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Up to 15 people were arrested by the Mannar police for allegedly violating COVID lockdown regulations.

Germany is reported to be planning to deport more Tamil refugees to Sri Lanka despite the credible risks of torture and human rights abuses.

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Secretary, Jayanath Colombage, participated in a webinar titled “International Experts Dialogue on Genocide”.

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A young Tamil man, who was arrested by the Sri Lankan Intelligence Division last night at a house in East Iruthayapuram, Batticaloa, has died in detention this morning. 

A former Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadre was arrested under the notorious Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) yesterday for allegedly 'reorganising' the LTTE. 

Following a tip-off from the district intelligence unit, Kaluvanchikudi police arrested Nagalingam Pradeepan, at his home in Porathivu, Batticaloa.

German Tamils gathered in Bebelplatz, Berlin, to commemorate the 40^th anniversary of the burning of the Jaffna library.

Tamil families of the disappeared marked the 40th anniversary of the burning of the Jaffna library in Vavuniya yesterday. 

“The burning of Jaffna library was tantamount to genocide against Tamils,” said Ko. Rajkumar, secretary of the organisation. 

The public vaccination program against COVID-19 began in Jaffna, on Sunday.

Sriranjani Anandakumarasamy who taught English at the University of Jaffna passed away last Friday, May 28, after contracting the coronavirus. 

The Sri Lankan army has been reported to be illegally fishing in a pond near Thiruketheeswaram, Mannar, owned by the Thiruketheeswaram farmers’ organisation.

Approximately 80 families residing in Karkulam village in the Vavuniya Divisional Secretariat, who relied on daily-wage work such as construction and cutting timber for their livelihood, have been rendered jobless due to the ban on travel and pushed to the point of starvation.

Sri Lankan government spokesman, Keheliya Rambukwella, rebuked claims that Sri Lanka was importing garbage from Chin describing them as mere gossip.

Rambukwella made these remarks during a press conference where he further claimed that Sri Lanka was receiving its vaccine from China at a lower price than the price given to other countries.