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Supreme Court challenge filed as Tamil artist remains jailed under PTA
A fundamental rights petition will be filed before Sri Lanka's Supreme Court seeking the release of Tamil artist Sangeethsan Ganeskumar, better known as HipHop Sangee, after his arrest and detention under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), President's Counsel M. A. Sumanthiran announced on Thursday. The move comes amid growing criticism of the rapper's detention and mounting calls from…

Remembering Krishanthi Kumaraswamy 29 years on

Sep 7, 2025

Today marks 29 years since the Chemmani massacre of 1996, in which Sri Lankan soldiers raped and murdered Tamil schoolgirl, Krishanthi Kumaraswamy, and three of her family members that had gone looking for her.

Krishanthi Kumaraswamy was an A Level student at Chundikili High School who was kidnapped, gang raped and viciously murdered by Sri Lankan soldiers and police officers on September 7th 1996. Three of her family members who went in search of her were also brutally murdered. 

Bad Girl - Good film

Sep 6, 2025
Gopi Selva

When two of the best working filmmakers of India come together to produce a film, one should expect something special. The project the duo have decided to represent is Varsha Bharath’s directorial debut ‘Bad Girl,’ a coming of age tale starring Anjali Sivaraman as the eponymous protagonist. 

Madharaasi - Middling masala

Sep 6, 2025
Gopi Selva
AR Murugadoss returns to Kollywood with his boldly titled new film ‘Madharaasi.’

Tamil landowners assaulted during Myliddy protest as Sri Lankan president visits Jaffna

Sep 3, 2025
Tamil landowners protesting the military occupation of their lands in Myliddy were brutally dispersed by Sri Lankan police on Monday, as Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrived in Jaffna to inaugurate the third phase of the Myliddy Harbour Development Project.

Mass grave grows — over 220 bodies unearthed at Chemmani

Sep 3, 2025
At least eight more skeletal remains were fully exhumed from the Chemmani mass grave on Tuesday, while an additional four skeletons were identified, bringing the total number of bodies uncovered to 222.

Sri Lanka criminalises Tamil memorialisation as activist summoned again

Sep 3, 2025
Sri Lanka’s Counter Terrorism and Investigation Division (CTID) has summoned Tamil activist K. Sinthujan of Trincomalee for questioning for the second time in two months, in a move that has fuelled fresh concerns over ongoing surveillance and harassment of Tamils in the North-East.

Namal Rajapaksa rallies monks and unions to defend Sri Lankan soldiers

Sep 3, 2025
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa has called on “war heroes,” trade unions, public servants and “national forces” to unite against what he described as the government’s “hunting” of soldiers accused of atrocities, as the party escalates its campaign to shield the military from accountability.

Vijay’s Katchatheevu challenge rattles Colombo as Sri Lankan president rushes to islet

Sep 3, 2025
Sri Lanka’s president Anura Kumara Dissanayake made a sudden, unannounced trip to Katchatheevu on Monday, just days after Indian actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay reignited the row over the island by calling for its return to Tamil Nadu.

No flag to fly: Sri Lanka risks Olympic humiliation

Sep 3, 2025
Sri Lanka risks losing the right to fly its flag at the Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as other major international sporting events, after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) declared the island’s anti-doping authority non-compliant.

Fonseka demands Rajapaksa be jailed for 400 years, while facing genocide charges himself

Sep 3, 2025

Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, the Sri Lankan Army Commander during the 2009 Mullivaikkal genocide, has launched a blistering attack on former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, alleging corruption, electoral deals with the LTTE, and deliberate attempts to delay the military offensive in 2009.

Remembering Krishanthi Kumaraswamy 29 years on
Bad Girl - Good film
Madharaasi - Middling masala
Tamil landowners assaulted during Myliddy protest as Sri Lankan president visits Jaffna
Mass grave grows — over 220 bodies unearthed at Chemmani
Sri Lanka criminalises Tamil memorialisation as activist summoned again
Namal Rajapaksa rallies monks and unions to defend Sri Lankan soldiers
Vijay’s Katchatheevu challenge rattles Colombo as Sri Lankan president rushes to islet
No flag to fly: Sri Lanka risks Olympic humiliation
Fonseka demands Rajapaksa be jailed for 400 years, while facing genocide charges himself
Remembering Krishanthi Kumaraswamy 29 years on
Bad Girl - Good film
Madharaasi - Middling masala
Tamil landowners assaulted during Myliddy protest as Sri Lankan president visits Jaffna
Mass grave grows — over 220 bodies unearthed at Chemmani
Sri Lanka criminalises Tamil memorialisation as activist summoned again
Namal Rajapaksa rallies monks and unions to defend Sri Lankan soldiers
Vijay’s Katchatheevu challenge rattles Colombo as Sri Lankan president rushes to islet
No flag to fly: Sri Lanka risks Olympic humiliation
Fonseka demands Rajapaksa be jailed for 400 years, while facing genocide charges himself