The Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka are historically and strategically important regions that contribute ...

As Sri Lanka prepares for the Northern Investment Summit 2026 (NIS26), questions have emerged over whether this initiative ...

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 ...

The mass graves at Chemmani cemetery in Jaffna reveal hundreds of human remains, reopening the painful wounds of Sri Lanka's ...

The Sri Lankan Navy arrested 35 Indian fishermen and seized four trawlers for alleged illegal fishing near Jaffna's ...

Jaffna has been named one of the 25 best cities to visit in the world in 2026 by global travel publisher Lonely Planet. ..

Thousands of people trying to leave Sri Lanka's Jaffna peninsula are trapped by ethnic conflict. The peninsula is held by the Sri Lankan government. The territory just to the south is in the hands of ...

The Jaffna Peninsula at the northern tip of Sri Lanka, off-limits for decades because of the country’s civil war, is home to one of the richest collections of corals on the island, a study shows. Led ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The “Queen of Jaffna,” a once-popular train linking the ethnic Tamil’s northern heartland to the rest of Sri Lanka before a civil war cut the link 24 years ago, chugs back into ...

Sri Lanka Insurance Life carried out a special awareness program during the Nallur festival in Jaffna. During this time many pilgrims travel to Jaffna from different parts of the country and also many ...

This photo taken on Feb. 23, 2025 shows the seaside scenery in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Located in northern Sri Lanka, Jaffna is a coastal city heavily ravaged during a long-term civil war. Today people ...