The Sri Lankan Navy arrested 34 Indian fishermen and seized three trawlers for illegal fishing in two incidents. The arrests ...

Sri Lanka's coastline is about 1700 km long ... Coral reefs and their resources are important for the fisheries industry, tourism industries and coast protection. Fisheries and tourism industries also ...

The Sri Lanka Navy, during a special search operation conducted off the coast of the Colombo Port on January 25, apprehended three individuals engaged in illegal fishing activities using spear guns, ...

Yet again, a group of Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu—this time 13 fishers—was arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on January 27 for encroaching into Sri Lankan territorial waters ...

More than 100 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar have been rescued while adrift on a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation by Sri Lanka’s navy, bringing them safely to port.

Both arrests came off the coast of the northeastern Mannar district in the Navy’s continued regular patrols in the Sri Lankan ...

The Sri Lanka Navy and Coast Guard seized 03 Indian fishing boats and apprehend 33 Indian fishermen while they were poaching in Sri Lankan waters, during special operations conducted in the sea area ...

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has issued a report on the status of Rohingya Asylum seekers detained in ...

Vice Admiral Kanchana Banagoda, the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy ... night of January 27 off the coast of Velvettiturai in the northern Jaffna peninsula, the navy said. It added that the ...

The Sri Lanka Navy and Coast Guard seized 03 Indian fishing boats and apprehend 33 Indian fishermen while they were poaching in Sri Lankan waters, during special operations conducted in the sea area ...

Colombo, January 26 (Daily Mirror) - The Sri Lanka Navy and Coast Guard seized three Indian fishing boats and arrested 33 Indian fishermen while they were poaching in Sri Lankan waters ...