• Remains of LTTE uniform and Tamil Eelam flags found in Mullivaikkal

    Sep 17

    The remains of at least two Tamil Eelam flags and LTTE uniforms have been uncovered in Mullivaikkal on Wednesday, more than a decade after tens of thousands of Tamils were killed in a Sri Lankan military offensive in 2009.

  • Sri Lankan soldier arrested over armed robbery in Jaffna
    <p>A Sri Lankan soldier was arrested in connection with the armed robbery of a house in Inuvil, Jaffna, which left a woman hospitalised.</p> <p>The house was broken into in the early hours of Sunday morning and residents attacked by five masked, armed men.</p> <p>Following investigations and a secret tip-off, Chunnakam police arrested a soldier after a laptop stolen from the Inuvil house was found at his residence in Punnalaikattuvan.</p>
  • ‘Acts of genocide’ continue says C V Wigneswaran

    The former Chief Minister of the Northern Province C V Wigneswaran told the international community that the Tamil people can “no longer tolerate” the injustices that they continue to face, in a. Speech that also appealed to the Sinhala people of the south.

  • Sri Lanka keen to resume ferry service with India
    <p>Sri Lanka is keen to resume the ferry service with India, the Prime Minister’s Office said. The issue had been discussed during a meeting between Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and a visiting Indian delegation.</p> <p>Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, a Tamil Nadu politician, met with the PM for talks in Colombo on Saturday.</p>
  • UNF says talks with Sajith successful
    <p>The United National Front (UNF) says it held successful talks with the United National Party Deputy Leader and Presidential hopeful, Sajith Premadasa on Saturday.</p> <p>Mano Ganesan, a UNF member and Tamil Progressive Alliance leader said that several important decisions were reached during the talks.</p>
  • Businesses shut across Jaffna in support of Ezhuka Tamil rally

    Shops and transportation links were shut down across many parts of the Jaffna peninsula today, as businesses expressed solidarity with the Ezhuka Tamil rally taking place.

  • Relatives of disappeared demand answers and condemn Sri Lanka’s OMP

    With no further information on the whereabouts of their loved ones, families of the disappeared in Jaffna protested outside Sri Lanka’s Office of Missing Persons (OMP) office in the district on Sunday.

  • Thileepan’s fast commemorated by hundreds in Jaffna

    Hundreds of Tamils gathered in Jaffna on Sunday to commemorate Lt Col Thileepan, a political wing leader of the LTTE who began a fast unto death 32 years ago.

  • Australian Minister accuses Tamil children of being “anchor babies”

    Australian Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton, has described Tamil children as “anchor babies” accusing activists of cost bullying the government in asylum seeker fights that cost taxpayers “millions of dollars”.

  • UN expert group to review cases from Sri Lanka
    <p>The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will examine more than 530 cases from 36 countries, including Sri Lanka, during their 119th session in Geneva.</p> <p>The Working Group, comprised of five independent experts, will meet relatives of the disappeared, state authorities, civil society representatives and other stakeholders to exchange information on individual cases and on the persistent practice of enforced disappearances.</p>
  • Northern governor orders schools to remain open, despite Tamil calls for protest
    <p>Sri Lanka's Northern Province governor, Suren Raghavan, has ordered the authorities to keep schools in the North open tomorrow.</p> <p>Politicians requested schools to close in support of a major rally in Jaffna tomorrow, which has been organised by the Tamil People’s Council. The Jaffna rally is being staged to demand the authorities to address issues and concerns of Tamil people in the North and East.</p>
  • Sri Lanka's STF open fire in Jaffna, one injured

    Sri Lanka’s Special Task Force opened fire in Jaffna on Saturday, with latest reports indicating that at least one Tamil youth has been admitted to hospital with gunshot wounds.

    The injured youth has been identified as 20-year-old Kisnarajah Sajeevan. He has been admitted to a Jaffna hospital with injuries to his leg.

  • ‘Connection to Chennai’ needed say Tamils in Jaffna

    Tamils in Jaffna have called for direct flights to Chennai, as part of a recent expansion of Palaly airport which will see commercial flights from India visiting the peninsula.

  • Gecko names anger Sinhala nationalists and Buddhist monks

    The naming of new gecko species after mythical Sinhala nationalist figures has angered nationalist parliamentarians and Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka.

    At least six new geckos were named by scientists after Sinhala mythical figures, including giant warriors Nandimithra and Gotaimbara, who reportedly fought against the Tamil Chola King. The practice follows that of the Sri Lankan military, which has named colonised villages and statues in honour of the mythical figures.

  • Father of disappeared Tamil passes away after long search for son

    The father of a disappeared Tamil man has passed away after years of searching for his son and receiving no information on his whereabouts.

    Sinnaya Nagarasa died earlier this month, after spending more than a decade in a search for his son Nakuleswaran. 

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