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‘Where is the LTTE?’ Lawyer challenges terror charges against jailed Tamil rapper
  The lawyer representing detained Tamil rapper Sangeethsan Ganeskumar challenged allegations that his client sought to revive the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during proceedings before the Jaffna Magistrate's Court this week, arguing that the material cited by police contains no reference to the organisation or its leadership. Sangeethsan, better known by his stage name…

Prisons not playgrounds: Sri Lanka keeps 39 young children locked up with mothers

Oct 2, 2025
Prison authorities in Sri Lanka have confirmed that 39 children under the age of five are currently growing up with their mothers inside prisons across the island, including facilities in Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Jaffna. 

Foreign Buddhist monks among eight killed in Sri Lanka’s deadliest cable car crash

Oct 1, 2025
The death toll from last week’s cable car crash in Sri Lanka’s northwestern Kurunegala district has risen to eight, after a monk injured in the accident died in hospital on Sunday.

‘Brutal state terror’: TNP condemns assault on Mannar land rights protesters

Oct 1, 2025
TNP leader Srikanta condemns state violence against Mannar protesters at Jaffna

‘Arrest Fonseka and Shavendra Silva’ – Tamil activist demands truth on white flag surrenders

Oct 1, 2025
Thambirasa urges arrest of Fonseka and Shavendra Silva to reveal fate of Tamils who surrendered under the white flag

Anger in Jaffna as Tamil mothers burn UN resolution

Oct 1, 2025

The final day of a relay hunger strike organised by the Association of Relatives of the Forcibly Disappeared in the North and East was held in Jaffna today, with campaigners demanding international justice for enforced disappearances and mass atrocities committed against Tamils.

Underworld hitman connected to death of rugby star Wasim Thajudeen

Oct 1, 2025

Sri Lankan police have revealed that a crime figure murdered earlier this year in Middeniya was in a vehicle that pursued rugby player Wasim Thajudeen shortly before his death in 2012.

Acting Police Media Spokesperson Nihal Thalduwa confirmed that the man, identified as Anura Vidanagamage, also known as “Middeniya Kajja,” was recognised by his widow in connection with the case.

Sri Lankan Air Force officer accused of looting Frenchwoman’s royal antiques

Oct 1, 2025
An 86-year-old French woman has lodged a complaint with the Sri Lankan police, accusing a senior Sri Lankan Air Force officer of stealing silver and gold-plated valuables dating back to the reign of King Louis XIV of France.

Remembering Balachandran

Oct 1, 2025
Today marks the birthday of Balachandran Prabhakaran, the third child of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, who was executed by the Sri Lankan military during the final days of the Mullivaikkal massacre.

‘Ranil and Mahinda are the number one thieves’ – Sri Lankan Fisheries Minister launches blistering attack

Sep 30, 2025
Sri Lanka’s Fisheries Minister R. Chandrasekar launched a blistering attack on former Sri Lankan presidents Ranil Wickremesinghe and Mahinda Rajapaksa, branding them the island’s “number one thieves” and accusing them of looting state resources and protecting criminals.

UN experts press Sri Lanka on disappearances, arbitrary detentions and intimidation at Geneva review

Sep 30, 2025
Sri Lanka faced sustained scrutiny in Geneva as the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) concluded its first examination of the island’s record under the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance last week. 
Prisons not playgrounds: Sri Lanka keeps 39 young children locked up with mothers
Foreign Buddhist monks among eight killed in Sri Lanka’s deadliest cable car crash
‘Brutal state terror’: TNP condemns assault on Mannar land rights protesters
‘Arrest Fonseka and Shavendra Silva’ – Tamil activist demands truth on white flag surrenders
Anger in Jaffna as Tamil mothers burn UN resolution
Underworld hitman connected to death of rugby star Wasim Thajudeen
Sri Lankan Air Force officer accused of looting Frenchwoman’s royal antiques
Remembering Balachandran
‘Ranil and Mahinda are the number one thieves’ – Sri Lankan Fisheries Minister launches blistering attack
UN experts press Sri Lanka on disappearances, arbitrary detentions and intimidation at Geneva review
Prisons not playgrounds: Sri Lanka keeps 39 young children locked up with mothers
Foreign Buddhist monks among eight killed in Sri Lanka’s deadliest cable car crash
‘Brutal state terror’: TNP condemns assault on Mannar land rights protesters
‘Arrest Fonseka and Shavendra Silva’ – Tamil activist demands truth on white flag surrenders
Anger in Jaffna as Tamil mothers burn UN resolution
Underworld hitman connected to death of rugby star Wasim Thajudeen
Sri Lankan Air Force officer accused of looting Frenchwoman’s royal antiques
Remembering Balachandran
‘Ranil and Mahinda are the number one thieves’ – Sri Lankan Fisheries Minister launches blistering attack
UN experts press Sri Lanka on disappearances, arbitrary detentions and intimidation at Geneva review