A British Tamil poet’s work was chosen by the Royal Family for this year’s Armistice Day commemorations, with his specially commissioned sonnet read at the national service attended by the Princess of Wales.

A mass torchlit demonstration took place in Mannar this week as residents marked the 100th consecutive day of their protest against the construction of new wind power towers on Mannar Island.

Social activists in Kalmunai demanded an immediate halt to allegedly unlawful and racially motivated construction in Tamil-majority areas, citing flood risks and ethnic bias

Tamil Eelam activists protested outside the Sri Lankan embassy in London, condemning human rights violations and calling for a referendum on Tamil Eelam

The Sri Lankan navy detained fourteen Indian fishermen and seized their trawler on Saturday night, after they claimed it was poaching in the waters off Analaitivu, an islet west of Jaffna.

Sri Lanka’s Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said his party was “crystal clear” on fully implementing the 13th Amendment, as he spoke to media outlets calling for deeper strategic, economic, and political ties with India, during a high-profile visit to New Delhi this week.

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States, was hospitalised in Colombo after falling ill during an official visit to Sri Lanka marking 50 years of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the Sri Lankan state, forcing the cancellation of several engagements.

Writing in Himal Southasian, an observer of the 1999 Chemmani exhumations reflects on newly uncovered mass graves and Sri Lanka’s continued failure to deliver justice for Tamil victims of war-time crimes

Thirty Indian fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy last month for allegedly crossing into Sri Lankan waters near Thalaimannar have been produced before the Mannar Magistrate’s Court and handed suspended prison sentences and heavy fines.

The Sri Lankan cabinet has approved a multi-million-dollar contract to overhaul four military MI-17 helicopters, despite growing scrutiny over irregularities in the tender process and questions surrounding regulatory compliance.

Farmers from Muthunagar in Trincomalee have marked more than 50 days of consecutive protest, vowing not to abandon their struggle until their land is returned and a just solution is secured

India and Sri Lanka held further talks last month on their proposed cross-border power grid, as senior officials from both countries met virtually on Thursday to discuss implementation arrangements for the long-delayed project.

Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) spokesperson and party secretary M. A. Sumanthiran said that the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) could be reconstituted if the Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA) agrees to ITAK’s proposed political position.

Today marks 19 years since Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP and human rights lawyer, Nadarajah Raviraj was assassinated in Colombo.  Raviraj was shot in Colombo at close range by unidentified gunmen on a motorbike at around 8:30am on November 10 2006, as he got into his car after giving an interview. The MP died later in hospital. His bodyguard was also killed.