A former Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadre was arrested under the notorious Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) yesterday for allegedly 'reorganising' the LTTE. 

Following a tip-off from the district intelligence unit, Kaluvanchikudi police arrested Nagalingam Pradeepan, at his home in Porathivu, Batticaloa.

German Tamils gathered in Bebelplatz, Berlin, to commemorate the 40^th anniversary of the burning of the Jaffna library.

Tamil families of the disappeared marked the 40th anniversary of the burning of the Jaffna library in Vavuniya yesterday. 

“The burning of Jaffna library was tantamount to genocide against Tamils,” said Ko. Rajkumar, secretary of the organisation. 

The public vaccination program against COVID-19 began in Jaffna, on Sunday.

Sriranjani Anandakumarasamy who taught English at the University of Jaffna passed away last Friday, May 28, after contracting the coronavirus. 

The Sri Lankan army has been reported to be illegally fishing in a pond near Thiruketheeswaram, Mannar, owned by the Thiruketheeswaram farmers’ organisation.

Approximately 80 families residing in Karkulam village in the Vavuniya Divisional Secretariat, who relied on daily-wage work such as construction and cutting timber for their livelihood, have been rendered jobless due to the ban on travel and pushed to the point of starvation.

Sri Lankan government spokesman, Keheliya Rambukwella, rebuked claims that Sri Lanka was importing garbage from Chin describing them as mere gossip.

Rambukwella made these remarks during a press conference where he further claimed that Sri Lanka was receiving its vaccine from China at a lower price than the price given to other countries.

Meeting with Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to the UK, Saroja Sirisena, Britain’s Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle reportedly spoke on the need to strengthen bilateral relations and agreed to a controversial cricket match between British and Sri Lankan parliamentarians despite concerns over human rights abuses.

The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) said the recent appointment of war time police chief to the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) "completes the militarisation of this transitional justice mechanism" and "obliterates any chance of truth and justice" for Tamil families of the disappeared.

Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, David Holly called on Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday to voice support for development in Sri Lanka despite ongoing concerns over Sri Lanka’s human rights record.

Sri Lankan Minister, Ajith Nivard Cabraal, defended the governments $250 million currency swap with Bangladesh implying it was not disgraceful for Sri Lanka to seek this arrangement with one of the most impoverished countries in the world.