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Today marks 34 years since the passing of Major Sothiya, the commander of the LTTE's first female unit.  Maria Vasanthi Michael, known by her nomme de guerre ‘Sothiya’, was born on 20 September 1963. She first joined the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 1984. A formidable fighter, Sothiya took part in many battles, as female cadres began to take part in combat

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On October 30, 1995, over half a million Tamil men, women and children fled their homes in Jaffna as the Sri Lankan military launched a military offensive to capture the peninsula, under the leadership of then president Chandrika Kumaratunga.

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Today marks 36 years since the death of Lt Col Thileepan, a political wing leader of the LTTE who fasted to death, in a protest appealing to the Indian government to honour pledges made to the Tamil people. Thileepan began his fast on the September 15, 1987, with 100,000 people gathered around the historic Nallur Kandwaswamy Temple in Jaffna.

By Shamindra Ferdinando The Metropolitan Police Service, UK, has said that a person ,recently arrested in the UK over his alleged involvement in the killing of journalist Mylvaganam Nimalarajan, 39, in his Jaffna home on Oct 19, 2000 is a Sri Lankan national. Jack Griffith, Press Officer – Specialist Operations at the London Metropolitan Police […]

By Lynn Ockersz The slow train to Poland, Lumbers into the uncertain darkness, And herded into its cavernous carriages, Are horrified humans in the thousands, Clutching to their hearts their children, And all the prized things they could gather, While tearfully fleeing their motherland; That beloved soil which they tilled over time, And turned into […]

Saturday 5th February, 2022 Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith was conspicuous by his absence at yesterday’s Independence Day ceremony. Opinion may be divided on his boycott of the event as well as his decision against conducting religious functions to mark the Independence Day, but can he and other church leaders be faulted […]

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India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) last Tuesday arrested a former LTTE intel operative on charges of playing a crucial role in reviving the defunct outfit. In this backdrop, the Sunday Observer spoke to Prof. Rohan Gunaratna who continues to study developments with the LTTE.