The Sri Lanka Navy and Coast ... in Sri Lankan waters to curb illegal fishing practices of foreign fishing boats, taking into account the impact of those practices on the livelihood of local fishermen ...

The 12 apprehended fishermen were escorted to the Kankesanthurai Harbour and will be handed ... of water separating Tamil ...

Sri Lanka has ... tensions between Sri Lanka’s northern fishermen and fishermen from South India following regular intrusions by Indian fishermen into Lankan territorial waters. This issue was ...

India and Sri Lanka signed an agreement in 1974 recognizing Sri Lankan sovereignty over the tiny island of Katchatheevu.

Both arrests occurred off the coast of the northeastern Mannar district during the Navy's routine patrols of Sri Lankan waterways to prevent illegal fishing. The Sri Lankan Navy arrested at least ...

Sri Lanka’s navy says it has rescued 102 people who are believed to be Rohingya refugees from a fishing trawler which ... in overcrowded refugee camps in southern Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar.