The clearing of destroyed LTTE cemeteries continues in the North-East in the run-up to Maaveerar Naal.

Soldiers from the Sri Lankan army carried out repairs on the roof of a school building in Jaffna last week, as criticism over its involvement in civilian activites in the North-East continues.

Two STF intelligence officers have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Tamil man in Ariyalai last month.

The intelligence officers attached to the Jaffna Pannai Special Task Force camp were arrested this morning after the weapon and vehicles believed to have been used in the murder were recovered from the camp on Wednesday.

A delegation of European Parliament members currently visiting Sri Lanka met with the Northern Province governor to hear his thoughts on how reconciliation could be achieved between Tamils and Sinhalese, and how the North could be developed.

S. P. Thamilselvan, the head of the political wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was remembered by the Tamil National People's Front on Thursday, on the tenth anniversary of his assassination by the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF).

The leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) told the constitutional assembly on Wednesday, the situation for Sri Lanka would only get worse internationally if the government failed to address the national question. 

A delegation of EU MEPs who are currently visiting Sri Lanka said they were disappointed about the lack of progress on repealing the Prevention of Terrorism Act. 

Two Indian navy ships and an Indian coast guard vessel docked in Colombo today, as they arrived for a training visit in Sri Lanka.

A Hindu temple in a Vavuniya village was attacked on Wednesday night.

Sri Lanka's former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said the "LTTE and the diaspora are involved in bringing in a new constitution", the Daily Mirror reported. 

Thirteen Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy this morning.

As frustrations grow about the unabating levels of militarisation in Tamil areas, the Sri Lankan Army has created a new scheme in which soldiers plough the fields of impoverished Tamil farmers.

The Chinese Vice Premier, Wang Yang told the Sri Lankan foreign minister, Tilak Marapana who is currently visiting Beijing that the government expected the two countries to work more closely, reports Xinhua.

Commemorations leading up to Maaveerar Naal have commenced in the Tamil homeland, starting with the planting of trees in Mannar.