The 36th anniversary of the Kokkuvil Pirambadi massacre, when over fifty Tamil civilians were shot dead or crushed with an armoured vehicle by Indian Peacekeeping Forces (IPKF), was commemorated in Jaffna on Thursday.

Muttiah Arumugam, an Eelam Tamil father who had tirelessly searched for his forcibly disappeared son, has tragically passed away in Vavuniya never knowing what happened to his child.

Mannar Diocese Bishop Emmanuel Fernando Andagai has raised the alarm to protect the natural resources of Mannar district and called for immediate action to prevent the exploitation and destruction of the region's natural treasures under the guise of development.

Just days after Sri Lanka’s foreign affairs ministry called for a ceasefire as violence escalated in Israel and Palestine, Ranil Wickremesinghe came out and condemned the Hamas assault.

Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry had originally not placed blame on either party but called for an “immediate halt to violence” and reaffirmed its support for a "two-state solution".

The first female martyr in the Tamil Eelam liberation struggle, 2nd Lt. Maalathy, was commemorated in Jaffna on Tuesday.

The event was led by the women's wing of the Tamil National People's Front.

UK’s Minister for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan has met Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, and will travel to Jaffna during a three day visit to the island.

Both former Sri Lankan presidents Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa have praised Ranil Wickremasignhe’s recent fiery interview with Deutsche Welle, where the current president repeatedly denounced any prospect of an international investigation into rights abuses or the Easter Sunday bombings.

Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremsinghe has reiterated his opposition to any international inquiry into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, just weeks after a fiery interview in which he denounced any attempts at international involvement.

At least 12 members of the US Congress demanded the Biden administration ensure Sri Lanka is held to account for crimes committed against the Tamil people last month, with calls for the issue to be elevated to the International Court of Justice.

Tamil political parties have united to call for a hartal on October 20 across the North-East in support of Mullaitivu judge T Saravanarajah, who fled the island in the face of death threats last month. 

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, was commemorated by Tamil activists in Mullaitivu today. 

The eagerly anticipated ferry service between Kankesanthurai in Jaffna and Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu has once again been postponed.