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Number of skeletal remains identified at Chemmani rises to 302
  A total of 302 skeletal remains have been identified during the excavations at the Chemmani mass grave site so far, whilst 298 have been completely exhumed.  Eight skeletal remains, including those of two children, were exhumed on Sunday (June 7), during the 18th day of the third phase of excavations. According to a legal expert from the excavation site, six additional skeletal…

Sri Lankan Archaeology Director visits illegal Buddhist structure in defiance of court order

May 1, 2025
The Director General of Sri Lanka’s Department of Archaeology, Professor Thusitha Mendis, conducted an inspection of a newly constructed Buddhist temple in the Kurunthurmalai region of Thannimurippu, Mullaitivu District - despite a court order explicitly prohibiting further construction at the site.

Tamil families of the disappeared accuse Sri Lanka of suppressing truth through bureaucracy

May 1, 2025
Amalanayagi Amalraj, President of the Association of Families of the Forcibly Disappeared in Batticaloa District, has accused the Sri Lankan government of deliberately suppressing the struggle of Tamil families searching for their disappeared loved ones, by shifting the issue into bureaucratic obscurity.

Sri Lanka and Pakistan hold defence talks amid rising Indo-Pakistani tensions

Apr 29, 2025

Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha, met with Pakistan’s Defence Minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, in Islamabad this week on the sidelines of the 5th Sri Lanka-Pakistan Bilateral Defence Dialogue, the Sri Lankan government announced.

Nainativu residents protest against Sri Lankan police bias following worker dispute

Apr 29, 2025
Residents of Nainativu staged a protest in Iranguthurai, accusing the police of bias after eight workers were arrested following a dispute at the jetty

Dissanayake pledges land restitution and 'reconciliation' during Vavuniya rally

Apr 29, 2025
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake addressed a campaign rally in Vavuniya this week, making a series of pledges ranging from land restitution to “national reconciliation”, ahead of local government elections next month.

Mark Carney wins Canadian election, Gary Anandasangaree re-elected 

Apr 29, 2025

Mark Carney has led the Liberal Party to victory in the 2025 Canadian federal election, with results announced this morning, securing a mandate to govern after months of political uncertainty.

Speaking as results were announced, Carney said that the "old relationship of integration with the US is now over," after US President Donald Trump loomed large across the whole campaign. "We are over the shock of the American betrayal, we have to take care of each other," Carney added.

Families of the disappeared protest in Kilinochchi, marking 2,984 days of unanswered grief

Apr 29, 2025
Families of the forcibly disappeared protest in Kilinochchi, demanding justice after 2,984 days of unanswered grief

Mullaitivu landowners call for return of Navy-occupied lands

Apr 29, 2025
Landowners in Mullaitivu’s Vadduvakal area urge the Sri Lankan government to return lands seized by the Navy, reclaiming their livelihood and heritage

Journalists protest to mark 20 years since Sivaram’s assassination 

Apr 28, 2025

Sivaram memorial commemoration

Journalists and civil society members gathered in Jaffna today to mark the 20th anniversary of the assassination of renowned Tamil journalist and editor Dharmeratnam "Taraki" Sivaram, amid reports of intimidation and surveillance by Sri Lankan police and intelligence services.

Sri Lankan minister’s driver assaults Tamil fisherman during visit

Apr 28, 2025
A Fishermen's Association chairman in Mullaitivu was assaulted by a driver accompanying Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekaran during a campaign visit on April 24th
Sri Lankan Archaeology Director visits illegal Buddhist structure in defiance of court order
Tamil families of the disappeared accuse Sri Lanka of suppressing truth through bureaucracy
Sri Lanka and Pakistan hold defence talks amid rising Indo-Pakistani tensions
Nainativu residents protest against Sri Lankan police bias following worker dispute
Dissanayake pledges land restitution and 'reconciliation' during Vavuniya rally
Mark Carney wins Canadian election, Gary Anandasangaree re-elected 
Families of the disappeared protest in Kilinochchi, marking 2,984 days of unanswered grief
Mullaitivu landowners call for return of Navy-occupied lands
Journalists protest to mark 20 years since Sivaram’s assassination 
Sri Lankan minister’s driver assaults Tamil fisherman during visit
Sri Lankan Archaeology Director visits illegal Buddhist structure in defiance of court order
Tamil families of the disappeared accuse Sri Lanka of suppressing truth through bureaucracy
Sri Lanka and Pakistan hold defence talks amid rising Indo-Pakistani tensions
Nainativu residents protest against Sri Lankan police bias following worker dispute
Dissanayake pledges land restitution and 'reconciliation' during Vavuniya rally
Mark Carney wins Canadian election, Gary Anandasangaree re-elected 
Families of the disappeared protest in Kilinochchi, marking 2,984 days of unanswered grief
Mullaitivu landowners call for return of Navy-occupied lands
Journalists protest to mark 20 years since Sivaram’s assassination 
Sri Lankan minister’s driver assaults Tamil fisherman during visit