A Dornier aircraft belonging to India Navy was used in the recently concluded joint air observer training exercise, Navy media said. Dornier aircraft is used in life saving missions and finding missing persons during disaster situations.
The four day air observer training with the participation of officers of the Indian Navy, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force was held this week at the Weerawila Air Force base.
“The exercises was attended by six specially trained Sri Lanka Navy officers, five officers from the Sri Lanka Air Force and five officers from the Indian Navy. The intention of the training was to improve air observer capacities of the forces,”he said.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
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