Conditions favourable for onset of south-west monsoon

Eighty-one farmers of the Trincomalee district, in the Mahaweli A Zone, have received compensation for crop damages caused by drought. The Agriculture and Agrarian Insurance Board allocated Rs.2,500,000 for the purpose. The board provided ...

A naval rating attached to the Rugby football team of the Trincomalee Naval Base had fallen to his death from the third floor of a building in the camp. The 25-year-old rating was a resident of Maradana, Colombo. Trincomalee Chief Magistrate K.

The Jungle Beach Resort in Kuchchaveli, a twenty-minute drive up the east coast in Trincomalee run by Uga Escapes celebrated two years with a community project to refurbish the Kuchchaveli hospital. Jungle Beach,is built on a site that was and ...

Arrangements are being made for the 150 years jubilee celebrations of St. Mary's College, Trincomalee. Past pupils are requested to be present at the college on July 13 at 4.30 p.m. to plan the Jubilee Walk and form a choir. Past students are ...

Would-be asylum seekers to Australia are helped off a Sri Lankan naval craft at the northeastern port of Trincomalee on July 31, 2013 after their boat was intercepted off the island's eastern coast Scott Morrison is due to meet top officials from ...

Trains leaving for Palai, Batticaloa and Trincomalee Stations from Colombo Fort and back will not operate today because a mail train had derailed on the Northern Railway line between Polgahawela and Pothuhera. The Railway Control unit said the ...

The historic city on the East Coast, Trincomalee will be the location for this year's Olympic Day Run, organized by the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka. The annual event which will see thousands of schoolchildren united to share the values ...

A Navy bus plying on Habarana-Trincomalee road, ran off the route and turned turtle injuring an officer last Saturday. Later, the victim was admitted to Dambulla Base Hospital. He was identified as Luxman Udaya Kumara, 35. Habarana Police

The Navy's Fast Gun Boat, Edithara II was ceremonially relaunched after semi-refit at the Naval Dockyard in Trincomalee recently. Eastern Naval Area Commander Rear Admiral Rohan Amarasinghe, senior naval officers of the Naval Dockyard, Commanding ...