Allegations of corruption surface over large-scale sand mining in Mullaitivu

Tamil residents of Samanankulam have raised serious concerns over yet another illegal Buddhist temple, this time being constructed within the Pillaiyar Temple complex at Kallumalai, allegedly with the involvement of Sri Lanka’s Department of Archaeology.

A new report issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has laid bare the widespread and systematic use of conflict-related sexual violence by Sri Lankan state forces, alongside decades of entrenched impunity that continue to deny justice to Tamil survivors.

The United States has announced that it will provide the Sri Lanka Air Force with ten U.S. Navy TH-57 helicopters at no cost, despite the force’s longstanding record of war crimes.

The Chief Incumbent of the Nainativu Nagadeepa Vihara, Sri Navadagala Paduma Keerthi Tissa, has strongly criticised the seizure of privately owned Tamil lands for the construction of the Thaiyiddy Tissa Vihara in Jaffna, describing it as a serious wrongdoing carried out in collaboration with the Sri Lankan military.

Hill Country Martyrs’ Day commemorated in Jaffna, honoring Mullaiyoa Govindan and other plantation Tamil martyrs

The 52nd anniversary of the massacre of Tamils during the Fourth World Tamil Research Conference was commemorated Saturday in Jaffna, in remembrance of those killed in the state violence that unfolded during the landmark academic gathering in 1974.

Construction of the Jaffna International Cricket Stadium in Mandaitivu is continuing and progressing according to government plans, despite sustained criticism from environmental organisations over the project’s legality and its potential impact on fragile local ecosystems.

A signboard referring to the “Kandarodai Vihara” has been removed following a resolution adopted by the Jaffna–Valikamam South Pradeshiya Sabha to officially identify the area as the “Kandarodai Archaeological Research Centre.”