• Ranil says Islamic schools to be brought under Education Ministry

    The Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday that Muslim schools, known as Madrasas, would be brought under the Ministry of Education, following the Easter Sunday bombings by Islamic extremists. 

  • ID tag found by remains of LTTE cadre in Mullivaikkal

    An ID tag was found by the skeletal remains of an LTTE cadre, which was discovered close to the Sri Lankan military's 681 Brigade camp in Mullivaikkal on May 17. 

  • Sri Lankan Muslim diaspora in Toronto condemns mob violence

    The Sri Lankan Muslim diaspora in Toronto on Sunday marched through the city, demanding that the perpetrators of the recent anti-Muslim violence are brought to justice. 

  • ‘A case to be answered’ - Jeremy Corbyn on Tamil genocide and accountability 

    If the Sri Lankan government continues to reject key tenets of a UN Human Rights Council resolution on accountability then “clearly something has to be done in another direction,” UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn told the Tamil Guardian in an interview this weekend.

  • Cross Party UK MPs join Tamils in London to remember Mullivaikkal massacre

    Cross party UK MPs joined Tamils in London to remember the Mullivaikkal massacre that took place ten years ago.

    John McDonnell, Shadow Chancellor of Exchequer said, “some of you will remember that we stood in Parliament together and heard reports of almost genocidal attacks on the Tamil people. Not just 10 years ago, but some of us remember standing with you 1983."

  • May 18 marked in Tamil Nadu

    The tenth anniversary of the Mullivaikkal genocide was commemorated in Thanjavur on May 18 at the ‘Mullivaikkal Muttram’ memorial centre.

  • No war crimes were committed by Sri Lanka says Rajapaksa
    <p><img alt="Image removed." src="/core/misc/icons/e32700/error.svg" title="This image has been removed. For security reasons, only images from the local domain are allowed." height="16" width="16" class="filter-image-invalid"></p> <p>Marking 10 years since the end of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said no war crimes were committed during the final stages of the war against the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), adding that Sri Lanka wouldn’t have been able to defeat the separatist group without the help of the US.</p>
  • Remembering a reserved hero: Brigadier Balraj

    Today marks 11 years since the death of Brigadier Balraj, a senior commander with the LTTE, who passed away from a sudden heart attack in 2008.

    Brig. Balraj was famed for his courage, leadership and skills on the battlefield.

  • Fitch Ratings warns of low economic growth in Sri Lanka

    Fitch Ratings warned of increased external financing pressures and lower economic growth in Sri Lanka this year, in a statement released last week. 

    "The tragic Easter bombings in Sri Lanka will result in lower economic growth this year and could increase external financing pressures," the statement said, adding that a 5% reduction in Fitch-estimated GDP was expected with reduced tourism. 

  • Muslim Hansard officer arrested for helping suicide bomber

    Sri Lankan police on Saturday arrested a Muslim indexing officer at the parliament's Hansard Department, accusing him of aiding and abetting one of the Easter Sunday suicide bombers, Zahran Hashim. 

    The suspect, Mohamed Naushad Jalaldeen from Kandy, was arrested in Kurunegala following information obtained from an electro-cardiologist at the local teaching hospital, who was also arrested over association to the group Zahran led, National Thawheed Jamaath (NTJ). 

  • Devotees gather at Mullaitivu temple as military looks on

    The iconic Vattrapalai Amman temple in Mullaitivu was forced to hold its annual festival amid a heightened security presence. 

  • Sri Lanka's exports to Pakistan plummet after anti-Muslim violence

    Exports from Sri Lanka to Pakistan have plummeted, the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Business Forum said this month, after days of anti-Muslim violence attacking Muslim businesses, homes and mosques. 

    "It is the Muslim community in Sri Lanka that imports Pakistani products and sells them there. They are partners of Pakistani exporters,” the Forum's chairperson, Aslam Pakhali told the Express Tribune. 

  • Tamils across the world mark Mullivaikkal genocide

    Tamils around the world held vigils, rallies, marches and exhibitions to mark May 18 as Tamil Genocide Day.

  • I watched Mullivaikkal with ‘a sense of quiet joy’ - Gotabaya

    Sri Lanka’s former defence secretary, who oversaw the military offensive that killed tens of thousands of Tamils in Mullivaikkal, said he had watched those bloody final weeks “with a sense of quiet joy” in a statement released on Saturday.

  • Rights of Tamil people must be acknowledged - Jeremy Corbyn
    <p>UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn called for a war crimes tribunal in Sri Lanka to ensure perpetrators of crimes are punished, in a message released to mark ten years since the end of the armed conflict on Saturday.</p> <p>“On Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day we commemorate the tens of thousand of people who were killed and the widespread human rights abuses in the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War,” said the British opposition leader.</p>
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