Batticaloa at a standstill as families of missing protest

We condemn the opinion of Chinese Ambassador who supports the genocides: Jaffna University Students’ Union

The Jaffna University Students’ Union has issued a statement saying that they have strongly condemned the comments made in support of Sri Lanka and defaming the affected Tamil community. The Jaffna University Students’ Union strongly condemns the comments made by the Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka in connection with the UN Human Rights Council session to be held in Geneva, in support of Sri Lanka and the victimized Tamil community regarding accountability for the war crimes, crimes against hum

09 Oct, 2022

Sri Lanka heading for a humanitarian disaster

Sri Lankans have lost access to most medicine and medical supplies, setting them on course for a humanitarian disaster, Direct Relief reported. Unlike Russia?s invasion of Ukraine and the recent hurricane batterings of Puerto Rico and Florida, Sri Lanka?s crisis grew slowly and has garnered few international headlines. But Sri Lankans are suffering amid the harshest economic crisis the country has confronted since gaining independence from the British empire in 1948. With the country?s foreign

09 Oct, 2022

Infant among 5 Sri Lankans found stranded on sandbar

Five Sri Lankan Tamils, including a six-month-old baby, who were stranded on a sandbar near Dhanushkodi in Ramanathapuram district for nearly two days without food and water, were rescued by the marine police with the help of fishermen on Friday. The marine police said the family from the Thalavadi region in Sri Lanka were ferried on a boat from Mannar and were dropped on the fifth sandbar off Dhanushkodi. S Saparin (33), who undertook the perilous journey along with wife Rathika (36) and chil

08 Oct, 2022