Sri Lanka called on Western powers last week to be wary of imposing sanctions for its alleged human rights violations, warning that the action could worsen the island's long-running ethnic conflict.
The newly appointed Chief Minister of the Eastern Province has admitted that members of his organisation are responsible for recent kidnappings in Eravur.
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fighters belonging to a special marine wing of the Sea Tigers launched a pre-dawn attack against a strategic naval base on an islet off Jaffna peninsula.
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Nine people were killed and 73 more wounded last week when a powerful bomb ripped through a packed passenger train in the suburbs of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo.
A Tamil television journalist working in a Sri Lanka army-held area in the northern Jaffna peninsula was hacked to death along with his friend on Wednesday evening.
Velupillai Pirapaharan, the leader of the Liberation Tigers, in his condolence message following the demise of Brigadier Balraj, elaborated on the characteristics that he admired in Brigadier Balraj as an exceptional military leader.