Sri Lanka's Malayaha, or hill-country Tamil, community faces systemic barriers that continue to hinder their progress, the ...
For most Indian-origin Sri Lankan Tamils, who are victims of ethnic conflict and civil war, proving that they are not illegal ...
The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 33 fishermen from Tamil Nadu for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line ...
They’re trampling on our graves with their boots,” said Kavitha, a Tamil woman, as the torrential rain lashing our faces ...
I wanted it to end, even if my own people had to be killed," Ratnam says. The war did end in 2009, with the Sri Lankan government - dominated by the Sinhalese majority - defeating the Tamil Tigers.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake has made New Delhi his first stop abroad after being sworn in as the president of Sri Lanka in October 2024 and winning a two-thirds majority for the National People’s Power ...
Today marks the celebration of Thai Pongal, a festival that is of great significance to the Tamil community in Sri Lanka.
"We thought they were bad people and would kill us ... area close to her village in the Tamil Tiger stronghold of Vishwamadu, northern Sri Lanka. Broken-hearted, she went in search of him ...
The 26-year-long civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE officially ended in May 2009 after claiming around 70,000 lives and displacing four times as many. Both sides committed a ...
The Tamil community in Sri Lanka has been demanding the implementation of the 13th amendment of the Sri Lankan Constitution that provides for devolution of power to it. The 13th amendment was ...