COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's navy rescued more than 100 people believed to be Rohingya refugees who were found adrift aboard a fishing trawler off the island nation, a navy spokesman said ...

Fisheries Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekar today requested Sri Lankan fishmen not to intrude into International waters violating Sri Lanka’s territorial waters. ..

Navy spokesman Gayan Wickramasuriya said fishermen spotted the boat off Sri Lanka’s northern coast on Thursday and raised alarm to authorities who then rescued the people on board. Passengers included ...

Aananda Jeya Baskaran used to visit the annual St. Anthony’s feast on the uninhabited island of Katchathivu with his family since his childhood. This time he came to the ‘Guardian of Fishermen’ in mid ...

The multi-day fishing trawler seized by the Sri Lanka Navy while transporting several sacks suspected to contain narcotics in seas south of Dondra is currently being brought ashore to the Dikkowita Fi ...

Sri Lankan diplomats are in discussions with Somali authorities regarding the suspected abduction of a fishing vessel and its six crew members by Somali pirates. The abduction occurred east of Somalia ...

The Sri Lanka Navy arrested 22 Indian fishermen on Saturday for alleged illegal fishing in the island nation’s waters and seized three fishing vessels. The fishermen were arrested from the North Sea ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s navy says it has rescued more than 100 people believed to be Rohingya refugees who were found adrift aboard a fishing trawler off the island nation. Navy ...