Both sides of the A9 highway are studded with remains of war. Bombed out houses with bullet marks, scorched trees, bunkers and danger signs in red plastic straps warning 'mines: do not cross'. Both ...

When Lonely Planet named Jaffna the second-best destination in the world for 2026, it wasn’t a surprise to anyone who has walked along the city’s sun-drenched causeways or shared a crab curry under ...

IT IS now more than two years since the Sri Lankan army captured Jaffna, the main town of the Tamil Tigers' would-be independent state. Ever since, the army has been trying, without much success, to ...

Jaffna is the former stronghold of the Tamil Tigers, the infamous Sri Lankan guerrilla group. This legendary peninsula at the northern tip of Sri Lanka was ravaged by three decades of civil war ...

A scorching March heat is sweeping the Menik Farm camps for the internally displaced persons (IDPs). In Zone II, tattered UN tents helplessly flap against the strong breeze as red dust swirls up like ...

The Sri Lankan government said yesterday it will reopen the only highway supplying the Tamil-majority Jaffna Peninsula, allowing the flow of essential supplies to half a million civilians trapped by ...

I write on behalf of the owners of properties situated along Power House Road, Jaffna. This road has been closed to the public for the past several years, preventing house owners from returning to ...