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All set to start ferry service between KKS and Tamil Nadu, says minister

By Chris Kamalendran in The Sunday Times, Mar 19, 2023A passenger ferry service between Kankesanthurai (KKS), Jaffna and Tamil Nadu in India will be launched by the end of next month, Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva told the Sunday Times. He said that Sri Lanka would only be facilitating the ferry service and it would be handled by the Indian authorities. Minister de Silva said more than Rs 100 million had…

Northern fishermen slam Douglas over small Tamil Nadu boats plan

By Mirudhula Thambiah in The Morning, Feb 21, 2023Responding to a recent report regarding a proposal to issue fishing permits for small Tamil Nadu vessels, Northern fishermen’s associations condemned the move and alleged that it is a manipulative strategy of Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devananda to expand his sea cucumber project and provide the revenue to China. Speaking to The Daily Morning yesterday (20), All Ceylon Federation of Trade Unions General Secretary and former Northern…

Seized Indian trawlers gifted to northern fishermen

By S. Rubatheesan in The Sunday Times, Feb 12, 2023Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda donated fishing boats seized from Tamil Nadu fishermen who were illegally fishing in Sri Lankan waters to Sri Lankan fishermen moments after welcoming an Indian Union State Minister who arrived in Jaffna on Thursday for the opening of the Rs. 1.3 billion Cultural Centre, a gift by the Government of India. Five massive high-horse-powered boats used for illegal bottom trawling by the…

People in North, East leaving country due to dire economic situation: Ali Sabry

report in Daily Mirror online, 28 Nov 2022 at 08:25 pmPeople in the North and East tend to leave the country due to the dire economic situation where some have gone to Tamil Nadu, Vietnam and Ukraine in the last six months. He told Parliament that some 302 Tamils have fled to Vietnam and seven to Ukraine. He said 85 of those in Vietnam have agreed to come back and said the Ministry would facilitate…