Tamil farmers in Kokkilai have raised urgent concerns over what they say is the encroachment of ancestral agricultural lands for the construction of an elephant fence and a proposed salt pan in Mullaitivu district.

Sinhala extremist and National Freedom Front leader Wimal Weerawansa has claimed that the arrest of former State Intelligence Service director Major General Suresh Sallay was carried out to appease the Tamil diaspora, as investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings continue.

Eleven activists, landowners and provincial representatives charged after opposing construction of controversial Buddhist shrine on Tamil land in Jaffna.

The Point Pedro Pradeshiya Sabha passed resolutions calling for a ban on military-run commercial activities within its jurisdiction and urging the repeal of the PTA and withdrawal of the proposed Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill

A signature campaign and protest were held across Thenmaradchi and Valikamam East in the Jaffna district, calling for the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and urging the withdrawal of the proposed Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill (PTSB).

The 130th birth anniversary of Kanagasabai Mudaliyar Thamby Sellappa, founder of the Jaffna Public Library, was commemorated on Tuesday at the library premises in Jaffna.

Relatives of forcibly disappeared persons held a protest in Vavuniya today, marking ten years of their continuous struggle

Passengers have raised concerns after Sri Lankan naval personnel allegedly transported large quantities of alcohol aboard a civilian passenger vessel travelling to Neduntheevu.

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) General Secretary Tilvin Silva has insisted that his party was “never against India” as he sought to recast its historic opposition to the Indo-Lanka Accord, following his first official visit to India.

A signature campaign was held in Mannar today by fishermen and members of the public protesting the proposed Protection of the State from Terrorism Act and other anti-terror legislation

Construction on the Jaffna International Cricket Stadium has been temporarily halted due to the absence of an approved Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report.

The arrest follows revelations made in a controversial Channel 4 documentary which implicated high-ranking Sri Lankan government officials, including Sallay, in the tragic bombings. The documentary, which aired as part of the British television channel’s Dispatches program, was based on the testimony of whistleblowers, one of whom, Hanzeer Azad Maulana, named Sallay as one of the key figures involved in orchestrating the deadly attacks.

The Parliament of Norway is set to hold a formal debate this week on Sri Lanka’s political trajectory and human rights record, one year after the country’s most recent elections.

The University of Jaffna has joined a widening campaign across the Tamil homeland opposing both Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and a newly proposed counter-terrorism law, as resistance intensifies against what campaigners describe as the continuation of repressive state powers.