Top US diplomat to visit Lanka ahead of Presidential polls

Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn is scheduled to visit Colombo where she is expected to engage with the Sri Lankan government, and civil society to discuss joint efforts on climate resilience, environment protection, and wildlife conservation. Her visit comes at a time when Sri Lanka is bracing for a decisive presidential polls which is scheduled to be held on September 21st. 

HMRC files winding-up petition against Lycamobile

His Majesty's Revenue & Customs, the UK's tax authority, had served a winding-up petition to the High Court against Lycamobile UK on Monday.

The winding-up order is a legal process and served when a company is insolvent, unable to pay its debts. HMRC regularly deploys this petition when companies fail to pay tax bills. Such process can result in liquidation and assets being forcibly sold to generate money towards repayment of debts. 

Sri Lanka's permanent rep to UN ordered to pay AUD $543,000 in unpaid wages in modern slavery case

Himalee Subashini Arunatilaka, the current Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva, has been ordered by the Australian Federal Court to pay $543,000 in unpaid wages and interest to a domestic worker who served her when she was deputy high commissioner of Sri Lanka in Australia.

Sid Sriram talks Eelam Tamils, A R Rahman and embracing his identity

Ahead of his headline London show in October, musician Sid Sriram sat down to speak with the Tamil Guardian about how he grew to embrace his identity, recall midnight recording sessions with A R Rahman and his deep love for the Eelam Tamil community worldwide.

 

BREAKING - Sinhalese protesters disrupt Canadian event for Tamil Genocide monument

A group of Sinhalese protesters disrupted a ceremony in which a foundation stone was being laid to mark the beginning of the construction of the Tamil Genocide Monument in Brampton, Canada on Wednesday. 

India and Sri Lanka begin joint counter-insurgency defence training

Despite it being 15 years since the end of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka, India and Sri Lanka continue to undertake joint military exercises to enhance their military capability for counter-insurgency operations. 

Tamil youths sign petition in Mannar to hold politicians to account

In a bid to hold Tamil politicians accountable, Eelam Tamil youths signed a petition as part of a larger signature campaign demanding that promises made by Tamil members of parliament during the election be fulfilled. 

TNPF urges Tamils to boycott common candidate and elections

Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) MP Selvarajah Kajendran has leveled allegations against fellow Tamil politicians, claiming that they are deceiving the Tamil community by engaging in discussions about the 13th Amendment with President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

15 years after the armed conflict and the OMP still searches for answers

Although it has been 15 years since the end of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka where particularly towards the end, tens of thousands of Tamils were reported enforced disappeared, the government-run Office of Missing Persons has once again resumed its fact-finding mission in Jaffna. 

Tamil Nadu-Jaffna ferry ‘Sivagangai’ completes maiden journey

 The ferry ‘Sivagangai’ run by a private operator, IndSri Ferry Services, completed its maiden journey between Nagapattinam and Kakesanthurai (KKS) in approximately 4 hours with around 44 passengers on board. The passengers were welcomed at the KKS port by the Consul General of India at Jaffna.

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