart appliance called ‘Medi Mate’ in a bid to treat and test COVID-19 patients, allowing healthcare workers to remain at a safe distance from the highly infectious virus.

08 Apr 2020
Navy found Kerala cannabis in the seas off Kakkativu Island

The Navy recovered approximately 1kg and 400g of Kerala cannabis, during a patrol conducted in the seas off Kakkativu island in Mannar, today (8th April 2020).

08 Apr 2020
Navy assists yacht distressed by technical fault

SL Navy assisted providing food and drinking water to a couple who was distressed on a foreign yacht anchored in the seas off Galle due to a technical fault of the vessel while sailing across the Southern seas, on 07th April 2020.

08 Apr 2020
Ruwala Resort, Kalpitiya handed over to Navy to be used as quarantine centre

The Ceyline Holdings Pvt Ltd today (08th April 2020) temporarily handed over its Ruwala Resort in Kalpitiya to the Sri Lanka Navy to be used as a quarantine centre. Accordingly, this 31 - room resort in Kalpitiya will be utilized as a quarantine centre by the Navy during the current crisis faced by the nation.

08 Apr 2020
Person apprehended with Kerala cannabis

A person with 36.93g of Kerala cannabis was apprehend during a operation carried out by Navy in coordination with SL Police, at Sippikulama area in Hambanthota, on 7th April 2020.

08 Apr 2020
Navy conducted disinfection programmes at Karativu and Department of Pensions, Colombo.

To combat the spread of the new coronavirus in the country, the Navy conducted several sterilization programmes in a few places at Karaitivu and the Department of Pensions in Colombo on 06th and 07th April 2020.

07 Apr 2020
Naval boat patrols in Bolgoda River and Bentara Ganga on full alert

Authorities were forced to lock down the Atalugama area in Bandaragama and Dharga Town ordering the residents to self-isolate after finding persons contracted novel coronavirus from those areas.

07 Apr 2020
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