Sri Lankan army captured more Tiger held areas, wresting the Pallai town in Jaffna peninsula, a day after officially banning the LTTE. COLOMBO: Maintaining the momentum of their offensive, Sri Lankan ...

A number of Jaffna residents held a demonstration yesterday (19) at the Jaffna Town Hall Road against the appointment of P.M.S. Charles as the Governor of the Northern Province for a second time. The ...

October 1990 was the month in which the Tamil-speaking Muslims of the Northern province were forcibly expelled en masse by ...

Tired of venturing to the same holiday destination over and over? Bored of the orthodox uninteresting vacations and places? Then Jaffna Peninsula is just the destination for exploring Sri Lankan ...

Socialist Equality Party (SEP) members and supporters won a strong response when they campaigned among workers, fishermen, war refugees, university students and youth on the northern Jaffna peninsula ...

Around 70 workers, youth, fishermen and housewives attended a successful public meeting organised by the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality ...

A section of the Jaffna town was locked down yesterday after 80 persons were found infected with the coronavirus from a sample of 670 persons who were PCR-tested. Northern Province Director of Health ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President President Maithripala Sirisena will jointly inaugurate the renovated Duraiappah Stadium in Jaffna through video conferencing on June 18, ...

A baby bottle, a squeaky toy and a schoolbag are among items that have surfaced from a mass grave site in Sri Lanka’s formerly war-torn northern region, along with 141 human skeletons including some ...

CHEMMANI, Sri Lanka — A baby bottle, a squeaky toy and a schoolbag are among items that have surfaced from a mass grave site in Sri Lanka’s formerly war-torn northern region, along with 141 human ...