Tamils have gathered in large numbers across the eglobe to demand their collective rights, including all those due to a people

While residents in Colombo and areas outside the conflict zones often grumble about the cost of living, opportunist politicians and the lack of accountability by state institutions, their counterparts in war-torn Jaffna are a community virtually on the run.

 

Every family has a bag packed with all the essentials, ready to flee at a moment's notice, a new research study has revealed.

There was speculation in Colombo that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the major ethno-political movement of the Sri Lankan Tamils, is planning to declare the formation of a separate state for the Tamils in Sri Lanka's violent North and East on January 18, 2008.

 

Sri Lanka's violent conflict between the Tamils and the Sinhalese has denied its people an opportunity to embrace ethnic peace.

The Liberation Tigers attacked a Sri Lankan military outpost at a tourist attraction in southern Sri Lanka, killing seven soldiers and wounding many.

 

On Monday October 15, LTTE forces attacked a military detachment located in southern border of Ampaarai district in Yala National Park, one of the island's main tourist attractions.

 

The area remains tense with Sri Lanka army sealing off the sanctuary and carrying out a search operation

Many still bear the scars of the torture they suffered at the hands of the Sri Lankan military or police

Foreign traders view Sri Lanka as a good place to invest, especially in government bonds

Sri Lanka is seeking international expertise to conduct seismic surveys off the southern tip of the island in a hunt for new oil deposits, a senior minister said Friday.

 

"Initial seismic surveys shows that there are prospects for oil deposits in the southern seas and we are calling for international tenders to conduct a two dimensional seismic survey," Petroleum Minister A. H. M. Fowzie told AFP.

LTTE leader Vellupillai Pirapaharan meeting Air Tigers before setting off on their mission deep behind Sri Lankan lines.

The Sri Lankan Army has been using its newly purchased equipment, including Buffel Armoured Personnel Carriers like the one above, to aggressively pur