Four farmers in Mullaitivu are appealing to various authorities to release their lands, which are currently being occupied by the Civil Security Divison and used as a farm. The 12 acres of lands, located south of Udayar Kattu near the village tank, belong to the farmers, who claim that they are the only lands yet to be released to the rightful owners following the resettlement of families in the area.

An event was held yesterday to mark 15 years since Father Xavier Karunaratnam was assassinated in a claymore attack by Sri Lanka's Deep Penetration Unit. 

An Iftar event was organised by the District Secretariat of Mannar yesterdayl with the local Muslim community in Mannar. 

North-East Women’s Group organised multiple protests in Jaffna and Mannar last month to protest against the proposed Anti Terrorism Act. 

The 35th anniversary of Annai Poopathy's hunger strike and death continues to be commemorated throughout the North-East. As a symbol to highlight the ongoing political struggles of the Tamil people.

The Divisional Secretariat of Karaithuraipattu organised an Iftar event on 18th April for the Muslim community of the area to break their fast. Muslim residents and others locals participated in the event.

The Sri Lankan government has allocated approximately 700 acres of land in the Tamil homeland to Chinese private companies as part of an equity swap to service its debts to Chinese lenders, claimed Tamil National Alliance MP S. Shritharan, voicing concerns over the government's actions at a press conference on 13th April.

Tamil political parties have issued a call for a Hartal on the 25th of April to protest against the Anti Terrorism Act and the ongoing rapid Sinhala Colonisation of the North-East. The leaders of various political parties, including the Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front, the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi, the People’s Liberation of Tamil Eelam, the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation, and activists from the Democratic Revolutionary Party and Tamil National Alliance, met at the private residence of Suresh Premachandran to discuss the issue.

Despite the second year of the economic crisis, Tamils in the North-East celebrated the first day of the Tamil Puthandu, the New Year, on the first day of the Tamil calendar, which falls on 14th April.

Puthandu being the equivalent of the Spring equinox is celebrated by many cultures in South Asia and South-East Asia and by the diaspora communities from these cultures.

The Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) is commemoratied the 35th anniversary of Annai Poopathy's hungerstrike with a procession that began on 16th April from the monument dedicated to Thileepan, in Nallur. The procession, which carried an image of Annai Poopathy, was planned to reach Batticaloa on 19th April, stopping at key locations to commemorate her struggle and sacrifice with the locals of each place.