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Anton Fernando tallies his sales of tuna and other fish on a dock in Negombo, a fishing town in Sri Lanka, where the country's financial crisis darkens already murky waters. The math does not look ...
The sky and seas off Sri Lanka's coast are crystal blue but a worsening economic crisis has kept fishermen moored at Negombo harbour, out of gas and unable ... a seasoned member of Negombo's ...
For now, the authorities have told the community living near the Negombo beach that fishing has been banned. Many questions have been raised about the origin of the fire on the vessel. The ...
refurbishing and equipping the district office of the village fisher association at Pitipana Harbour, overhaul of St. Mary’s Church, Negombo ‘Jubilee Hall’, and concreting and building a ...
Negombo’s fishermen are seeking justice ... boats attempting to enter the restricted area, near the harbour, destroying two of them. But the fishermen claim the Navy had destroyed two of their fishing ...
Negombo has always been known for its mouthwatering food and fishing community. The seaside town, which is easily accessible from Colombo via the Airport highway, has fast grown into a cosmopolitan ...
The New York Times in its latest travel review placed the fishing village of Negombo as one of the 52 places to go this year. Negombo was ranked 16 th on the list. Tourism in Sri Lanka has long ...
Among the non-fishing community in Negombo, there are other Sri Lankan Tamil speakers, including those who have relocated from Jaffna and other parts of the country. But what distinguishes the ...