Sri Lanka’s Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Sampath Thuyacontha, has revealed that Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of accused war criminal and former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was in possession of a significant number of firearms issued for personal security purposes.

The funeral of former Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) leader Mavai Somasundaram Senathirajah was held today in Jaffna. 

Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake claimed that occupied land in the North will be returned to its "rightful owners" during his visit to Jaffna on Friday. 

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited Jaffna last week, where he urged Tamil-speaking youth to apply for vacancies in the Sri Lankan Police Force, despite the decades-long history of abuses and crimes against Tamils.

According to the Sri Lankan president's media division,

A successful blood donation campaign was held at the Vavuniya Headquarters Police Station on January 30th, organized by the Vavuniya Community Police Group in response to the hospital's blood shortage.

Unemployed graduates in Jaffna call on Dissanayake to address lack of job opportunities.

Former Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) leader Mavai Somasundaram Senathirajah has passed away at the age of 82 today. 

He died at Jaffna Teaching Hospital after he was admitted for suffering a fall at his home.

British Tamil actor Ashwin Sakthivel excelled in his role as Vinod Pradeep in the new Prime Video series The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh.

Tamils in Batticaloa commemorated the 87 people killed by Sri Lanka's security forces in the 1987 Kokkadichcholai massacre.

Catherine West, the UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific, is in Jaffna as part of the new UK government's first official visit to the island. 

Pierre Poilievre pledges to seek international justice and accountability for the Tamil genocide.

No justice for slain Tamil journalist 19 years on.

The Sri Lankan Navy seized three Indian fishing boats and arrested 34 fishermen for reportedly illegally fishing.

The students and staff of Burlington Junior and Infant School in New Malden, UK, celebrated Thai Pongal, marking the first time it has been observed in a British school with its school students.