The office of the Tamil newspaper, Virakesari in Jaffna was attacked this morning, with bottles were thrown at the premises by unidentified persons. 

No one was injured during the attack. 

The attack comes as the situation in the North-East remained tense following the killing of two Tamil university students by Sri Lankan police on October 20. 
 

Sri Lanka's Telecommunication Regulatory Commission on Saturday prohibited a Tamil website for alleged 'incitement', the Sunday Times reports. 

The decision was made based on a complaint by the media and justice ministry, the TRC director reportedly told the paper. 

"The complaint was that the website was carrying false propaganda about judicial decisions given in the north, criticising judges and lawyers and posting news inciting the public in the north," the director was quoted as saying. 

Civil society activists and organisations across the island on Friday condemned the killing of two Tamil students at the University of Jaffna by Sri Lankan police officers. 

In a statement signed by 113 individuals and 12 organisations, the civil society activists called for a "for an independent investigation and so as to ensure justice". 

Demanding that the judicial process be independent, impartial and fast-tracked, the activists said, "speedy and demonstrable action to mete out justice on this incident, and adequate compensation and continued support to the two families, is urgently required with no further delays or attempts to cover-up."

Students at the University of Jaffna protested on Monday demanding justice for the killing of two students on October 20th by Sri Lankan police officers. 

The protest takes places as the Sri Lankan president, Maithripala Sirisena is due to visit Jaffna. 

The administrative activities of the university have been brought to a stand still as protesters blockade the main entrance. 

Muslims in Jaffna hoisted black flags on Sunday to remember the exodus from the region on October 30th, 1990, when the Muslim community was forced out of the area by the LTTE. 

The Sri Lankan president, Maithripala Sirisena on Thursday called some media organisations and NGOs "traitorous forces". 

Addressing an event for the armed forces, Mr Sirisena was quoted by the Daily Mirror as saying, "national security should be maintained without belittling it". 

“Some factions act without understanding this. Sometimes, it appears, some media organisations, journalists, NGOs and various traitorous forces do this,” he added. 

Sri Lanka will sell 80 percent of the $1.5 billion Hambantota port to a Chinese firm, reports Reuters.

Speaking at the country’s Foreign Correspondents Association on Thursday, Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said,

“The value will be more than the $1billion and the deal will be signed around the second week of November. For somebody like the Chinese, it is the silk route transit point.”

Buddhist monks from India visited Jaffna this week to pray for the two Tamil university students shot dead by Sri Lankan police last Thursday. 

Conducted a peaceful march outside the grounds of the university, the monks called for the violence to cease. 

Students in Tamil Nadu this week held a protest demonstrating against the killing of two Jaffna university students last Thursday. 

The protest, which was held in Salem outside the District Collector's office, was organised by the Tamil Nadu Students Youths Federation and called for those responsible to face justice. 

A human skeleton was found by locals in Uruthirapuram, Kilinochchi district on Thursday.

The police are yet to identify the skeleton, however have said the deceased appears to have died around two months earlier.