The slain journalist Mylvaganam Nimalarajan was remembered in a series of memorial events across the North-East today to mark the 22nd anniversary of his death. 

In Vavuniya, Tamil families of the disappeared lit lamps and laid flowers before a portrait of the murdered journalist.

The slain journalist Mylvaganam Nimalarajan was remembered last week to mark the 22nd anniversary of his death across the North-East.

In Vavuniya, the Association of searching the missing persons in Tamil Homeland paid their respects to the murdered journalist.

Nimalarajan contributed to the BBC for over six years, as well as the Tamil daily Virakesari and Sinhala weekly Ravaya.

Relatives of a Tamil family are seeking answers, after a sister and brother were killed and their mother critically injured in Toronto car crash last week.

Pateeran Puvanendran, 21, and Neluxsana Puvanendran, 23, were both killed after their car was hit by a dump truck at the junction of Markham Road and Elson Street on Wednesday October 12.

The siblings were pronounced dead at the scene. Their mother, 52-year-old Srirathy Shanmuganathan, was also in the vehicle, and remains in critical condition.

A series of events took place across Europe to mark Tamil Eelam's Women's Day and the 35th death anniversary of 2nd Lt. Maalathy, the first female fighter of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to lose her life in the Tamil armed struggle. 

The day is an opportunity to honour women’s involvement in the fight for Tamil rights.

A sergeant of the Sri Lankan Army Commando Force has been arrested for stealing a T-56 rifle from the occupying Kilinochchi commando camp and reportedly selling it to underworld criminals.

The stolen T-56 weapon was used to shoot at a three-wheeler driver in Ahungalla. The weapon was eventually found on October 17 in a bag that had been thrown in a paddy field in Morontuduwa.

The Colombo Crime Division stated that when checking the serial number of the weapon, it was confirmed that it was the weapon that was stolen from the Kilinochchi commando camp.

The unemployment rate in Jaffna has climbed to 21 percent said the Jaffna District Secretary K. Mahesan on Monday, as he revealed thousands had registered as job seekers in the district.

Mahesan quoted the figures from a Central Bank of Sri Lanka report, which reveals the unemployment rate in the district has almost tripled in the last year alone.

A ruling from the Madras High Court has found that the principles of the controversial 2019 Citizen Amendment Act (CAA) applies to “Hindu Tamils of Sri Lanka”, in a ruling that may pave the way for Eelam Tamils to be granted Indian citizenship.

A former Indian special forces Major spoke of how his own father, a retired colonel, raised a salute to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as he returned from “the most challenging” deployment of his career with the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF).

Speaking on The Ranveer Show, Maj. Abhay Sapru recalled his time with the IPKF when they it was deployed to the North-East and his experience with the LTTE.

A protest was held in Batticaloa on Saturday, denouncing the Sri Lankan government’s offer of Rs. 200,00 compensation for relatives of those who had been forcibly disappeared or abducted by state forces.

The protest, which marched through Batticaloa, was led by  Thambirasa Selvarani, President of the Amparai Distrcit Missing Persons' Association, and had representatives from all three districts in the Eastern Province.

An event was held in Nyborg by the Demark Tamil Women’s Organization to mark the Tamil Eelam Women’s uprising Day and the 35^th death anniversary of 2^nd Lt. Maalathy, the first female fighter of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to lose her life in the Tamil armed struggle.

The event has started with the raising of the Tamil Eelam flag and floral tributes were offered to martyrs of the liberation struggle, including Lt. Colonel Kumarappa, Lt. Ekachudar and Lt Colonel Pulendran.