A memorial event was held in Jaffna to honor the 26 tourists killed in the Pahalgam shooting, with dignitaries and community members paying heartfelt tributes

Vigneswaran Narthika, a student from war-affected Mullaitivu, has secured the top district ranking in the Biology stream of Sri Lanka’s General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level) examination, marking an extraordinary academic achievement despite the adversity she has endured.

During a media briefing at the Mullaitivu Press Club on 28 April, Chandramohan Sandhiya, a Tamil woman residing in Thiyogunagar, Silawathai, Mullaitivu District, alleged that she and her children are being subjected to ongoing harassment and intimidation by Sri Lankan intelligence officers.

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.

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’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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

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 president Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s visit to Puthukudiyiruppu in Mullaitivu yesterday for local election campaigning saw an intense security clampdown across the district, with heavy deployment of armed forces and police.