Following 2,120 days of protest, Tamil Families of the Disappeared staged a protest a vigil outside government offices in Vavuniya, decrying the action of Tamil politicians who met with government officials.

During the protest, demonstrators pelted photos of Tamil politicians with tomatoes in an expression of outrage. Protesters maintained that Tamil MPs should not speak with the Sri Lankan government alone.

Flight services services between Jaffna and Chennai have resumed, with the first flight from Chennai landing at Jaffna's Palaly airport earlier today. 

50 families in Mannar have been affected by Cyclone Mandous which damaged houses and businesses in the district. 

Houses were damaged by fallen trees while the cyclonic storm swept away fishing nets and destroyed fishing boats. 

Strong winds have devastated a series of temporary houses belonging to 141 families, housing 454 people, in Mulliyawalai, Mullaitivu.

Roughly 600 cattle have died due to cold weather in Jaffna, Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi, as temperatures have dropped as low as 17 degrees in the past few days.

Overall, ‘Naai Sekar Returns’ is an underwhelming effort and not the re-entry into Tamil cinema a comedic legend like Vadivelu deserves.

Last week saw Tamil National Alliance MP, M.A. Sumanthiran, meet with Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena to discuss the political aspiration of Tamils on the island.

The meeting follows the passage of the proposed 2023 budget which will see the island military budget further increased whilst simultaneously slashing funding to the public sector and incentivizing international trade.

On the eve of International Human Rights Day, the United States has imposed Magnitsky-style sanctions on the former head of a clandestine Sri Lankan Army platoon, known as the “Tripoli Platoon”, Prabath Bulathwatte.

Baba is a strange yet singular film, which reveals a lot about its writer. It is an unmissable film for a Rajini fan. Unfortunately, the re-release has toned down the aspects which make the film unique.

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa dropped more than Rs. 40 million in 2021 on official overseas visits, Daily Mirror reported based on details provided by the Presidential Secretariat and the Prime Minister’s Office.

Details furnished by the Presidential Secretariat and the Prime Minister’s Office under the RTI revealed that the two Rajapaksa brothers had spent a total sum of Rs. 44,739,184.91 for five official visits abroad last year.