These fishermen were arrested on Sunday off the coast of Karainagar in the northern Jaffna peninsula, the Navy said in a release on Monday. So far this year, some 240 Indian fishermen, along with 35 ...

Health authorities in northern Sri Lanka have appealed for more doctors to work in the Jaffna peninsula. There is an acute shortage of medics in the area, which was at the heart of fighting leading to ...

In 1982 M. H. Sirisoma, Asst. Commissioner of Archaeology, compiled a map of places of archaeological interest in the north and east. The following places in the Jaffna peninsula were listed. It could ...

The greater part of Jaffna peninsula was under LTTE control then ... helped the Tigers to draw up blueprints and maps necessary for an attack. The LTTE assault on the Jaffna Police station ...

Jaffna District Commander Sathasivamillai Krishnakumar alias ‘Col’ Kittu was regarded as the uncrowned king of Jaffna in the ...

The iconic Jaffna International Trade Fair (JITF) that has been held consistently in the Northern Peninsula for the past 14 years hosting over 300 stalls and thereby strengthening a range of small and ...

Mornington Peninsula residents say their concerns about smaller landslips and underground water have been ignored after a landslide on Tuesday destroyed a home. The region has a history of similar ...

“We are prepared to die,they are not”-interview with LTTE’s Kittu of Jaffna. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) commander for the Jaffna peninsula area is a man slightly below average height ...

Key factors include rising political unrest, public demonstrations, and environmental challenges such as storms and flooding, the Risk Map 2025 report added.

1 I was wrong. When I heard that the first-ever UK Peninsula was to be built by one of Britain's busiest roundabouts, mild shock was my response. Surely, I mused, views of - and noise from - nose ...

A TAKEAWAY has been hit with the lowest possible hygiene rating after inspectors raised major concerns over cross contamination, raw food stored improperly and a “hole in the kitchen floor”.