Students from a Batticaloa school, who were made to form an armed guard of honour for the governor of the Eastern province, had received weapons training from the Sri Lankan army.

The Tamil Heritage Forum has slammed the Sri Lankan government for its aggressive Sinhalisation of Vavuniya North, as well as the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) for failing to speak up against the issues.

Indian universities officials attending an education fair in Jaffna this week granted admissions and scholarships to local students.

Local journalists were removed from a district-level meeting about development activities in Mannar by the governor of the Northern Province’s security detail on Sunday. 

A monument paying tribute to the tens of thousands of Tamils massacred by the Sri Lankan state during final phase of the armed conflict was unveiled at the University of Jaffna this week.

The Sri Lankan government has begun advertising for the post of hangman this week, after the president vowed to implement capital punishment, following a state visit to the Philippines.

The former chief minister of the Northern Province C V Wigneswaran visited protesting Tamil families in Keppapulavu this week, stating the army had “no right” to continue its occupation of their land.

Tamils gathered in Jaffna and Kilinochchi today to mark  23 years since the Kumarapuram massacre, when Sri Lankan army corporals went on a murderous rampage through the Trincomalee village, raping and killing 26 Tamils.

Britain will be leading a United Nations resolution on Sri Lanka at the Human Rights Council in Geneva next month, said the UK Mission to the United Nations in Geneva in a statement on Monday.

The Sri Lankan air force is looking to further expand its fleet and purchase a new batch of Russian military helicopters, according to reports on Sunday.