Plans to develop the port in eastern Sri Lanka have repeatedly stalled out, due to a variety of internal and external factors. The natural endowments and strategic value of Trincomalee harbor in ...

After India shared its concerns with Sri Lanka, Colombo has cancelled the proposed military exercise with the Pakistan Navy in the strategic waters of Trincomalee, news agency PTI reports, quoting ...

When Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa visited New Delhi last week, India’s possible economic assistance dominated talks with his counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman, and External Affairs ...

NEW DELHI: In a step reflecting growing strategic alignment in the Indian Ocean region, India, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Sri Lanka on Saturday signed an agreement to develop a multi-faceted ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I travel the world reporting on emerging markets and China overseas. Last Wednesday, January 18th, Sri Lanka's minister for ...

A warship berthed in Hartlepool has become the oldest still afloat in the world. HMS Trincomalee has gained the title temporarily after the USS Constitution was moved to dry dock until 2017 for a ...

The removal by the police of a Buddha statue from a famous temple plunged Trincomalee into turmoil, on Sunday. The police stepped in amidst tension over an attempt by the Coast Conservation Department ...

Trincomalee had derived its name from the anglicized version of the old Tamil word,‘ Thiru- kona-malai ‘ meaning ‘Lord of the Sacred Hill’. it is apparent that over the ages Trincomalee had been ...

A group of Buddhist monks, with the support of a few Sinhalese residents in the area, sought to illegally erect a shrine with a Buddha statue on November 16, at the beachfront on Fort Road in ...

A wooden figurehead of the oldest warship still afloat is to be restored. The so-called Turbaned Man was carved for HMS Trincomalee, which itself was built of teak for the Royal Navy in India in 1817.

Trincomalee, Nov 05 (Daily Mirror) - The Trincomalee Police have launched an investigation after a woman was hacked to death inside a private hospital in Trincomalee early this morning. Police said ...