COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Navy seized an Indian trawler with 12 Indian fishermen, poaching in Sri Lanka’s waters off Alampil, Mullaitivu yesterday (6) evening.  The apprehension was made during a special operation carried out by the Navy to chase away Indian trawlers poaching in the ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Navy on Monday (22) conducted a special operation to chase away Indian trawlers poaching in the island’s waters.  The operation led to the seizure of an Indian trawler with 10 Indian fishermen while poaching in Sri Lanka’s waters off Mullaitivu, via th...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Navy had apprehended 67 people, suspected to be attempting to illegally migrate from the country by sea, and had seized a local fishing trawler during a naval patrol conducted in the eastern seas off Kalmunai today (8). The Sri Lanka Navy has been conducting regular operat...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Meteorology Department states that the depression over south-west Bay of Bengal lay centered at 05.30 a.m. on 6th March 2022 near (11.2N, 82.2E), about 310 km Northeast of Trincomalee coast is likely to move southwestwards towards North Tamil Nadu coast. Accordingly, tt wi...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Mullaithivu Coroner has ruled that Sexual Assault was the cause of death of a school girl who was found dead in a jungle area in Pudukudirippu, Mullaithivu on Sunday (19). Sri Lanka Police said 13-year-old Yogarasa Nidarshana was reported missing since the 15th of December...