Mannar

Man·nar

(mə-när′), Gulf of

An inlet of the Indian Ocean between southern India and Sri Lanka. It has important pearl fisheries.

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Mannar

(məˈnɑː)

(Placename) Gulf of Mannar the part of the Indian Ocean between SE India and the island of Sri Lanka: pearl fishing

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Man•nar

(məˈnɑr)

n.

Gulf of, an inlet of the Indian Ocean bounded by W Sri Lanka, the island chain of Adam's Bridge, and S India.

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Titanium Sands Ltd (ASX:TSL) continues infill drilling at Mannar Island Heavy Mineral Sands (HMS) Project in Sri Lanka aimed at confirming mineralisation continuity and growing resources.

Titanium Sands continues drilling at Sri Lankan HMS project aimed at growing resources

The Mannar Magistrate today ordered the temporary suspension of the excavation work at the Mannar mass grave.

Magistrate orders suspension of excavation at Mannar grave

Colombo: More than 230 skeletons have been found in a mass grave discovered earlier this year in Sri Lanka's Mannar town, turning out to be the country's biggest such site.

230 skeletons found in Sri Lanka's largest mass grave

Showers or thundershowers will occur in Jaffna, Mannar and Mullaitivu districts in the morning too, it said.

Rains in the south west of the island is expected to continue

03 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Navy apprehended at least two Indian fishermen for allegedly trying to smuggle a large amount of heroin worth Rs 1 crore near Sri Lanka's Mannar Island Lighthouse on Friday evening.

Sri Lankan navy apprehends 2 Indian fishermen

Nablus / PNN - At a loss for words, the family of released prisoner Mannar Jabareen cried with joy as they welcomed her back to the Haifa-area city of Umm Al Fahm.

Woman released from Israeli prison welcomed home on the happiest day of her sister's life

Heavy fighting since Tuesday left 57 Tiger guerrillas and two soldiers killed in separate clashes across the districts of Vavuniya, Mannar, Mullaitivu and Jaffna, the ministry said.

Guerrillas shot down

Military spokesman Brig Udaya Nanayakkara said the soldiers took control of Adampan town in northern Mannar district after clashes that killed 15 rebels and two soldiers.

Soldiers kill 31 Tigers as battles rage

Soldiers in the rebel-held northern Mannar district captured nine Tamil Tiger bunkers, killing nine insurgents.

34 killed in unrest; INTERNATIONAL SRI LANKA

The bomb targeted a military convoy ferrying soldiers going home on leave from Mannar, a northwestern coastal town.

14 killed in Tamil Tiger rebel attacks in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Bishop Rayappu Joseph of Mannar says he has asked Sri Lanka's president to declare his diocese a "zone of peace" and has made a similar request to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, who began an armed revolt in 1983.