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Pon. Sivakumaran's sacrifice remembered in Urumpirai
Pon. Sivakumaran, the first Tamil to die in the liberation struggle, was remembered today in Urumpirai, Jaffna, on the 52nd anniversary of his death.  Sivakumaran was a member of the Tamil Manavar Peravai (or Tamil Student Federation, TSF) and a leading militant in the early armed Tamil struggle. On 5th June 1974, Sivakumaran was surrounded by Sri Lankan security forces. He had…

From one uniform into another - Former Sri Lankan soldiers to be recruited by Police

Jun 9, 2025
Sri Lanka's Ministry of Public Security has announced plans to recruit 10,000 retired military personnel into its police force. The move comes amid revelations linking former soldiers to a growing wave of gun violence, organised crime, and even overseas mercenary activity.

Sri Lanka reveals several Israeli religious sites operating on island

Jun 9, 2025

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Just months after a controversial Israeli community centre in Sri Lanka was identified as the potential target of a “terrorist” attack, the Sri Lankan government has revealed that four Israeli religious centres are currently operating in the country, with two of them unregistered.

Stranded passengers and soaring costs: SriLankan airlines splurges on new aircraft

Jun 9, 2025
SriLankan Airlines is under fire after a flight bound for Singapore was forced to make an emergency landing in Indonesia due to a technical fault, just days after the financially troubled carrier added a new aircraft to its fleet at a reported cost of USD 360,000 per month.

​Marine organisation slams Sri Lankan government for ignoring pollution in the North-East

Jun 9, 2025

plastic pollution

As the world marked World Environment Day this week with a united call to #BeatPlasticPollution, Tamil environmental activists condemned Sri Lanka’s continued neglect of the North-East’s deepening ecological crises.

While government officials launched a tree-planting and coastal conservation project along Colombo’s Marine Drive on June 5, activists in the North accused authorities of deliberately ignoring marine pollution and environmental degradation across the Tamil homeland.

Sri Lankan police arrest and assault Batticaloa activist without warrant

Jun 9, 2025
Batticaloa social activist E. Premnath has condemned the actions of Sri Lankan police officers after he was arrested without a warrant at his workplace and subjected to physical and mental abuse, an incident he says has caused significant mental distress.

Türk must go to Mullivaikkal

Jun 8, 2025
Volker Türk is no stranger to Sri Lanka. There is little prospect of progress for the High Commissioner in Colombo. Instead, it is the Tamil North-East, and Mullivaikkal in particular, where he must go.

Chemmani–Sindhubathi mass grave: 19 human skeletal remains identified so far

Jun 8, 2025
Nineteen human skeletal assemblages have been uncovered so far during excavations at the Sindhubathi Hindu cremation grounds in Jaffna, which concluded its first phase yesterday. 

UN visit to Sri Lanka: Empty diplomacy or breakthrough for survivors?

Jun 7, 2025
Kanmani
As the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, prepares to visit Sri Lanka this month, the question is not what Tamil survivors will say — they have been saying it for over a decade. The question is whether the High Commissioner and the United Nations will listen and act.

Full text: Tamil political parties sign agreement on federalism and justice for genocide

Jun 6, 2025

Ponnambalam talks with dharmalingam

The Tamil National Assembly and the Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Jaffna, pledging to jointly pursue a federal solution recognising the Tamil homeland and to seek international justice for the genocide committed against the Tamil people.

Thug Life - What it says on the tin

Jun 6, 2025
Gopi Selva

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From one uniform into another - Former Sri Lankan soldiers to be recruited by Police
Sri Lanka reveals several Israeli religious sites operating on island
Stranded passengers and soaring costs: SriLankan airlines splurges on new aircraft
​Marine organisation slams Sri Lankan government for ignoring pollution in the North-East
Sri Lankan police arrest and assault Batticaloa activist without warrant
Türk must go to Mullivaikkal
Chemmani–Sindhubathi mass grave: 19 human skeletal remains identified so far
UN visit to Sri Lanka: Empty diplomacy or breakthrough for survivors?
Full text: Tamil political parties sign agreement on federalism and justice for genocide
Thug Life - What it says on the tin
From one uniform into another - Former Sri Lankan soldiers to be recruited by Police
Sri Lanka reveals several Israeli religious sites operating on island
Stranded passengers and soaring costs: SriLankan airlines splurges on new aircraft
​Marine organisation slams Sri Lankan government for ignoring pollution in the North-East
Sri Lankan police arrest and assault Batticaloa activist without warrant
Türk must go to Mullivaikkal
Chemmani–Sindhubathi mass grave: 19 human skeletal remains identified so far
UN visit to Sri Lanka: Empty diplomacy or breakthrough for survivors?
Full text: Tamil political parties sign agreement on federalism and justice for genocide
Thug Life - What it says on the tin