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EDITORIAL - A shaky bridge across the Palk Strait
As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed Sri Lanka earlier this month, New Delhi’s media was already hailing the visit as a diplomatic triumph. A raft of development projects had been announced and a significant new defence pact between the two governments signed. Images broadcast showed Modi beside a smiling Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake, arms raised aloft in symbolic…

Sri Lanka compensates Rajapaksa's astrologer Rs. 28 million for 2022 damages

Mar 4, 2025
Chief Government Whip and Minister Nalinda Jayathissa revealed that the SLPP - Ranil Wickremesinghe-led government has disbursed significant sums in compensation for damages incurred during the 2022 Araglaya in Sri Lanka, including millions of rupees to an astrologer close to the Rajapaksa clan.

Jaffna fishermen protest against Indian trawler encroachments

Mar 4, 2025
Jaffna fishermen staged a protest on February 27, demanding action against Indian fishermen's encroachments and submitted petitions to relevant authorities

Rights defenders in North-East labelled as terrorists - UN Special Rapporteur

Mar 4, 2025
A forthcoming United Nations Human Rights Council report has highlighted the systematic targeting of human rights defenders (HRDs) in Sri Lanka’s Northern and Eastern provinces, where activists have been subjected to violence, surveillance, and labelled as “terrorists”.

Tamil MP highlights surge in drug trafficking, questions military complicity

Mar 4, 2025
MP Ravikaran raises alarm over the rising drug crisis in Sri Lanka, urging immediate government action.

MP Shritharan visits detained Indian fishermen in Jaffna prison

Mar 4, 2025
Jaffna District MP S. Shritharan visited the Jaffna prison on Monday, where he met with Indian fishermen detained in Sri Lankan jails, following appeals from both Tamil Nadu and Tamil Eelam fishing communities.

ITJP report calls for accountability over Valvettithurai massacre by IPKF

Mar 4, 2025
A new report by the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) has examined the Valvettithurai (VVT) massacre of 1989, one of the worst atrocities committed by the Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF) against Eelam Tamils. 

Rajapaksa ally claims NPP minister threatened to kill Namal 

Mar 3, 2025
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP D.V. Chanaka has accused a Deputy Minister of the National People’s Power (NPP) government of issuing a direct death threat against Namal Rajapaksa, as tensions escalate over the government’s crackdown on the Rajapaksa clan.

UN calls on Sri Lanka to end intimidation in North-East and deliver justice

Mar 3, 2025


The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has called on the Sri Lankan government to take action against the ongoing intimidation of Tamil civil society actors, journalists, and activists in the North-East, as well as deliver justice for rights violations and holding perpetrators accountable.

Shritharan accuses Sri Lankan army of distributing drugs to Tamil youth

Mar 3, 2025

Core Group welcomes Sri Lanka’s empty gestures at United Nations

Mar 3, 2025
The Sri Lanka Core Group at the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has once again extended diplomatic goodwill towards Colombo, welcoming a series of superficial measures while Sri Lanka continues to reject international accountability and refuses to prosecute a single war criminal.
Sri Lanka compensates Rajapaksa's astrologer Rs. 28 million for 2022 damages
Jaffna fishermen protest against Indian trawler encroachments
Rights defenders in North-East labelled as terrorists - UN Special Rapporteur
Tamil MP highlights surge in drug trafficking, questions military complicity
MP Shritharan visits detained Indian fishermen in Jaffna prison
ITJP report calls for accountability over Valvettithurai massacre by IPKF
Rajapaksa ally claims NPP minister threatened to kill Namal 
UN calls on Sri Lanka to end intimidation in North-East and deliver justice
Shritharan accuses Sri Lankan army of distributing drugs to Tamil youth
Core Group welcomes Sri Lanka’s empty gestures at United Nations
Sri Lanka compensates Rajapaksa's astrologer Rs. 28 million for 2022 damages
Jaffna fishermen protest against Indian trawler encroachments
Rights defenders in North-East labelled as terrorists - UN Special Rapporteur
Tamil MP highlights surge in drug trafficking, questions military complicity
MP Shritharan visits detained Indian fishermen in Jaffna prison
ITJP report calls for accountability over Valvettithurai massacre by IPKF
Rajapaksa ally claims NPP minister threatened to kill Namal 
UN calls on Sri Lanka to end intimidation in North-East and deliver justice
Shritharan accuses Sri Lankan army of distributing drugs to Tamil youth
Core Group welcomes Sri Lanka’s empty gestures at United Nations