The Colombo government has launched a plan to build the facility on the northern island, where it still takes seven hours and sky-high prices to deliver the fuel that powers the electricity generators ...

The Delft Police arrested the main suspect in the brutal killing of five persons, including three women, in a house in Delft Island, Jaffna. Police said the 51-year-old suspect was arrested on ...

In commemorating this year’s Vesak festival a Dansala was conducted on May 11 in the Delft Island under the patronage of the Sri Lanka Navy Commanding Officer “Wasabha” institute and with the support ...

The Navy took into custody an Indian fishing boat along with 11 of their fishermen while they were poaching in Sri Lankan waters, during a special operation conducted in the northern sea area, off the ...

A sailor of the Sri Lanka Navy, succumbed to his injuries suffered during an attempt to arrest a group of Indian fishermen poaching in seas off the Delft island in Jaffna, the Navy said today. The ...

India on Tuesday registered a strong protest with Sri Lanka in Delhi and Colombo over the Lankan navy firing at Indian fishermen near Delft Island. According to the external affairs ministry, five ...

Eight Indian fishermen and their two trawlers were seized by the Sri Lankan navy near Delft Island for alleged poaching. This follows several similar incidents in recent days, bringing the total to 40 ...

RAMANATHAPURAM: The Sri Lankan Navy seized two boats carrying nine Indian fishermen for alleged violation of the IMBL near Delft Island on Tuesday, and remanded them in Sri Lanka till August 6.

The Navy on Sunday night (17) took into custody an Indian fishing boat, along with three fishermen, off the Delft Island, Jaffna. The Navy said that the Northern Naval Command, having spotted a group ...