The Sri Lankan Army has constructed a utility building complex at their occupying camp in Mullivaikkal, the site of massacres in 2009, which includes a gym and a barbershop for the military's stationed soldiers.

The new complex includes a tailor shop, barber saloon and a fully equipped gymnasium, in addition to several other wings at the 66 Division HQ at Nandikadal.

Sri Lanka's Major General Sanjaya Wanasinghe cut a ribbon and declared the new facility open in a ceremony last week.

An Eelam Tamil family of five, including three children, have arrived in Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu after having been stranded for almost two days without food or water. 

Indian Marine Police, rescued the family, which includes a six-month-old infant, and brought them in a boat to the shore.

According to the officials, they were identified as Sabrin (33), his wife Radhika (32) and children Sajith (7), Salma (3) and Sagin (6-month-old). They all come from Mannar.

Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa held his first rally since his resignation in the city of Kalutara, in the Western Sinhala province.

Responding to the passage of UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution 51/L1, Sri Lanka’s justice minister, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe slammed the government for what he described as a “non-existent robust foreign policy” and placed blame on the Tamil diaspora.

Twelve senior LTTE members including Lt Col Kumarappa and Lt Col Pulenthiran were remembered in Denmark and Britain on the 35th anniversary of their deaths.

The twelve were captured by the Sri Lankan navy in 1987. Lt. Colonel Pulenthiran and Lt. Colonel Kumarappa swallowed cyanide and committed suicide after being arrested by the Indian Peace Keeping Force and were in the process of being taken to Colombo for interrogation. The incident occurred within two months of the IPKF arriving on the island.

India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka shared a laugh with accused Sri Lankan war criminal Shavendra Silva last week, as New Delhi reportedly pledged to continue training Sri Lanka’s military.

Gopal Baglay addressed the Indian Army Trainees Alumni Interaction, organised by the Indian High Commission, and expressed India's willingness to offer training for Sri Lanka.

A commemoration event has taken place at Kilinochchi, to mark thirty-five years since the death 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.

Across the world, the day is being commemorated as Tamil Women’s Day, an opportunity to honour women’s involvement in the fight for Tamil rights.

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s State President, K. Annamalai stirred controversy in a tweet that claimed that only India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, could solve the problems of Sri Lanka and of the Eelam Tamil people.

The tweet featured an outline of Tamil Eelam with a tiger featured over the Tamil homeland.

Today marks thirty-five years since the death 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.

Across the world, the day is being commemorated as Tamil Women’s Day, an opportunity to honour women’s involvement in the fight for Tamil rights.

Speaking in parliament, Tamil National Alliance MP, M.A. Sumanthiran slammed the Sri Lankan police’s response to a peaceful demonstration staged by Tamil fishermen in Mullaitivu and charged Sri Lanka’s fisheries minister with promoting illegal fishing methods.