A carcass of a 20 feet long whale shark had been washed ashore at Alampil beach at Mullaitivu.
The fishermen at the Alampil area had informed the Mullativu Assistant Fisheries inspector’s office and the officials of the Department of Wildlife Conservation regarding detection of rare shark carcass.
They suspect that the large shark species which is considered to be the largest fish species within the sea, they added that sightings of these giant sharks is also a rare occurrence.
Fishermen speculated that the shark may have been injured due to getting caught up by Indian fishing trawlers.
The fishermen elaborated that Sri Lankan fishermen are banned from catching whale sharks which are an endangered shark species. They added that whale sharks are known to live around 70 to 100 years.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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