Sri Lanka prison officials and police hunt for escaped prisoners

Sri Lankan prison officials and the police have commenced a search operation to apprehend four prisoners who have escaped from the Trincomalee Prison.

Sri Lankan fishermen hard hit by peace

Fishermen in the Sri Lankan port of Trincomalee hoped the end of the island's civil war would bring prosperity, but dynamite and corruption now threaten their livelihoods.

USS Pearl Harbor arrives at Sri Lanka port on a goodwill mission

The United States naval ship USS Pearl Harbor arrived at the port of Trincomalee in Eastern Sri Lanka Tuesday on a goodwill mission, Sri Lanka Navy announced.

Sri Lanka naval troops seize gelignite stock

Trincomalee: Sri Lanka naval troops attached to SLNS Walagamba seized a haul of gelignite hidden in a vehicle at a road block at the Vadalikulam junction in Eastern Naval Area.