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Indian fishermen want permits for BOTTOM TRAWLERS to enter SL waters Indian fishermen want permits for BOTTOM TRAWLERS to enter SL waters Written by Share: Colombo (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda in March 2021 proposed to offer permits for Indian fishermen to enter into Sri Lankan water for fishing. However, Tamil Nadu fishermen have now called for permits to be issued not only for small boats but for massive fishing trawlers as well. Tamil Nadu fisheries unio...

Colombo (News 1st); Indian fishing vessels illegally fishing in Sri Lankan waters pillage around Rs. 900 billion worth of valuable marine resources in the - Get the latest breaking news and top stories from Sri Lanka, the latest political news, sports news, weather updates, exam results, business news, entertainment news, world news and much more from News 1st, Sri Lanka's leading news network.

Geography, history, and politics have complicated matters COLOMBO: The recent arrest of 54 Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy and their subsequent release under diplomatic pressure, has again brought into focus the intractable India-Sri Lanka row about fishing in the narrow Palk Strait. Geographical, historical and political factors have complicated the issue which, on the face of it, is a simple matter. The Indian authorities have invariably succeeded in securing the release of arres...

Iranaithivu islanders objected to the Sri Lankan government’s decision to allow the burial of COVID-19 victims, following the reversal of a ban on cremations that affected Muslim and Christian communities

By Shamindra Ferdinando Jaffna District Development Council co-chairperson Angajan Ramanathan yesterday (10) denied accusations regarding his coordinating officers threatening the Jaffna-based public servants. Northern Province Governor Sarojini Manmatharajah Charles is the other co-chairperson of the Jaffna DDC. SLFP MP Ramanathan, who is also the Deputy Chairman of Committees, emphasised that he had never resorted to threats. SLFP MP Ramanathan said so when  The Island sought an explanatio...

Post-P2P, Pre-Geneva: The GR Regime’s Zero-Option Offer To The Tamils  Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka Prof Rohan Gunaratna has long been a confidant of Gotabaya Rajapaksa. It is a relationship that goes back at least to the second-term of MR, though the latter did not give him the access to, let alone influence in the policy making process, especially the foreign-policy making process, that the (then) Secretary/Defense had suggested.  In 2018, Gotabaya Rajapaksa held a very successful second annual ...

Posted on February 6th, 2021 H. L. D. Mahindapala To understand contemporary national politics and its complex combinations and permutations it is imperative that any student of politics must first get a firm grasp of the two political cultures that divides the North and the South. The gap is much wider than the Palk Straits that separates us from India, thankfully. For instance, the Tamils have never tasted equality, dignity, liberty, justice and peace under any of the...

Even in the best of times, invisible strains have haunted bilateral relations between India and its closest ocean neighbour, Sri Lanka. Today, they are all at sea, all at once, and all over again, thanks to two specific issues, namely the continuing ‘ECT row’ and what has by now become the traditional ‘fishermen’s dispute.’ The ‘China factor,’ the ‘Sri Lankan ethnic issue,’ and the attendant ‘UNHRC resolution’ too have negatively impacted bilateral relations, but they have...

COLOMBO (News 1st): The Parliamentary Council convenes today (Feb. 03) under the patronage of Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, at the Speaker's official - Get the latest breaking news and top stories from Sri Lanka, the latest political news, sports news, weather updates, exam results, business news, entertainment news, world news and much more from News 1st, Sri Lanka's leading news network.

How President Gotabaya Got To Geneva  Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka A key speech by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been quoted at some fair length and in the Report of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet as evidence which corroborates the charge of majoritarian ethnocentrism. His elder brother Mahinda never got himself in that situation; not even in wartime.  I was in the room when he engaged across the board in Geneva in 2007 with everyone from High Commissioner Louise Arbour a...