A Karthigaipoo, the national flower of Tamil Eelam, was projected on to Britain's Houses of Parliament in Westminster, Central London tonight, as British Tamils paid tribute to those who gave their lives in the Tamil liberation struggle amidst restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The projection lit up the Houses of Parliament with an image of the flower and the words “We Remember” and "We remember the heroes who fought for freedom from Sri Lankan state genocide".

A cake was cut in the Parisian neighbourhood of La Chapelle earlier today as French Tamils celebrated the 66^th birthday of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

Sri Lankan army and Nallur police interrogated an elderly Tamil mother who sought to pay homage to her son at the Thiyagi Thileepan Memorial.

The Court of Appeal quashed the summons issued to Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa by the Jaffna Magistrate's Court to testify in a habeas corpus case of two disappeared Tamil youths. 

Rangana Weerawardhana and Pavithra Gunaratne, two of the first women pilots in the Sri Lankan Airforce (SLAF) thanked the Indian Air Force (IAF) for facilitating their training, as New Delhi's military assisstance to Sri Lankan continued regardless of the countless alleged human rights abuses.

The North-East and Tamil Nadu have been put on red alert following the approach of Cyclone Nivar, which is approaching with a speed of 145kph.

The department of Meteorology said that 100-150mm of rain can be expected at several places in the North on Tuesday and Wednesday, with some isolated areas receiving 150mm or rain.

Dialog Enterprise, a subsidiary of Dialog Axiata one of Sri Lanka’s largest mobile network provider, has launched a new video surveillance service capable of facial recognition.

Sri Lankan police officers have been caught on camera demanding that a Tamil shopkeeper remove red and yellow flags that he raised outside his store in Vavuniya to commemorate Maaveerar Naal this week, as the state's repression attempts ramps up.

The People for Equality and Relief in Lanka (PEARL) expressed their concern over Sri Lanka's intensifying crackdown of Tamils' right to remember across the North-East, in a statement today. 

Two Tamil journalists have been targeted for restraining orders by Sri Lankan police, amidst the dozens that have already been issued against Tamil politicians and community leaders across the North-East, preventing them from organising commemorations for Maaveerar Naal.

Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) leader and Batticaloa district MP Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan, has been released on bail by the Batticaloa Court today. 

Sri Lanka’s Navy has conducted several operations which led to the detention of 10 Tamils, who they accuse of “illegal fishing” in Eastern and North-western seas, as well as several others accused of “drug smuggling”.

^{File photograph: Mahinda Rajapaksa meets with former US Ambassador Robert O'Blake}

On the 27th of November we remember the thousands of Tamil heroes who died fighting for our country. Fighting for our freedom. Fighting for our future.

Every year we come together to honour and pay our respects to our fallen soldiers and give our love and support to the families who have lost their loved ones. We remind each other of who we are and why we should be proud to be Tamil through our speeches and cultural performances. We think about the bravery showcased by our heroes who had to say their farewells to their families knowing full well they may never see them again. These courageous heroes put their lives on the line to combat the discrimination, torture and killings inflicted upon the Tamil people by the racist Sri Lankan state.  They will go down in history as martyrs inspiring us to carry on the fight for our freedom.