This week marks 17 years since thousands of British Tamils began a continuous 72-day occupation of Parliament Square in London on April 6 2009, as Sri Lanka intensified its military offensive that led to the Mullivaikkal genocide. 

Four British Tamil chess players are now ranked in the UK’s top 20 female players, led by 11-year-old prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan, who has risen to No. 1 in the national rankings.

Sri Lanka’s CID has, for the first time, formally linked former TMVP leader Pillayan to the abduction and killing of Eastern University Vice Chancellor Professor Sivasubramaniam Raveendranath, in a case that underscores long-standing allegations of paramilitary abuses and Sri Lankan state complicity during the armed conflict.

Rising prices, stagnant incomes and speculative demand drive exclusion, as economic shocks and shifting land ownership intensify fears across Tamil regions.

Malayaga Tamils in Badulla held a protest demanding permanent land rights and housing, highlighting the Sri Lankan government’s failure to address their long-standing marginalisation.

A 14-year-old has been charged with hate-motivated vandalism of the Tamil Genocide Monument in Brampton.

The family of a Jaffna teenager killed in a police shooting has reported intimidation and is calling for an independent investigation amid concerns over police involvement in both the killing and subsequent probe.

The Sri Lankan Army War College hosted a two-day training programme last week centred on the Mullaitivu offensive, with participation from senior military figures accused of atrocity crimes during the 2009 genocide of Tamils.

Tamil landowners and local residents in Kilinochchi blocked a government survey aimed at acquiring their ancestral lands for military use.

Thousands of Tamils across the North-East marked Easter with midnight Masses, including a large gathering at St. Sebastian’s Cathedral in Mannar led by the Bishop, under heightened security.

A Tamil student from Kilinochchi has ranked island first in the 2025 A-Level Physical Science stream.

Ahead of the release of his production company Stone Bench’s latest release ‘Neelira’, producer Karthik Subbaraj sat down with Tamil Guardian to discuss the upcoming film as well as diving into a quick retrospective of his career. 

What made you decide to produce 'Neelira'?

A Tamil refugee who fled to Canada by sea on the MV Sun Sea in 2010 is facing deportation to Sri Lanka.