The remains of at least two Tamil Eelam flags and LTTE uniforms have been uncovered in Mullivaikkal on Wednesday, more than a decade after tens of thousands of Tamils were killed in a Sri Lankan military offensive in 2009.

<p>A Sri Lankan soldier was arrested in connection with the armed robbery of a house in Inuvil, Jaffna, which left a woman hospitalised.</p> <p>The house was broken into in the early hours of Sunday morning and residents attacked by five masked, armed men.</p> <p>Following investigations and a secret tip-off, Chunnakam police arrested a soldier after a laptop stolen from the Inuvil house was found at his residence in Punnalaikattuvan.</p> <p>After questioning, the soldier revealed the identities of the remaining suspects whom police reported were all in hiding.</p>

The former Chief Minister of the Northern Province C V Wigneswaran told the international community that the Tamil people can “no longer tolerate” the injustices that they continue to face, in a. Speech that also appealed to the Sinhala people of the south.

<p>Sri Lanka is keen to resume the ferry service with India, the Prime Minister’s Office said. The issue had been discussed during a meeting between Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and a visiting Indian delegation.</p> <p>Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, a Tamil Nadu politician, met with the PM for talks in Colombo on Saturday.</p> <p>The ferry service linking Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu and Colombo was launched in 2011 but later suspended due to less traffic. &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>The United National Front (UNF) says it held successful talks with the United National Party Deputy Leader and Presidential hopeful, Sajith Premadasa on Saturday.</p> <p>Mano Ganesan, a UNF member and Tamil Progressive Alliance leader said that several important decisions were reached during the talks.</p>

Shops and transportation links were shut down across many parts of the Jaffna peninsula today, as businesses expressed solidarity with the Ezhuka Tamil rally taking place.

With no further information on the whereabouts of their loved ones, families of the disappeared in Jaffna protested outside Sri Lanka’s Office of Missing Persons (OMP) office in the district on Sunday.

Though Sri Lanka’s president signed the gazette for the OMP more than two years ago, relatives of the disappeared have repeatedly criticised the office for failing to consult with war-affected victims and for not having the mandate to adequately investigate forcible disappearances.

Hundreds of Tamils gathered in Jaffna on Sunday to commemorate Lt Col Thileepan, a political wing leader of the LTTE who began a fast unto death 32 years ago.

Australian Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton, has described Tamil children as “anchor babies” accusing activists of cost bullying the government in asylum seeker fights that cost taxpayers “millions of dollars”.

The comments were made on 2GB radio on Thursday as Dutton spoke on the case of Tamil asylum seekers who are trying to avoid being deported from Biloela, a rural town in Australia. Priya, Nadesalingam and their two Australian-born children Kopika, 4, and Tharunicaa, 2, have continued to their appeal and gained support from the local and global community. 

 

<p>The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will examine more than 530 cases from 36 countries, including Sri Lanka, during their 119th session in Geneva.</p> <p>The Working Group, comprised of five independent experts, will meet relatives of the disappeared, state authorities, civil society representatives and other stakeholders to exchange information on individual cases and on the persistent practice of enforced disappearances.</p>