Elections are the last thing on the minds of residents of Jaffna who wage a daily battle to get life going as they pick up the pieces, 2 years after the end of the war, reports Chandani Kirinde from ...

The proposal was put forward by the Fisheries Minister as a solution to illegal activities. Trawling by fishermen in Tamil Nadu has a strong environmental impact on fish stocks. Sri Lankan fishermen ...

Australia has provided Rs. 58 million (US$465,000) to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to restore critical fishing infrastructure on the Jaffna Peninsula, boosting the local fishing ...

The Navy has auctioned 135 Indian fishing boats that were seized for poaching Sri Lankan waters in the recent months. A number of fishermen from different parts of the country participated at the ...

Scores of northern Sri Lankan fishermen on Thursday took to the streets, blaming Indian fishermen for the recent death of two Jaffna fishermen “in a clash” at sea. The agitating fishermen protested ...

The Jaffna Peninsula at the northern tip of Sri Lanka, off-limits for decades because of the country’s civil war, is home to one of the richest collections of corals on the island, a study shows. Led ...