S RI LANKA has a problem with mass graves—and with decades of inaction about them. The country is littered with grisly ...
On Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 11.55 a.m., Dr. Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles, California, USA, surrounded by his family. He was 89 years old. ‘Ethir’ ...
Participating in the dedication of the Jaffna Cultural Centre, constructed with the Indian government's grant, to the people of Sri Lanka today, Union Minister of State for Information and ...
Photo courtesy of Migrationology Today is the International Day of Older Persons "Respect for the aged is the highest form of ...
This publication completes the National Trust- Sri Lanka series on the North and East with publications on Mannar, Batticaloa and Island of Islands in response to many requests from the public. The ...
It was May 31, 1981 when early signs of the looming civil war broke out on the Jaffna peninsula of northern Sri Lanka. An organized Sinhala mob carried out an arson attack on the prestigious Jaffna ...
The Princess Royal receives a greeting and a garland of lotus flowers as she visits a resettlement village at the Halo Trust site in Muhamalai during day two of her visit to mark 75 years of ...
JAFFNA, SRI LANKA—War and neglect have taken a toll on Jaffna Fort, a star-shaped structure built in the seventeenth century by Dutch colonists on the Jaffa peninsula. Archaeologist Prashantha ...
The Socialist Equality Party in Sri Lanka, together with the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE), held an open-air meeting at Oori village in Karainagar on February 19. About ...
Fifteen months have now passed since the ceasefire agreement, or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), struck between the Sri Lankan government and Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in order to ...
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 ...