The Sri Lankan Navy apprehended eight Indian fishermen and captured two boats off the coast of Ramanathapuram on Sunday morning. The apprehended fishermen who belong to Ramanathapuram have been identified as Mangadu Bhatrappan (55), Reddayurani, Kannan (52), Chinna ReddayurMuthuraj (55), Agasthiyar Kutam Kali (50) and Thangachimad Yasin (46), Jesus, Uchipulli Ramakrishnan and Velu including 8 fishermen was arrested and taken to the Kangesanturai Naval Camp.

Sri Lankan Navy apprehends eight Indian fishermen, captures two boats

Sri Lankan Navy said a joint operation with the Lankan Coast Guard led to the interception of an Indian boat and its five crew caught allegedly carrying Kerala Cannabis (434kgs) in the northwestern waters of the island nation.

Lankan Navy apprehends Indian boat, arrests 10 for alleged contraband smuggling

The fishermen issue between India and Sri Lanka has again surfaced after the Sri Lankan Navy arrested 10 Indian fishermen on charges of alleged poaching, on Monday (August 22).

Sri Lanka seized 94 fishing boats, 10 fishermen, ensure their release: TN govt to EAM

Fishermen from the Pamban area, Rameswaram in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu have alleged firing by Sri Lankan Navy on Friday morning. According to a fishermen community leader, their boats had gone about 15-20 nautical miles into the Bay of Bengal from the Pamban area, when their boat was fired upon, by the island country's Navy.

Indian fishermen allege firing by Sri Lankan Navy, share images of bullet hole, ammo

Sri Lankan authorities doused a burning cargo ship after 6 days of fire-fighting. A complaint has been lodged against the captain for sailing on, despite knowing about a leak onboard. Palki Sharma gets you the story.

Gravitas: Sri Lanka douses cargo ship after 6 days

Tons of charred plastic pellets from a burning container ship washed ashore near Sri Lanka's capital as an international effort to salvage the vessel dragged into a ninth day. Navy personnel in hazmat suits have been sent to clean millions of plastic granules mixed with burned oil and other residue that covered Negombo beach.

Plastic from burning ship cover Sri Lanka beach

The Sri Lankan Navy allegedly attacked a group of Indian fishermen on Monday night for allegedly trespassing into the island nation’s territorial waters. According to the reports, men on the Sri Lankan Navy boat are seen hurling stones at the Indian fishermen's boat.

Sri Lankan Navy attacks Indian fishermen over trespass, 1 injured

Fire at MT New Diamond is under control and the oil tanker that has been on fire since Thursday afternoon, is currently being held in position by a tug boast 42 miles from the Sri Lankan Coast.

Sri Lanka oil tanker fire: No oil spill, boundary cooling operation in progress

Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) launched a number of special sea operations around the country from the beginning of the novel Coronavirus pandemic to thwart asylum seekers fleeing from coronavirus-hit countries into Sri Lanka, Navy Spokesman Lt.

Sri Lankan Navy on high alert to thwart asylum seekers from COVID-19 hit countries

Of the 548 active coronavirus cases in Sri Lanka, 327 of them are Navy personnel, officials said on Tuesday. The virus has killed eight people with 752 positive cases in the island nation.

Sri Lanka registers over 750 coronavirus cases, most from Naval facility

Sri Lanka has reversed plans to end its virus lockdown on Monday, extending it for another week after a spike in coronavirus infections including at a naval base.

Sri Lanka extends lockdown after a surge in coronavirus cases

Sri Lanka Navy locked down a facility on Friday after 30 of its personnel tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Navy, in a statement, said that upon confirmation of a personnel from Polonnaruwa getting infected with COVID-19 while on leave, other personnel who were sharing the same mess and working at the same office were tested.

At least 30 Navy personnel infected with coronavirus in Sri Lanka

Five Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy Friday for allegedly fishing in the island nation's waters, a Fisheries department official said here.

Five Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy

At least five Indian fishermen belonging to Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy from Neduntheevu in northern Sri Lanka on Tuesday.

5 Indian fishermen apprehended by Sri Lankan Navy

Earlier on November 7, the Sri Lankan Navy apprehended four fishermen, hailing from Tamil Nadu`s Pudukkottai, with one boat near the island.

Sri Lankan Navy arrests 10 Indian fishermen near Delft Island

Assistant Director of Fisheries, Shivakumar, said the fishermen from Pudukottai district were arrested for fishing close to Neduntheevu and allegedly using banned fishing nets.

Lankan Navy arrests five Tamil Nadu fishermen

Sri Lanka has long fumed over poaching and illegal fishing that it says deplete its own industry

Sri Lankan Navy arrests five Indian fishermen for crossing maritime boundary

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