COLOMBO (News 1st): Mid-sea incident involving two Indian Trawlers that entered The Northern Sea of Sri Lanka, took place on Monday (31) night. The trawlers, that had illegally entered into Lankan waters, were reportedly surrounded by Sri Lankan fishing boats until the Navy arrived. Both trawlers...

COLOMBO (News 1st); 12 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu who were detained in Mannar, for illegally fishing in the Sea of Sri Lanka were released on Wednesday (05). The Sri Lankan Navy detained the Tamil fishermen and seized their boats claiming that they have crossed the international maritime bo...

COLOMBO (News 1st); A salvage operation in underway to remove the X-Press Pearl wreck and the debris that settled in the ocean floor, said Sri Lanka's Marine Environment Protection Authority. Florida-based salvor Resolve Marine has mapped out the debris spread and has identified 180 target locati...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The people of the island nation of Sri Lanka have been affected by a shortage of milk powder in the market. Over the last few days, queues for milk powder were a common scene outside a local milk store in Mirihana a town on the outskirts of Colombo, however, there were no queu...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Navy managed to take hold of 02 more Indian fishing trawlers with 12 Indian fishermen while poaching in Sri Lankan waters, during a special operation mounted in seas south of Mannar, today (19th December 2021). The special operation was conducted in seas south of Man...