The one eyed man known as Sivarasan who masterminded the Rajiv Gandhi assassination hailed from Udupiddy, a town about 32 km from Jaffna city. His real name however was Chandrasekharampillai ...

Politicians never retire from politics,” Mahinda Rajapaksa said in 2024 ( He had done more than most to set that trend in motion. Up until 2005, presidents retired after completing their two terms.

Whistleblower Azad Maulana (spelled as Mowlana and Moulana also) hailing from Maruthamunai in the Eastern province had reportedly fled to Europe and sought political asylum in Switzerland.

The co-ordinated suicide bomber attacks by a group of misguided Muslim zealots against three Churches and four Luxury hotels in Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa on Easter Sunday (21st April) in 2019 ...

Island-wide local authority elections are scheduled for 6th May 2025. At the national level ,the local authority polls will provide the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP)led National People’s Power(NPP) ...

Some kinds of magic never leave us. As a child I chased fireflies – fleeting flickers of light darting through the warm night. Now, I chase sunsets with the same awe and feeling of magic. I still ...

(M.A. Sumanthiran is a President’s Counsel practising at Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court, a former Member of Parliament of Jaffna, and the General Secretary of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi) In the many ...

April 26th is the 48th death anniversary of res[pected Tamil political leader Samuel James Veluppillai (SJV)Chelvanayagam. Chelvanayagam known as SJV and Chelva was the co founder and long time leader ...