At the invitation of Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne Minister of Youth & Sports, Honorable Namal Rajapaksa declared open the ‘Blue Beach Island
Underwater Gallery’ at Nilwella beach (10th April 2021). Built with the contribution of Sri Lanka Navy, this latest addition in the southern coast of Nilwella, would from here
on attract more local and foreign holidaymakers towards this popular tourist destination.
" Enlistment of more than 1600 Jaffna Tamil boys and girls to the Sri Lanka Army during the ongoing recruitment drive in the past three months vehemently reassures the faith and high regard those young ones have towards our organization and symbolizes their sincere need for true co-existence and reconciliation, despite obstacles and threats, placed before them by various disgruntled and divisive elements and those who want to incite them while pandering to recurrence of violence.
Divulapitiya, Peliyagoda and Prison Covid-19 clusters-total cases- 90017
