Students at Aarhus University in Denmark marked Maaveerar Naal (Tamil national remembrance day) on Friday.
Newspapers in the North-East on Saturday marked the 62nd birthday of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam which falls on November 26 with a special feature published on the front page.
The birthday of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran on November 26 was marked in secret at the University of Jaffna on Saturday. A cake decorated with '62' candles and red and yellow balloons were displayed in front of the Kailasapathy arts hall.
In the run up to Maaveerar Naal, young Tamil artists took to Instagram to commemorate the thousands who gave their lives fighting in the Tamil struggle.
Posters marking Maaveerar Naal (Tamil national remembrance day) were posted anonymously around the University of Jaffna as the students and staff held remembrance events on Friday. The posters feature a gloriosa lily and the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), V Prabhakaran in front of the LTTE's insignia.
Students and staff at the University of Jaffna marked Maaveerar Naal (Tamil national remembrance day) on Friday, lighting candles in memory of those who gave their lives to the Tamil struggle.
The Northern Provincial Council has condemned the building of Buddhist viharas in the North as well as calling for legal action against Buddhist monks who incite racial and religious hatred. In its 66th sitting on Thursday, the NPC’s chair C. V. K. Sivagnanam brought the resolution condemning the proliferation of Buddhist viharas across the North, pointing out that the region was home to very few Buddhists. The resolution also called for legal action to be taken against Buddhist monks, particularly mentioning the recent incident in Batticaloa’s Mangalaramam, where a monk was filmed racially...
US Marine Corps troops have been engaged in military training exercises with the Sri Lankan navy in Trincomalee, after the arrival of the US Naval Ship “USS Somerset” this week. The Sri Lankan navy said that 7 officers and 150 sailors had undertaken the exercise with over 150 US Marines participating. “The military exchange will focus on enhancing relationships between the two naval services, and honing basic military skills and small boat operations that could support humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions,” said the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs . "We look...
The Sri Lankan military has opened a Buddhist site in the Vanni, which contains 28 newly constructed Buddha statues in memory of Sri Lankan soldiers.
A notice has been published in a Tamil local newspaper announcing the intention to acquire 617 acres of land in Vattuvahal, Mullaitivu for the Sri Lankan armed forces. The notice, under Section 38a of the Land Acquisition Act, comes despite repeated public annoucement by the present Sri Lankan government that it was looking to release all land currently occupied by the military. Photograph @rkguruparan