Seven Indian fishermen who were engaging in bottom trawling in Sri Lankan territorial waters off Northwest of Delft Island in Jaffna were arrested yesterday, Navy said. Two of their fishing trawlers also seized. The arrested fishermen were brought to Kankasanthurai along with fishing trawlers and handed over to the Jaffna Assistant Director of Fisheries for onward legal action.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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