Sri Lanka became the 39th member of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), a multinational maritime coalition comprising 46 member states, in November 2023. Following its induction as a member of the ...

In a remarkable display of professionalism, 9 skillful divers of the Sri Lanka Navy successfully completed a 100-metre underwater dive mission off Elephant Island on Sunday (18). The historic feat ...

The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka has provided state-of-the-art radiation and chemical detection equipment valued at $1 million (299 million LKR) to the Sri Lanka Navy, significantly boosting the ...

Following India's objections to the Sri Lanka-Pakistan navy drills in the strategic waters of Trincomalee, Colombo has decided to cancel plans to hold the naval exercise with Islamabad. Notably ...

Suhanya Raffel, museum director of M+ in Hong Kong, has a passion for building world-class institutions, and despite identifying as ‘many things’, is a Hongkonger at heart.

The Sri Lanka Navy introduced a new website (visitdockyard.navy.lk) to streamline the application process for visiting the Naval Dockyard in Trincomalee, ensuring efficiency and ease of use for both ...

Vice Admiral Kanchana Banagoda is a proud product of S. Thomas’ College, Bandarawela and Bandarawela Central College. Joining the Sri Lanka Navy on 15 th September 1989 as an Officer Cadet of the 19 ...

COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s navy said on Dec 20 it had rescued 102 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar adrift in a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation, bringing them safely to ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s navy rescued more than 100 people believed to be Rohingya refugees who were found adrift aboard a fishing trawler off the island nation, a navy spokesman ...

At least 102 Rohingya refugees, including 25 children, adrift on a fishing trawler off Sri Lanka’s northern coast at Mullivaikaal were rescued by its navy. A navy spokesperson said the rescued people ...

Sri Lanka's navy rescued more than 100 people believed to be Rohingya refugees who where found adrift aboard a fishing trawler off the island nation, a navy spokesman said Friday.

The rescue mirrored a similar incident in 2022 when the Sri Lankan navy picked up 100 Rohingya refugees who were also found adrift aboard a fishing boat inside Sri Lankan waters.