The Director General Sri Lanka Coast Guard, Rear Admiral Rajapriya Serasinghe paid a courtesy call on Acting Inspector General of Police, Priyantha Weerasooriya at his office on 15th January 2025...
|2025-01-15|
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Sri Lanka Coast Guard (SLCG) is the premier maritime law enforcement force functions under the Ministry of Defence. SLCG is established under the ‘Department of Coast Guard Act No. 41 of 2009’ as a multi-mission service for the purpose of ensuring the security of the coastal areas ,the Maritime Zones, the territorial waters and the High seas. SLCG has been empowered to assist in preventing, the entry and exit of illegal immigrants and emigrants, the trafficking of narcotic drugs and contrabands.
SLCG also entrusted to assist vessels in distress at sea and safety of life at sea, protect the marine environment, prevent and combat maritime disasters ensuring national security and protecting the national economy and the national integrity of Sri Lanka. Every Coast Guard officer of the Department of Coast Guard shall be deemed to be a ‘Peace Officer’ within the meaning for the purposes of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act No. 15 of 1979.
DIRECTOR GENERAL
REAR ADMIRAL YR SERASINGHE
The Director General Sri Lanka Coast Guard, Rear Admiral Rajapriya Serasinghe paid a courtesy call on Acting Inspector General of Police, Priyantha Weerasooriya at his office on 15th January 2025...
|2025-01-15|
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In a significant step towards bolstering inter-agency collaboration, the Director General of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard, Rear Admiral Rajapriya Serasinghe paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Kanchana Banagoda, on 15th January 2025...
|2025-01-15|
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In an important step toward strengthening regional cooperation and enhancing oil spill response capabilities, 10 Sri Lankan officers including 9 Sri Lanka Coast Guard (SLCG) officers successfully completed IMO Level 1 and IMO Level 2 training alongside officers from the Maldives Coast Guard and the Environment Protection Agency of Maldives...
|2025-01-14|
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In a commendable act of marine conservation, Sri Lanka Coast Guard personnel stationed in the Northern Region successfully rescued a distressed turtle entangled in a fishing net near Myliddy Fishing Harbour, Jaffna on 13th January 2025...
|2025-01-13|
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A delegation led by Mr. Jean-Michel DUMAZ, the French Regional Civil Protection and Crisis Management Attaché, based in Singapore, visited the SLCG Rear Headquarters and paid a courtesy call to the Director General of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard (SLCG), Rear Admiral Y.R. Serasinghe, on Thursday, 09 January 2025...
|2025-01-09|
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In a significant step towards enhancing regional maritime security and cooperation, two Indian Coast Guard Ships (ICGS), Vaibhav and Abhiraj, arrived in Sri Lanka on 23rd December 2024...
|2025-01-02|
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