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.

A tense situation has erupted between the fishing communities in Manayaveli and Samudragama in Trincomalee. This incident follows multiple reports of tension between fishing villages in Trincomalee

On 2nd April 2023, the inaugural inter-university Tamil society athletics competition was set up and held by Queen Mary’s Tamil society, Bart’s Tamil Society and ES sports. Universities from across the UK competed to be crowned the TSOC Olympic Champions by participating in multiple field, track and mixed events.

A German court will hear a legal case against a Tamil individual for waving the Eelam national during a Tamil community event.

The trial will be held on Wednesday 19 April 2023 at the district court in Tiergarten, Berlin.

A Tamil father who has been searching for his forcibly disappeared daughter for over a decade passed away today. 

Note: there are some cuts made to the theatrical release of 'Soppana Sundari' in the UK to suit the family audience.

Earlier this week, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP R. Shanakiyan and Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) MP M. A.

Representatives from the administrative body of the Vedukkunaari mountain temple and several Hindu organisations from Vavuniya met with the High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka to discuss issues related to threats to the temple.

Members of a Jaffna church congregation forcibly entered the Uthayan newspaper office in Jaffna, and disrupted operations and caused chaos. The incident followed a story reported by Uthayan that implicated a pastor and his congregation in an assault. 

The hearing of the case related to the vandalism and destruction of the Athi Lingeswaran temple atop the Vedukkunaari mountain was held on 10th April at the Magistrate Court in Vavuniya. 

During the hearing, the police submitted a report based on their investigations and said that further investigations are ongoing. The Police also said that no arrests have been made in regards to this case. 

On Easter Sunday, Tamil youths in Mullaitivu organized a boat race and other festivities to celebrate the occasion.

Various political parties and members of the public have joined together to form a collective aimed at resisting the ongoing Sinhala colonisation and Buddhistisation of the traditional Tamil homeland in Vavuniya, while also protecting the properties of Tamil people.

The life and death of Annai Poopathy was commemorated at the Jaffna University on 12th April. The event marked the 35th anniversary of her hunger strike to death. Annai Poopathy, who was an active member of Batticaloa - Amparai Mother’s front, began a hunger strike demanding an immediate ceasefire to the violence by the Indian Peace Keeping Force and negotiations to take place with the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam. The commemoration was organized by the Jaffna Univeristy Students' Union.