The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has signalled a renewed effort to strengthen ties with India, as the party’s General Secretary Tilvin Silva undertook a weeklong official visit to the country at the invitation of the Government of India.

A new report by People for Equality and Relief in Lanka (PEARL) examines the Sri Lankan state’s ongoing project of Sinhalisation in the North-East, with a detailed case study documenting land dispossession and violence targeting Tamil dairy farmers in Mayilaththamadu–Mathavanai.

Sri Lankan police attempted to block a major march in Batticaloa on Wednesday as hundreds of Tamils took to the streets to declare Sri Lanka’s ‘Independence Day’ a day of mourning.