Tamil Danish students paid tribute to the Maaveerar at a remembrance event at Århus University, Denmark on Thursday. 

University and college students from across the country gathered at the event to remember fallen LTTE cadre, who sacrificed their lives for the Tamil struggle. 

Students at the University of Jaffna have begun preparations for Maaveerar Naal, which is set to be commemorated next week.

The Tamil National People’s Front held an event in Kilinochchi this week, where they paid tribute to the parents of fallen Tamil fighters, ahead of Maaveerar Naal next week.

<p>Sri Lanka’s Attorney General has withdrawn an appeal against the acquittal of a group of Sinhala extremist monks from the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), who were charged over a 2008 attack on a church.</p> <p>The withdrawal of the appeal comes just days after Sri Lanka’s president Maithripala Sirisena hosted an official meeting with monks from the extremist group, who were earlier pictured protesting for the release of the BBS leader and posing with racist flags.</p>

<p>Lawmakers loyal to Mahinda Rajapaksa staged a walkout this morning after the composition of the parliamentary select committee was passed,&nbsp;made up of a majority of opponents of the former president.</p>

Residents and families of Maaveerar continued work at the Uduthurai Thuyilum illam in Vadamarachchi East, making the site ready for Maaveerar Naal (Tamil Remembrance Day). 

The tombstones of fallen LTTE cadre, which were previously destroyed by the Sri Lankan army, have been placed together to form one large monument in memory of the Maaveerar. 

The Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena has reportedly ordered that Tamil political prisoners trials should be ‘concluded’ before January 2019.

Sirisena issued the directive at his cabinet meeting on Wednesday, News First reports.

Earlier this year Sirisena said “there are no political prisoners in Sri Lanka” and dismissed ongoing protests by Tamils across the North-East over disappearances and political prisoners, claiming they were instigated by ‘misleading’ NGOs.

<p>The body of a young man was found yesterday inside an abandoned house next to Jaffna Youth Court.&nbsp;</p> <p>It has been identified as 33 year old Vimalathas Joseph Jefferson, from Jaffna.&nbsp;</p> <p>The police is reportedly investigating the death.&nbsp;</p>

Final preparations were underway yesterday at the Alankulam Thuyilum Illam (LTTE cemetry) in Sampoor, Trincomalee, ahead of Tamil Remembrance Day or Maaveerar Naal on November 27.

The US Senator Chris Van Hollen wrote to the Sri Lankan president yesterday, urging him to seek an end to the political crisis in the island and accept the results of the two no-confidence motions against Mahinda Rajapaksa. 

Sri Lanka has been in a state of turmoil for weeks following Sirisena's shock sacking of the prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, and the appointment of Mahinda Rajapaksa. 

<p>Sri Lanka’s finance minister issued a statement reassuring lenders of timely debt repayment, as Sri Lanka’s rupee hit a historic low.</p> <p>The statement released by the ministry today <a href="http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Govt-can-repay-loans-for-Fin-Ministry…">said,</a></p>

<p>The paramilitary leader Pillayan who is in detention over the 2005 assassination of TNA MP Joseph Pararajasingham has had his remand extended by the Batticaloa High Court.</p> <p>Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias Pillayan,&nbsp;formerly a deputy of LTTE defector turned paramilitary leader Karuna, was reportedly disappointed to not be released on Wednesday, with his paramilitary associates gathered outside the court complex waiting to greet him.</p>

Sri Lanka’s Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) has resumed its campaign against Tamil Guardian journalist Uthayarasa Shalin after a lull of a month.

The TID issued a summons to Shalin’s friend Sinnathurai Pratheepkumar on Wednesday, ordering him to appear at TID headquarters in Colombo on November 27.

A Jaffna police department have applied for a ban on commemorations of Maaveerar Naal, the Tamil national remembrance day for fallen LTTE fighters on November 27.

Koppay police applied for the ban under section 120 of the penal code - inciting or seeking to incite hate - and Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) regulations.