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The Tamil homeland’s falling population – Sri Lanka’s 2024 census
Sri Lanka’s newly released preliminary census figures from 2024 illustrated how the Tamil North-East, particularly the Vanni region, remains the worst-affected part of the island in terms of population loss and stagnation. According to the “Census of Population and Housing – 2024 Preliminary Report” by Sri Lanka’s Department of Census and Statistics, the three districts that make up the core…

‘Dual use’ targets and double standards

Oct 28, 2005
Eelam Cinema

Still no closure, a decade later

Oct 26, 2005
Tamils
Almost every evening, dead bodies were brought there and soldiers were asked to bury them'

EPDP: examining an alternative

Oct 19, 2005
Jana Nayagam
Whilst registered as a political party, the EPDP's primary role is as one the military’s most effective paramilitary groups.

Acrimony brews again over Pulmoddai sands

Oct 5, 2005
Tamils
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka plans to resume mining ilmenite rich sands. The LTTE has vowed to prevent the ''plundering'' of Tamil resources.

Tamil civilisation - is it the oldest?

Oct 4, 2005
N. Parameswaran
Evidence of a civilisation which reached a high level of development, organisation and cultural advancement from as early as 11,000 years ago is emerging in Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu furore over moral policing

Oct 4, 2005
Three different instances of moral policing involving academicians, politicians and the police have stirred a hornet’s nest.

Witness to Thileepan’s fast

Sep 28, 2005
Adele Balasingham
‘As we entered the premises of the Nallur Kandasamy temple we were confronted by a sea of people seated on the white sands under the blazing sun.’

Fear dogs Mannar rape trial

Sep 27, 2005
Tamils
The difficulty in bringing the Sri Lankan military personnel responsible for rights abuses to justice was highlighted last week when one victim in a high profile rape case disappeared and the other reported receiving death threats.

‘I was screaming and pleading’

Sep 26, 2005
A victim remembers a night in Sri Lankan military custody

Remembering Nagarkovil

Sep 26, 2005
Tamils
The scene of the attack was visited by the International Red Cross. Pieces of human flesh were found strewn around the area including the tree branches'
‘Dual use’ targets and double standards
Still no closure, a decade later
EPDP: examining an alternative
Acrimony brews again over Pulmoddai sands
Tamil civilisation - is it the oldest?
Tamil Nadu furore over moral policing
Witness to Thileepan’s fast
Fear dogs Mannar rape trial
‘I was screaming and pleading’
Remembering Nagarkovil
‘Dual use’ targets and double standards
Still no closure, a decade later
EPDP: examining an alternative
Acrimony brews again over Pulmoddai sands
Tamil civilisation - is it the oldest?
Tamil Nadu furore over moral policing
Witness to Thileepan’s fast
Fear dogs Mannar rape trial
‘I was screaming and pleading’
Remembering Nagarkovil