Mullivaikkal, Sri Lanka – On a beach in northeastern Sri Lanka, Krishnan Anjan Jeevarani laid out some of her family’s favourite food items on a banana leaf. She placed a samosa, lollipops and a large ...
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka (AP) – Ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka’s war-ravaged north voted Saturday to form their first functioning provincial government, hoping it is the first step toward wider regional autonomy ...
In the summer of 1983, ethnic violence swept the island nation of Sri Lanka. Known as Black July, the outbreak of communal violence between the Sinhalese majority and Tamil minority communities left ...
Last month, in the runup to the 12th anniversary of the Mullaitivu massacre, the Association of Relatives of the Disappeared in the Sri Lankan Civil War organized roadside protests in the Vavuniya ...
The National People’s Power’s (NPP) victory in the November 14 general elections — it secured 61 percent of the vote and 159 of 225 seats in parliament — is a remarkable performance in Sri Lanka’s ...
JAFFNA, SRI LANKA, March 13, 2023 / EINPresswire.com / -- Sinhalese students led by Wasantha Mudalige, the covenor of Inter University Students' Federation (IUSF) met with Tamil Jaffna University ...
Fifteen-thousand people fled from the town of Vaharai in eastern Sri Lanka following heavy shelling by the Sri Lankan army on January 18. According to the Tamilnet website, the shelling was ...
For the first time ever, an event held by mostly Sinhalese also memorialized Tamil victims of the decades-long civil war. A Christian nun sings hymns as activists observe a minute silence in ...