Three Tamil political prisoners have been released after 14 years of unjust imprisonment. The prisoners, Thiruvarul, 45, Sulakshan, 34, Tharshan, 33 were arrested in May 2009 under charges of conspiracy against the state.

Fisherfolk from 14 unions gathered in front of the divisional secretariat office in Point Pedro to protest on Monday 3rd April. The protestors prevented the divisional secretariat employees from entering the office and also disrupted traffic in the area. 

Mr Poobalasingham, a trustee of the Athi Sivan Kovil on Vedukkunaari hill in Nedukeni, Vavuniya, expressed his concern over the future of the temple after it the Athi Lingam was destructed last week. 

The 125th birthday of S J V Chelvanayakam, fondly remembered as Thanthai Chelva, was marked in Jaffna and Mullaitivu this week. 

An officer from Sri Lanka's Minister Security Division (MSD) threatened to shoot Tamil and Muslim protesters for opposing the installation of a Buddha statue in Ponmalaikuda, Pulmoaddai in Trincomalee. 

Tamil families of the disappeared protested in Jaffna on Friday as they continue to call for an international justice mechanism to investigate the fate of their forcibly disappeared relatives. 

In the wake of mass protests in Sri Lanka’s South, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a statement warning that the arrangement Sri Lanka’s leaders have struck with the International Monetary Fund may risk the rights of the island’s citizens.

Vavuniya Nedukeni police have arrested three Tamil men who were making arrangements to restore the recently destructed Athi Lingam consecrated to Lord Siva in Vedukkunaari hill. 

Speaking at an economics conference, hosted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka’s president claimed that the ethnic issue was one of the biggest issues holding back the island’s development.

“We must remember that one of the biggest issues that held back our growth is the ethnic issue. We have to think as Sri Lankans. We cannot divorce that issue from the economic issues” Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe claimed.

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Since his debut with 2007’s ‘Polladhavan,’ Vetrimaaran has been steadily improving his filmic craft, which cannot be said about many of his peers. His films place equal importance to maintaining artistic integrity and showcasing social injustices, resulting in some of the best films of the 21st century. His latest film, ‘Viduthalai,’ continues the director’s impressive streak. Viduthalai is the first half of a two-part film.