Sri Lanka Coast Guard

ANNUAL HIGH-LEVEL MEETING BETWEEN INDIAN COAST GUARD & SRI LANKA COAST GUARD HELD ON 20 AUG 19 NEW DELHI, INDIA

The 4th High Level Meeting (HLM) between Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Sri Lanka Coast Guard (SLCG) was held on 20th August 2019 at Coast Guard Headquarters, New Delhi. The SLCG delegation was led by Rear Admiral GDAS Wimalathunge, RWP, VSV, USP, nswc, MSc (DS) Mgt, MA (SSS), MSc, (NS &WS), Director General, Sri Lanka Coast Guard and the ICG delegation was led by Director General K Natarajan, PTM, TM, chief of Indian Coast Guard.

Aug 26, 2019

DEFENCE ADVISER OF BANGLADESH HIGH COMMISSION VISIT SRI LANKA COAST GUARD HEADQUARTERS

The Defence Adviser of High Commission for the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh in Colombo, Sri Lanka Commodore S M Hakim,(ND),BSP, ndc,ncc,psc,BN had a goodwill visit to Sri Lanka Coast Guard Headquarters, Mirissa on 16thAugust 2019 and paid a courtesy call on Deputy Director General of Sri Lanka Coast Guard, Commodore YMGB Jayathilaka RSP,USP,BSc( DS) Hons.

Aug 18, 2019

SLCG RESPONDED PROMPTLY TO OIL SPILL AT USWATAKEIYAWA TO KALUTARA

On receipt of the information from Disaster Management Centre about the suspected oil spill off Mount Lavinia beach on 8th August 2019, SLCG quickly deployed oil spill response teams with equipment. After investigation, it is found that solid oil balls / particles have scattered mainly on the beaches of Dikowita to Uswetakeiyawa, Dehiwala to Mount Lavinia and Panadura to Kalutara. Cleaning operations were led by Sri Lannka Coast Guard while assisted by Sri Lanka Navy could complete the task by 10th August 2019 with the utmost dedication of the personnel involved.

Aug 13, 2019

THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PO’S MESS AT SLCG WARUNA AND OFFICER’S ACCOMMODATION AT SRI LANKA COAST GUARD STATION CHILAW WAS DECLARED OPEN

The newly constructed PO’s mess SLCG ‘Waruna’ was declared open on 31st June 2019 by the Director General Sri Lanka Coast Guard Rear Admiral Samantha Wimalathunge, RWP, VSV, USP, nswc, MSc (DS) Mgt on the invitation of Commanding officer SLCG ‘Waruna’ Commander HBK Manjula. The building was constructed to uplift the living standard of the senior sailors of SLCG ‘Waruna’ as per the instruction given by DGCG.

Aug 12, 2019

MALDIVES DEFENCE ATTACHE IN SRI LANKA INTRODUCTORY CALL ON THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF SRI LANKA COAST GUARD

The Maldives Defence Attache Lieutenant Colonel Ismail Naseer paid a Introductory call on the Director General of Sri Lanka Coast Guard, Rear Admiral Samantha Wimalathunge, RWP, VSV, USP, nswc, MSc (DS) Mgt on 23rd July 2019 at Sri Lanka Coast Guard Rear Headquarters, Wellawatte.

Jul 26, 2019

SRI LANKA COAST GUARD AND DEPARTMENT OF WILD LIFE CONSERVATION ENTERED IN TO A MOU

Sri Lanka Coast Guard and Department of Wild Life Conservation entered in to a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on operation and training procedures of Wave Rider Inshore Patrol Craft acquired from Sri Lanka Navy by Wild Life Conservation Department for assisting whale watching regulatory operations at Mirissa.

Jul 17, 2019

SRI LANKA COAST GUARD WAS AWARDED GOLDEN TROPHY FOR THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE ACHIEVED IN HIGH LEVEL COMPLIANCE WITH THE FINANCIAL REGULATIONS AND PERFORMANCE GUIDELINES IN THE FINANCIAL YE

The Committee on Public Accounts of the Parliament has recognized Sri Lanka Coast Guard as one of the state institutions which has achieved a high level of performance for compliance with the financial regulations and performance guidelines for the financial year 2017. A Golden trophy along with a certificate of recognition for the same was received by the Rear Admiral Samantha Wimalathunge, RWP, VSV, USP, nswc, MSc (DS) Mgt Director General of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard at the Awarding Ceremony held at BMICH on 05th July 2019.

Jul 10, 2019

THE 15TH HEADS OF ASIAN COAST GUARD AGENCIES WORKING LEVEL MEETING COMMENCED

The 15th Heads of Asian Coast Guard Agencies Working Level Meeting was ceremonially inaugurated on 09th July 2019 at Hilton Hotel, Colombo. The occasion was graced by the State Minister of Defence Hon Ruwan Wijewardana as the Chief Guest on the invitation of Director General of Sri Lanka Coast Guard Rear Admiral Samantha Wimalathunge, RWP, VSV, USP, nswc, MSc (DS) Mgt and there are 42 delegates from 22 countries participating for this important event for the next two days.

Jul 10, 2019

VICE COMMANDANT OF JAPAN COAST GUARD PAID A COURTESY CALL ON DIRECTOR GENERAL SRI LANKA COAST GUARAD

The Vice Commandant of Japan Coast Guard Vice Admiral Katsuyuki ICHIMI who is on an official visit to Sri Lanka paid a courtesy call on Rear Admiral Samantha Wimalathunge, RWP, VSV, USP, nswc Director General of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard on 01st July 2019 at Sri Lanka Coast Guard Rear Headquarters, Wellawatte.

Jul 03, 2019

ප්‍රථම වරට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පවත්වනු ලබන ආසියානු වෙරළ ආරක්ෂක ප්‍රධානීන්ගේ සමුළුවේ 15 වන සැසි වාරය කොළඹදී

ආසියානු වෙරළ ආරක්ෂක ප්‍රධානීන්ගේ සමුළුවේ (Head of Asian Coast Guard Agencies Meeting – HACGAM)15 වන සැසි වාරය ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශය යටතේ ක්‍රියාත්මක වන ශ්‍රි ලංකා වෙරළ ආරක්ෂක දෙපාර්තුමේන්තුවේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් රටවල් 22 ක වෙරළ ආරක්ෂක ආයතන, අනුබද්ධ සමාජික ආයතනයක් හා නිරීක්ෂණ සංවිධාන දෙකක සහභාගිත්වයෙන් ශ්‍රි ලංකාවේදී පැවැත්වීමට සියළු කටයුතු සම්පාදනය කර ඇත. ඒ අනුව එහි ක්‍රියාකාරි මට්ටමේ නියෝජිතයන්ගේ රැස්වීම (Working Level Meeting) 2019ජුලි මස 08 වන දින සිට 11 වන දින දක්වාත් ආයතන ප්‍රධානින්ගේ රැස්වීම (High Level Meeting) 2019 ඔක්තෝබර් මස 07 වන සිට 10 වන දක්වාත් කොළඹදී පැවැත්වීමට සැලසුම් කර ඇත.