This week, Tamils across the North East commemorated the deaths of over 35,000 people during the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that devastated North-East and South of the island of Sri Lanka.

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) reported five days after the disaster that almost two-thirds of those killed across the island were in the Tamil homeland of the North-East.

The Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) commemorated the 17th anniversary of the assassination of Tamil MP Joseph Pararajasingham at their headquarters today. 

Tamils across the North-East are celebrating Christmas at churches across the homeland today.

Today marks the 17th anniversary of the assassination of Tamil politician Joseph Pararajasingham, who was shot dead by armed government-aligned paramilitary men in 2005.

Conventionally speaking, ‘Connect’ may be one of the most successful horror films in the Tamil film industry - which is a very low bar to step over.

Around 1000 Tamils gathered in Palermo, Italy, last weekend to celebrate Oli Vizha - 'festival of light' - a cultural and community showcase which returned to the city after two years of hiatus caused by the global pandemic.

Sri Lanka’s Presidential advisor, Ashu Marasinghe has been forced to resign after leaked footage showed him sexually abusing a dog.

The footage was revealed by former MP Hirunika Premachandra during a media briefing on Friday. During the briefing, she identified the dog’s owner as Aadarsha Karandana who had been in a two-year relationship with Marasinghe after meeting on Facebook.

King’s College London’s annual ‘Kings of Gaana’ event, the world’s largest inter-university Gaana competition, took place for the 10th year in a row on December 11. This year it was held in the Eventim Apollo theatre, and hosted by British Tamil event personalities Kutti Hari and Braha.

Tamil National Alliance MP, MA Sumanthiran has claimed that Sri Lanka's President has agreed to release land held by Sri Lankan security forces in the Northern province and to release Tamil political prisoners following a meeting on 21 December.

The Prime Minister, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Attorney General were also present during these discussions.

A Sri Lankan soldier is reported to have threatened a Tamil fisherman with a knife on the shore of the Ash Odai beach area of Karainagar, Jaffna.

After dry fishing, the fisherman had left his cotton wool to dry, when he was assaulted by the soldier who held a knife against his neck.

The assault has been reported to the Karainagar Seamen's Union and to the Grama Sevaka officers. The union has strongly condemned the attack and plan to file a complaint against the soldier with the local police.