As Sri Lanka’s economy collapsed in early 2021, the impact was particularly harsh for Tamil residents of the Nort-East, including Vavuniya, Mannar, Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi, and Jaffna.

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. 

^{The final design of the Tamil Genocide Monument that Brampton City Council approved earlier this year.}

A group of Tamil Canadian civil society activists, representatives and organisers have denounced Sri Lanka’s attempts to halt the construction of a memorial dedicated to victims of the Tamil genocide this week.

Singapore’s Law Minister Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam speaking in Colombo during the opening of a Special Task Force Command center said that Sri Lanka could use some of the tactics deployed by the Singaporean Special Operations Command. 

After many months of delays, the Indian cruise ship ‘Sivaganga’ will begin regular ferry services between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, India, and Kankesanturai in the North-East from August 16. 

A fire broke out on a container ship docked at Colombo which then led to an explosion near the accommodation block of the 18-year-old vessel.

Events took place across the North-East today, to mark 18 years since the Sencholai massacre, where four Sri Lankan air force jets flew over the Vanni and dropped sixteen bombs over the Sencholai children's home for orphans, killing 53 school girls and 3 teachers.

Today marks the 18th anniversary of the massacre of 53 school girls by the Sri Lankan Air Force. 

Today marks the 18th anniversary of the massacre of 53 school girls by the Sri Lankan Air Force. 

On August 14 2006, four Sri Lankan air force jets flew over the Vanni and dropped sixteen bombs over the Sencholai children's home for orphans, killing 53 school girls and 3 teachers. 

Tamil parliamentarian M A Sumanthiran said he was against the concept of a proposed Tamil common candidate for next month’s presidential elections and would only consider backing a “main candidate” from the Sinhala South.