Tamil hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam has visited Jaffna Teaching Hospital to discuss the hospital services.

Raj Rajaratnam has long supported the Jaffna Teach Hospital and in 2006 donated an echo machine to the cardiovascular surgery unit of the hospital. 

Relatives of the Disappeared persons in Mannar are demanding the abolition of the Office of Missing Persons following years of inadequate inquiries which, the UN High Commissioner notes, "has not been able to trace a single disappeared person or clarify the fate of the disappeared in meaningful ways".

Speaking to our journalists, the head of the Mannar District Disappeared Relatives Association, Manuel Udayachandra, stressed the need to do away with such institutions.

Tamil Guardian journalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan was summoned to Mullaitivu police station this morning to give a statement on the harassment he faced by Sri Lankan navy and police officers at a land grab protest earlier this year. 

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has facilitated the return of 152 Tamil refugees to Sri Lanka despite continued protests and calls to be resettled in another country.

Tamil families in Keppapulavu held a protest infront of the Mullaitivu Defense Headquarters, demanding the release of their land from Sri Lankan military occupation yesterday. 

"We want our land, the army should leave our land,” the protesters chanted. 

Tamils in Keppapulavu began their protests calling for the return of their homes in March 2017. 

On December 26th, 2004, over 35,000 people perished during the catastrophic tsunami that hit the coasts of the North-East and South of the island of Sri Lanka.

Speaking at a media conference in Mannar, Tamil National Alliance MP, Charles Nirmalanathan, maintained "there is no point in negotiating with the Sri Lankan government without the mediation of a country like India, America, or Britain".

This week, Tamils across the North East commemorated the deaths of over 35,000 people during the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that devastated North-East and South of the island of Sri Lanka.

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) reported five days after the disaster that almost two-thirds of those killed across the island were in the Tamil homeland of the North-East.

The Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) commemorated the 17th anniversary of the assassination of Tamil MP Joseph Pararajasingham at their headquarters today. 

Tamils across the North-East are celebrating Christmas at churches across the homeland today.