Sri Lanka's police has warned it will take action against anyone found commemorating dead members of the LTTE.

Speaking to the DailyMirror, Deputy Inspector General for the North, GK Perera, said the police have been placed on high alert "to prevent glorification of dead terrorists".

The Northern Provincial Council (NPC) allocated Rs 40.3 million to support former militant cadres and families of political prisoners, announced a minister on Friday.

The NPC minister B Deniswaran, speaking at his office in Jaffna, said,

Former Norwegian peace facilitator Erik Solheim said he “would go before the International Criminal Court or any recognised International Tribunal to give evidence against Sri Lanka on alleged war crimes.”

In an interview with Ceylon Today, Mr Solheim confirmed that he was “ready to share all what he knows with the credible national or International Tribunal on the final phase of the war events.”

Commenting on the upcoming release of the UN investigation into Sri Lanka (OISL), Mr Solheim said,

“Don’t expect it to be soft. It is important to condemn all war crimes in equal terms. Very clearly both the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE committed unacceptable atrocities.”

Sri Lanka’s prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the International Young Men’s Buddhist Conference will be held in Jaffna on the 20^th of May to improve the relationship between the Buddhist and Hindu religions.

Speaking from Temple Trees, the conference will be held in Jaffna for the first time in its history, with at least 60 of the 300 delegates will be representing Buddhist Associations in South India, reports ITNnews.lk.

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People across the Northern Province protested against the rape and murder of an 18 year old Tamil school girl in Pungudutivu on Wednesday.

Sivaloganathan Vithiya, a student at Pungudutivu Maha Vidyalayam, was abducted on Wednesday. She was raped and killed, and was found in an abandoned house the next day.

Locals in Pungudutivu, a small island off the coast of Jaffna, blockaded roads with logs and burning tires, amidst angry scenes. Protests took place across the Jaffna peninsula and beyond, condemning the killing and the culture of impunity in the region. Students at Jaffna University, Kilinochchi, Mullaithivu and other towns also held protests.

Continuing the remembrance of the victims of mass atrocities at the hands of the Sri Lankan state during the armed conflict, TNA Northern Province councillors on Friday held an event in Jaffna.

Amidst heavy rainfall, councillors MK Shivajilingam, Ananthy Sasitharan, Sukirthan, Ayngaranesan and Kajatheeban, alongside members of the public, lit a commemorative flame.

Earlier this week, events were held in Mullivaikal and Point Pedro.