The fatal shooting of Attorney-at-Law Buddhika Mallawarachchi and his wife in Akuregoda, Thalangama, has triggered outrage, paralysed court proceedings across Sri Lanka, and reignited debate over the country’s deteriorating law and order.

The Chairman of the Karaitheevu Pradeshiya Sabha, S. Baskaran, has warned that the Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill (PSTB) proposed by the Sri Lankan government could prove harmful to the general public and pose a threat to social activists.

Around 30 inscriptions, the majority in Tamil-Brahmi, have been identified in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, offering striking new evidence of the global reach of ancient Tamil civilisation and confirming that Tamils travelled and lived in Roman Egypt between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE.

University of Jaffna marks the 30th anniversary of the Kumarapuram massacre with a remembrance ceremony honouring the 26 victims

The Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA) has defended students at the University of Jaffna who pulled down the Sri Lankan lion flag and hoisted black flags on 4 February, as part of coordinated protests across the Tamil homeland marking Sri Lanka’s Independence Day as a day of mourning.

Fisherfolk in Mullaitivu District staged a protest, calling on authorities to take immediate steps to prohibit illegal fishing activities that they say are devastating livelihoods along the coast of the Tamil homeland.

A memorial commemoration for the late Tamil journalist Punniyamurthy Sathiyamoorthy was held at the Mullaitivu press club, with journalists and civil society figures gathering to pay tribute to his life and work.

Member of Parliament Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam has raised serious concerns over the conduct of Sri Lankan police following the fatal shooting of a Tamil teenager in Jaffna, warning that those accused of wrongdoing are often the very ones tasked with investigating it.

The Myiliddy Resettlement Development Committee has submitted a memorandum to the Jaffna District Secretary urging the expedited release of privately owned lands that remain under the control of the Sri Lankan security forces.

A signature campaign calling for the repeal of Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and the withdrawal of proposed new legislation was launched in Jaffna this week under the theme “Neither the old nor the new”.

Sri Lanka’s government has pledged to release a portion of privately owned lands in Valikamam North, Jaffna, ahead of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year in April, even as the wider military occupation of the Tamil homeland remains firmly in place.

A group of twenty-five Indian fishermen who had entered waters off Kankesanthurai and engaged in fishing activities have been arrested by Sri Lankan naval personnel, as Eelam Tamils complained of a growing number of incursions.

Hardline Sinhala nationalist Wimal Weerawansa has accused Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake of failing to confront "separatism", in a speech delivered in Matara, a southern district often viewed as a bastion of Sinhala nationalist politics. Addressing a gathering of supporters, Weerawansa argued that Buddhism stands apart from other faiths because it does not produce extremist movements.

Sri Lanka’s Speaker of Parliament, Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne, is facing mounting political pressure after the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) decided to initiate a formal investigation into complaints lodged against him, intensifying scrutiny of the head of the legislature and chair of the Constitutional Council.