Students send back governor’s letter written in Sinhalese
The President of the Jaffna University Arts Faculty Students’ Union ,K.Rajeevan, on Wednesday returned a letter sent to him by the Northern Province Governor, Reginold...
Counter-terror law triggers old fears
Even as Sri Lanka drafts a new law to counter terrorism, human rights activists and lawyers here fear it might be worse than the Prevention...
US funds strengthening civil society
The United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Tuesday announced an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications...
North shuts down
Sri Lanka’s restive North came to a grinding halt on Tuesday in protest of the killing of two Jaffna university students in a police shooting...
More Sri Lankan refugees to return
More Sri Lankan refugees who fled during a 30 year war, are set to return to the country from southern India, a government official said...
Wigneswaran appeals for calm
The Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Tamil-speaking Northern Province, C.V.Wigneswaran, has appealed to the people of the province, especially the youth, to be calm as...
Student deaths spark nationwide protests
Students across Sri Lankan universities protested on Monday, condemning the recent death of two Jaffna University students in alleged police shooting and demanding a fair...
Hartal in North today
Northern Provincial Council Member M. K. Shivajilingam said a hartal will be held today (25) and all shops and sales outlets in the North will...
Caste oppression has a long and convoluted history in Jaffna.
By Thulasi Muttulingam. Caste oppression has a long and convoluted history in Jaffna. There is also, nearly a century’s worth of recorded history of progressive...
Wigneswaran refuses to hoist LTTE flag
Chief Minister of the North C.V.Wigneswaran refused to hoist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) flag at a meeting, organized by a group of pro-LTTE...
Indian Foreign Secretary discusses economic collaboration
Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar called on President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday morning and discussed potential Indo-Lanka partnerships in areas such as transport, energy and infrastructure....
None of the present Sinhalese political leaders have the capacity to empathize with the Tamils
Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran, who is in the UK attending the signing ceremony to twin Kingston with Jaffna, were posed the following questions by...
Tamils in Sri Lanka are feeling pessimistic
Tamils in Sri Lanka are feeling pessimistic due to lack of progress in reconciliation efforts by President Maithripala Sirisena who had promised to reach out...
Human Rights Commission calls for incorporation of Economic, Social and Cultural rights in new Constitution
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) today called on the President to give leadership in calling for, and the Prime minister and all...
Indian Foreign Secretary to visit Sri Lanka
Foreign Secretary S. Jaishanker to visit Sri Lanka on Sunday to further economic cooperation and the Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) that has been...