Neethan Shan was recently acclaimed as the first South Asian and the first Eelam Tamil to serve as Chair of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), Canada’s largest school board.
Former Sri Lankan Minister and paramilitary leader Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, widely known as Pillayan, gave a five-hour-long statement before Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today over allegations presented in a controversial Channel 4 documentary about the 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist attacks.
The Theatermates drama group, an upcountry Tamil theater ensemble, is under growing pressure as its members face harassment and intimidation, allegedly by individuals falsely associating them with the Sri Lankan Army and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
Over 200 refugees and supporters marked a significant milestone by marching 10 kilometers from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s office to the Immigration Minister’s office this week, commemorating 100 days of continuous protest.
Shanakiyan Rasamanickam, who secured the highest number of preferential votes in Batticaloa at Sri Lanka’s parliamentary polls last week, paid tribute to his supporters and said the Tamil people’s national struggle will continue. “This is not just my victory,” said Rasamanickam.
Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, leader of the Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) reiterated the call to send Sri Lankan war criminals to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as he demanded justice for the Tamil genocide earlier today.
As Sri Lanka’s president Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited Jaffna ahead of parliamentary polls last week, his party’s candidate in the district spoke of an era before the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and how the National People’s Power (NPP) would “bring that era back to life”.
More than 500 Sri Lankan soldiers have been isolated, following a suspected outbreak of encephalitis at an occupying military camp in Mannar this week.
Dr. P. Sathyalingam, general secretary of the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) has pledged to do justice to the Tamil homeland, adding that his appointment as a national list will empower him and the party to deliver on the pledge to Eelam Tamils.
As Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP) swept parliament with a majority that will allow it to amend the constitution, we take a look back at the coalition’s previous pledges and examine what an NPP government holds for Eelam Tamils.
Following a historic victory, which secured the National People’s Power (NPP) coalition a two-thirds majority in Sri Lanka’s parliament, India’s High Commissioner, Santosha Jha, met with Sri Lanka’s President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Following his electoral victory at Sri Lanka’s parliamentary elections, Sivagnanam Shritharan, paid tribute to fallen Maaveerar at Kanagapuram Thuyilum Illam in Kilinochchi.
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