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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…

19th anniversary of Trinco 5 student massacre commemorated

Jan 9, 2025

Trinco 5

The 19th anniversary of the massacre of five Tamil students in Trincomalee in 2006 was commemorated at the site of the killings last week. 

Signature campaign for release of political prisoners gains momentum in North-East

Jan 9, 2025
A petition demanding the release of Tamil political prisoners has drawn widespread reach across the North-East.

Sri Lanka clamps downs on international meetings and statements in new circular

Jan 9, 2025
Media statements, conferences and all meetings must now go through the foreign ministry, in a circular issued by the government

Former Sri Lankan presidents honour architect of Sinhala Only Act

Jan 9, 2025

Former Presidents Chandrika Kumaratunga and Maithripala Sirisena were seen presiding over a ceremony to mark the 126th birth anniversary of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike in Colombo this week, a former Sri Lankan prime minister and architect of legislation that spurred decades of anti-Tamil violence.

Conference at the French National Assembly discuss plight of Eelam Tamils

Jan 9, 2025
A conference focusing on the plight of Eelam Tamils was held at the French National Assembly last month.

Sri Lankan Navy arrests more Indian fishermen as numbers held break records

Jan 9, 2025
535 Indian fishermen were arrested by Sri Lanka in 2024, more than double the previous year.

Racist monk Gnanasara sentenced to nine months in prison

Jan 9, 2025
The sentence follows remarks made by Gnanasara in 2016, where he referred to Islam as a 'cancer that must be eradicated'. 

Eelam Tamil students win second place in international Tamil debate

Jan 9, 2025
Students from the Jaffna and Eastern Universities, secured second place in the International Public Speaking Debate competition organized by the Tirananu University of Malaysia.

Tamils protest against Sri Lanka's plan to deport Rohingya refugees

Jan 9, 2025

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Eelam Tamils have demanded that a group of Rohingya asylum seekers who were fleeing persecution in Myanmar are not deported back to persecution, as they demonstrated in Mullaitivu today.

Strengthening ties: Indian grants to Sri Lanka stand at more than US $780 million

Jan 8, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also set to visit the island this year.
19th anniversary of Trinco 5 student massacre commemorated
Signature campaign for release of political prisoners gains momentum in North-East
Sri Lanka clamps downs on international meetings and statements in new circular
Former Sri Lankan presidents honour architect of Sinhala Only Act
Conference at the French National Assembly discuss plight of Eelam Tamils
Sri Lankan Navy arrests more Indian fishermen as numbers held break records
Racist monk Gnanasara sentenced to nine months in prison
Eelam Tamil students win second place in international Tamil debate
Tamils protest against Sri Lanka's plan to deport Rohingya refugees
Strengthening ties: Indian grants to Sri Lanka stand at more than US $780 million
19th anniversary of Trinco 5 student massacre commemorated
Signature campaign for release of political prisoners gains momentum in North-East
Sri Lanka clamps downs on international meetings and statements in new circular
Former Sri Lankan presidents honour architect of Sinhala Only Act
Conference at the French National Assembly discuss plight of Eelam Tamils
Sri Lankan Navy arrests more Indian fishermen as numbers held break records
Racist monk Gnanasara sentenced to nine months in prison
Eelam Tamil students win second place in international Tamil debate
Tamils protest against Sri Lanka's plan to deport Rohingya refugees
Strengthening ties: Indian grants to Sri Lanka stand at more than US $780 million