Following the conclusion of the China-Sri Lanka Joint Trade and Economic Commission in Colombo, the states have signed two Memorandums of Understanding which deepen economic and trade cooperation.
Tamil legal representatives have initiated formal proceedings in the Jaffna Magistrate’s Court, seeking to have the Chemmani-Sindubathi site officially recognised as a mass grave, following the unearthing of multiple human remains during excavation works earlier this year.
Members of the Eastern Province People’s Planning Forum have expressed strong condemnation of Sri Lanka's ongoing land grabs and Sinhala Buddhist colonisation in the Eastern Province, which they say run counter to the government's own pledges.
As Sri Lanka’s National People's Power (NPP) government faces mounting pressure over its proposal to replace the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) with a new anti-terrorism law, Justice and National Integration Minister Harshana Nanayakkara has reiterated the government's position on ensuring such legislation remains.
The Sri Lankan Navy arrested three members of an Eelam Tamil refugee family, including a three-year-old child, who had arrived by boat from India near Thalaimannar on Monday.
In an unusual move, Sri Lanka’s Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Priyantha Weerasooriya, has issued a nationwide directive instructing police personnel to support Anudi Gunasekara - Sri Lanka’s contestant in the 72nd Miss World which was held in India.
General Anil Chauhan, India’s chief of defence staff, has admitted that an unspecified number of fighter jets were shot down during its conflict with Pakistan last month.
Unemployed graduates from across the Eastern Province staged a protest in Trincomalee today, rallying outside the Office of the Eastern Province Governor to demand urgent intervention over what they described as ongoing discrimination in government appointments.
Northern Province Governor N. Vethanayagan has voiced frustration over persistent obstruction by Colombo-based officials, despite Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s supposed call for accelerated development in the North-East.
Tamil families of the disappeared held a protest in Mankulam this week, marking the 3007th consecutive day of their campaign to demand justice for their forcibly disappeared loved ones.
A Tamil journalist was assaulted by Sri Lankan police officers in Mannar’s Periyamadu area on 31 May 2024, after he allegedly witnessed and recorded a suspicious transaction involving Sri Lankan police officers and an individual known for producing illicit liquor.
The 44th anniversary of the burning of the Jaffna Public Library was held at the institute on Sunday, with staff and members of the public gathering to remember its destruction by a racist Sri Lankan mob.
At midnight on May 31, 1981, the Jaffna Public Library, the crucible of Tamil literature and heritage, was set ablaze by Sri Lankan security forces and state-sponsored mobs. The burning has since been marked by Eelam Tamils as an act of genocide.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is set to visit Sri Lanka later this month or in early July, amid ongoing international concern over the Colombo's use of repressive legislation and lack of accountability for mass atrocities.
