Sri Lanka has announced a three-month fuel subsidy as part of a Rs. 100 billion relief package, aimed at easing the burden on the public amid rising global energy costs.
The excavation of the Chemmani mass grave site in Jaffna, where the remains of hundreds of forcibly disappeared Tamils are believed to be buried, has been stalled for seven months amid delays by the Sri Lankan government.
This week marks 17 years since thousands of British Tamils began a continuous 72-day occupation of Parliament Square in London on April 6 2009, as Sri Lanka intensified its military offensive that led to the Mullivaikkal genocide.
Four British Tamil chess players are now ranked in the UK’s top 20 female players, led by 11-year-old prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan, who has risen to No. 1 in the national rankings.
Sri Lanka’s CID has, for the first time, formally linked former TMVP leader Pillayan to the abduction and killing of Eastern University Vice Chancellor Professor Sivasubramaniam Raveendranath, in a case that underscores long-standing allegations of paramilitary abuses and Sri Lankan state complicity during the armed conflict.
Rising prices, stagnant incomes and speculative demand drive exclusion, as economic shocks and shifting land ownership intensify fears across Tamil regions.
Malayaga Tamils in Badulla held a protest demanding permanent land rights and housing, highlighting the Sri Lankan government’s failure to address their long-standing marginalisation.
The excavation of the Chemmani mass grave site in Jaffna, where the remains of hundreds of forcibly disappeared Tamils are believed to be buried, has been stalled for seven months amid delays by the Sri Lankan government.
