A Fishermen's Association chairman in Mullaitivu was assaulted by a driver accompanying Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekaran during a campaign visit on April 24th
Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s visit to Puthukudiyiruppu in Mullaitivu yesterday for local election campaigning saw an intense security clampdown across the district, with heavy deployment of armed forces and police.
Sri Lanka’s Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports, and Civil Aviation, Bimal Rathnayake, announced this week that the design phase for a new bridge across the Nandikadal Lagoon in Mullaitivu has been completed, with construction due to commence soon.
The Acting Director of the Jaffna Teaching Hospital, C. Jamunanantha, has issued a renewed appeal for the release of 1.4 acres of land under Sri Lankan military occupation in the Kottady–Meenatchipuram area, stressing the urgent need for the land to support the hospital’s expansion and development.
A Sri Lankan police officer stationed at Jaffna Police Station has been remanded after allegedly forcing his way into a young Tamil woman's home and acting in an unruly manner, in yet another troubling incident highlighting ongoing concerns over police misconduct in the Tamil North-East.
The Association for the Relatives of the Enforced Disappearances in Vavuniya held a memorial event today in honour of Pope Francis, amidst intimidation and surveillance by Sri Lankan intelligence officers.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Organisational Secretary RS Bharathi claimed that late Tamil Nadu leader and DMK patriarch M. Karunanidhi, popularly known as Kalaignar, personally intervened to secure the release of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran from prison in the early 1980s.
Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) leader and Member of Parliament, Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, accused the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) of deep-rooted racism and deception during a media briefing held yesterday at the TNPF’s headquarters in Kokuvil, Jaffna.
Plans for a joint naval exercise between the Sri Lankan and Pakistani navies in the waters off Trincomalee have been shelved following objections raised by New Delhi, according to reports in the Indian press.
The Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) marked what it described as a milestone in indigenous military technology development with the formal handover of the Vimana SII, a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) designed for reconnaissance and surveillance missions.
Thirteen individuals were arrested by the Sri Lankan navy in Kattaikadu, Jaffna for engaging in illegal fishing activities, including sea cucumber harvesting and stealth fishing
Following Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Sri Lanka, plans are reportedly underway to establish an international cricket stadium in Mandaitivu, Jaffna, with the Indian government expected to provide financial backing for the project.
Sri Lankan police officers have been accused of intimidation and discrimination after intercepting a group of Tamil youths travelling from Jaffna to Vavuniya late last night.
