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While the dawning of the New Year, 2022, in Melbourne, Australia, didn’t turn out to be as exciting, as one would have expected, mainly due to the Omicron virus, there was plenty of action in our scene. Although not all bands found work coming their way, DJs, I’m told, had a field day, pumping up […]

The only unnamed railway station in India, heres the story behind it - New travellers arriving at the platform are taken aback as this station has a board at the station, but nothing is inscribed on it.

The 3 fishermen ventured into the International Maritime Border Line waters, which triggered their arrest by SL Navy. Stalin wrote to EAM to get them released.

Tamil Nadu: On October 11, 23 fishermen from Nagapattinam were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for crossing the maritime boundary. They were... | News Track

As an island nation, maritime security is of paramount importance to Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka Navy continues its task to be the first line of defence, operating an assortment of vessels. In enhancing its amphibious combat capabilities, the Navy takes pride in their Marine Battalion which has been in existence since 2017. The history of the naval infantryman dates back to the early 1980s.The Navy Patrolman Branch was originally entrusted with the...

Geography, history, and politics have complicated matters COLOMBO: The recent arrest of 54 Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy and their subsequent release under diplomatic pressure, has again brought into focus the intractable India-Sri Lanka row about fishing in the narrow Palk Strait. Geographical, historical and political factors have complicated the issue which, on the face of it, is a simple matter. The Indian authorities have invariably succeeded in securing the release of arres...

Sinnaththurai Jeyakumar I first met Sinnaththurai Jeyakumar in 2020 at a particularly good dinner in Jetwing Jaffna’s elegant restaurant. We had eaten well, enjoyed a bottle of wine, and were feeling good. As we thanked our waiter, he asked if we would like to meet the chef. A moment later there he was. Smart, enthusiastic, with a bright engaging smile topped off by a chef’s hat, Sinnaththurai Jeyakumar came out from the kitchen to meet us. Jeyakumar was the chef responsible for cooking a...

By Jekhan Aruliah An appreciation on the retirement of a man who fled Sri Lanka’s communal riots in 1984 to settle in Australia, and returned three decades later in 2015 to setup Jaffna’s first luxury hotel. Devoting five years of his life as the hands-on General Manager of Jetwing Jaffna. Chris Ponnadurai Chris was born in Colombo in 1951, the seventh of eight children. His father was a school inspector, who moved the family often as he was transferred around the country. Spending his earl...

D.B.S.Jeyaraj More than eleven years have passed since the War between the Sri Lankan Armed Forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) organization concluded. The lengthy conflict described at one time as South Asia’s longest war came to an end after the military defeat of the LTTE in May 2009. Many of the military triumphs achieved by both sides at different times during the course of the war are now being relegated to the realm of the forgotten.This column intends to focus this we...