A long and hard twenty-two years have passed since Mylvaganam Nimalarajan was murdered in his Jaffna home. His killers operated in plain sight. 

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has called upon disgraced former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to provide evidence relating to a case concerning the disappearance of two activists who disappeared en route to a protest in Jaffna.

Today marks 22 years since Tamil journalist Nimalarajan Mylvaganam was murdered in his Jaffna home.

The slain journalist Mylvaganam Nimalarajan was remembered in a series of memorial events across the North-East today to mark the 22nd anniversary of his death. 

In Vavuniya, Tamil families of the disappeared lit lamps and laid flowers before a portrait of the murdered journalist.

The slain journalist Mylvaganam Nimalarajan was remembered last week to mark the 22nd anniversary of his death across the North-East.

In Vavuniya, the Association of searching the missing persons in Tamil Homeland paid their respects to the murdered journalist.

Nimalarajan contributed to the BBC for over six years, as well as the Tamil daily Virakesari and Sinhala weekly Ravaya.

Relatives of a Tamil family are seeking answers, after a sister and brother were killed and their mother critically injured in Toronto car crash last week.

Pateeran Puvanendran, 21, and Neluxsana Puvanendran, 23, were both killed after their car was hit by a dump truck at the junction of Markham Road and Elson Street on Wednesday October 12.

The siblings were pronounced dead at the scene. Their mother, 52-year-old Srirathy Shanmuganathan, was also in the vehicle, and remains in critical condition.

A series of events took place across Europe to mark Tamil Eelam's Women's Day and the 35th death anniversary of 2nd Lt. Maalathy, the first female fighter of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to lose her life in the Tamil armed struggle. 

The day is an opportunity to honour women’s involvement in the fight for Tamil rights.

A sergeant of the Sri Lankan Army Commando Force has been arrested for stealing a T-56 rifle from the occupying Kilinochchi commando camp and reportedly selling it to underworld criminals.

The stolen T-56 weapon was used to shoot at a three-wheeler driver in Ahungalla. The weapon was eventually found on October 17 in a bag that had been thrown in a paddy field in Morontuduwa.

The Colombo Crime Division stated that when checking the serial number of the weapon, it was confirmed that it was the weapon that was stolen from the Kilinochchi commando camp.

The unemployment rate in Jaffna has climbed to 21 percent said the Jaffna District Secretary K. Mahesan on Monday, as he revealed thousands had registered as job seekers in the district.

Mahesan quoted the figures from a Central Bank of Sri Lanka report, which reveals the unemployment rate in the district has almost tripled in the last year alone.

A ruling from the Madras High Court has found that the principles of the controversial 2019 Citizen Amendment Act (CAA) applies to “Hindu Tamils of Sri Lanka”, in a ruling that may pave the way for Eelam Tamils to be granted Indian citizenship.