• Amparai families of disappeared demand answers over mass graves

    Jan 30

    Families of the disappeared in Amparai yesterday held a demonstration and signature campaign, demanding answers over the unearthing of hundreds of skeletons at a mass grave in Mannar. 

    "Tell us the truth about the skeletons excavated in Mannar and who those people are," demanded protesters as they marched from the 'Office for the Families of the Disappeared in Thirukkovil' to Amparai clock tower. 

  • US military meets again in Jaffna to discuss training Sri Lankan troops

    A US military delegation held another meeting with the Sri Lankan army in Jaffna, where they discussed the prospects of more training programs between the two militaries this week.

  • Militarisation continues with another building for Jaffna troops

    The Sri Lankan military continued to consolidate its presence in the Tamil homeland, announcing that yet another building had been constructed at its headquarters in Jaffna.

  • Muthukumar remembered in Jaffna 10 years on

    The Tamil Nadu activist who self-immolated in protest at the Indian government's failure to stop the massacre of Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka was remembered yesterday in Jaffna. 

    Muthukumar, from Thooththukkudi, wrote for Pennea Nee feminist magazine. On January 29, 2009 he doused himself with petrol and set himself afire in front of the Shastri Bhavan, the Indian Central Government's Chennai Head office, condemning the futile visit by Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who failed to stop the war in Sri Lanka and save Eelam Tamils.

  • ‘Army is watching security situation carefully’ warns Shavendra Silva – The Island
    <p>Sri Lanka’s newly appointed chief of staff, who is accused of playing a leading role in the massacre of tens of thousands of Tamil civilians and breaking international law, warned that the military “was watching the country’s security situation carefully,” according to a report in The Island.</p>
  • Return of HSZ occupied lands reveals army's luxury lodges and leisure resorts

    Tamils of Valikamam North who returned to view their lands found that during the Sri Lankan army’s 28 year occupation of the area their homes and lands had been converted into guesthouses and leisure resorts.

  • Sri Lanka fails to make progress on anti-corruption
    <p>Sri Lanka has failed to make progress in tackling corruption, maintaining the same score on Transparency International’s 2018 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) as the previous year.</p> <p>The global anti-corruption organisation’s index ranks countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople, using a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.</p>
  • India-funded school buildings inaugurated in Jaffna

    Two India-funded school buildings in the Jaffna district were inaugurated by Indian officials on Monday.

  • Trinco harbour operational this year pledges SL minister
    <p>Sri Lanka's minister for ports and shipping, Sagala Ratnayaka pledged this week that the harbour in Trincomalee, along with Galle, would be operational by the end of this year.&nbsp;</p> <p>According to the minister Trincomalee harbour would commence night time operations by April. However, infrastructure, night navigation systems and radar systems are yet to be estabilished at the site.&nbsp;</p>
  • Japan grants Rs 100 million for demining in North
    <p>Japan's government this week pledged Rs 100 million for humanitarian demining in the Northern province.&nbsp;</p> <p>The contract was signed by the Japanese ambassador, Akira Sugiyama and the programme manager of Devlon Assistance for Social Harmony (DASH) on January 24.&nbsp;</p> <p>Japan has given over US$ 34.5 million for demining since 2003.&nbsp;</p>
  • Sri Lankan navy arrests man in Point Pedro with cannabis

    The Sri Lankan navy arrested a man in Point Pedro, Jaffna on Monday, accusing him of possessing at least 86 kg of cannabis, as the military launched a reported crackdown on illegal drugs.

    The navy said that a 50-year-old man was concealing the cannabis on the roof at a home in Point Pedro and has since been handed over to the Sri Lankan police.

  • Jaffna youth demand control on drugs

    Youth in Jaffna protested on Sunday demanding action to curb the widespread availability of illicit drugs. 

    The protest, organised by the Youth Movement for Democracy, took place by the main Jaffna bus station. 

  • TNA hasn't accepted unitary concept' accuses PHU

    The hardline Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader, Udaya Gammanpila today accused the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) of not having accepted the unitary state of Sri Lanka. 

  • Two soldiers killed as army vehicle crashes in Mullaitivu

    The Sri Lankan military announced that two soldiers had been killed after a military vehicle lost control and crashed in Mullaitivu last week.

    At least four other soldiers were injured in the collision, which happened on the Nedunkeni road in Mullaitivu last Monday.

  • Militarisation: Tamil pre-schoolchildren taken on tour of military base in HSZ



    Yet another group of Tamil pre-schoolchildren were taken on a tour of the Sri Lankan army base located inside the Palaly High Security Zone this week, on land which the military occupies and remains off limits to local Tamils.

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