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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…

Two foreign nationals die in Sri Lankan hostel after falling ill

Feb 4, 2025
Two foreign nationals have died in Colombo following sudden illness.

British Tamils protest through London on Sri Lanka's Independence Day

Feb 4, 2025

Thousands of British Tamils marched through London today in protest against Sri Lanka's 77th Independence Day. 

Whilst Sri Lanka celebrates its independence from British rule, the Tamil nation deems it a "black day" as it marks the beginning of state led violence and oppression of the Tamil community. 

Another military parade to mark Sri Lankan ‘independence’

Feb 4, 2025

Sri Lanka marked its 77th ‘Independence Day’ with yet another military parade in Colombo, featuring a reduced but still significant presence of military personnel and 25-gun salute at sea. 

While the government celebrated the day with pomp and ceremony, Tamils across the North-East and the diaspora observed the occasion as a "black day," raising black flags in protest against decades of oppression and atrocities perpetrated by the Sri Lankan state.

Jaffna University hosts second international law conference

Feb 4, 2025
The Faculty of Law at the University of Jaffna inaugurated the second annual Jaffna International Law Conference last week. 

Tamils in Australia protest against Sri Lanka's 77th Independence Day

Feb 4, 2025

Tamils protested against Sri Lanka's 77th Independence Day outside Sri Lanka's embassy in Canberra, Australia today.

The day is regarded as a 'Black Day' for Eelam Tamils who have been oppressed by the Sinhala Buddhist state since Sri Lanka gained independence from British rule on February 4, 1948. 

Jaffna University students replace Sri Lanka's flag with Black Flag

Feb 4, 2025

As Tamils across their homelands held protests marking Sri Lanka's 77th Independence Day today as a Black Day, students at the University of Jaffna replaced the Sri Lankan lion flag that usually flies at the entrance with a black flag.

Tamils mark 'Black Day' across Eelam as Sri Lanka celebrates Independence Day

Feb 4, 2025
On Sri Lanka's 77th Independence Day, Tamils across the North-East marked it as "Black Day" with protests demanding justice for the Tamil genocide and self-determination.

Gotabaya will be arrested over Easter Sunday attacks, claims PHU leader

Feb 4, 2025
Udaya Gammanpila, leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU), has accused the Sri Lankan government of orchestrating a "new drama" to implicate former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and former State Intelligence Services (SIS) Director Major General Suresh Sallay in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings. 

Rajapaksa's body must be preserved after death, says former deputy speaker

Feb 4, 2025
Former Deputy Speaker Ajith Rajapakshe has called for the preservation of former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s body for public display after his demise, in a way to honour his legacy despite the massacres he oversaw. 

Sri Lankan military to set up more checkpoints as part of sand mining crackdown

Feb 3, 2025
Following a supposed lack of police resources, the Sri Lankan military has been called in to help control illegal sand mining in the Vadamarachchi and Thenmarachchi regions, despite their previous complicity in such activities. 
Two foreign nationals die in Sri Lankan hostel after falling ill
British Tamils protest through London on Sri Lanka's Independence Day
Another military parade to mark Sri Lankan ‘independence’
Jaffna University hosts second international law conference
Tamils in Australia protest against Sri Lanka's 77th Independence Day
Jaffna University students replace Sri Lanka's flag with Black Flag
Tamils mark 'Black Day' across Eelam as Sri Lanka celebrates Independence Day
Gotabaya will be arrested over Easter Sunday attacks, claims PHU leader
Rajapaksa's body must be preserved after death, says former deputy speaker
Sri Lankan military to set up more checkpoints as part of sand mining crackdown
Two foreign nationals die in Sri Lankan hostel after falling ill
British Tamils protest through London on Sri Lanka's Independence Day
Another military parade to mark Sri Lankan ‘independence’
Jaffna University hosts second international law conference
Tamils in Australia protest against Sri Lanka's 77th Independence Day
Jaffna University students replace Sri Lanka's flag with Black Flag
Tamils mark 'Black Day' across Eelam as Sri Lanka celebrates Independence Day
Gotabaya will be arrested over Easter Sunday attacks, claims PHU leader
Rajapaksa's body must be preserved after death, says former deputy speaker
Sri Lankan military to set up more checkpoints as part of sand mining crackdown