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Remembering Colonel Kittu | Tamil Guardian

Today marks 31 years since the death of Sathasivam Krishnakumar alias Colonel Kittu, and nine other LTTE cadres, who committed suicide after being surrounded by Indian navy warships in 1993.

London , City-of , United-kingdom , Paris , France-general- , France , Polikandy , Northern , Sri-lanka , Switzerland , Nallur , Point-pedro

Palaly Residents Struggle for Resettlement Despite Land Allocation

Residents of Palaly, located in Valikamam North, continue to face significant challenges to get resettled, despite the allocation of lands for this purpose. The state's failure to provide the necessary support and permits for building houses and infrastructure on the released lands has left the affected residents in a difficult situation.

Kankesanthurai , Northern , Sri-lanka , Valikamam-north , Polikandy , Survey-department ,

Action from Junior National Athletics Championships

Here are some action pictures from the first day of the Junior National Athletics Championships which commenced at Diyagama on Sunday.

Diyagama , Central , Sri-lanka , Pannipitiya , Western , Kegalle , Sabaragamuwa , Bopitiya , Kandy , Wattala , Valvettithurai , Northern

Thushen dazzles against seniors with record-breaking feat

Junior National Athletics Championships 2023 By Reemus Fernando Asian Youth Championship medallist Thushen Silva gave the Junior National Athletics Championship a strong start as he lived up to his billing to win the pole vault with a record-breaking feat at Diyagama on Sunday. While Thushen excelled in his pet event, Kandy hurdlers Sethumi Dahamsa […]

Pannipitiya , Western , Sri-lanka , Walala , Central , Diyagama , Polikandy , Northern , Valvettithurai , Bopitiya , Colombo , Kegalle

Ravindra, Shipley bowl New Zealand to solitary win after Young and Latham fifties

Ravindra, Shipley bowl New Zealand to solitary win after Young and Latham fifties
island.lk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from island.lk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.

Valvettithurai , Northern , Sri-lanka , Bopitiya , Central , Uzbekistan , Pannipitiya , Western , Kandy , Diyagama , Wattala , Kegalle

Samad, Phillips steal the show in blockbuster run-chase

In one of the more thrilling finishes of recent times, bottom-ranked SRH pulled off a midnight heist against the Rajasthan Royals, chasing down 215 off the final ball. With five runs required off the final ball, Sandeep Sharma of Rajasthan Royals bowled a no-ball, allowing Abdul Samad a second chance to seal a win for […]

Polikandy , Northern , Sri-lanka , Uzbekistan , Pannipitiya , Western , Diyagama , Central , Kandy , Colombo , Walala , Kegalle

Muslims in Sri Lanka struggle to fit in after the civil war:

Colombo: Rasika Rajabdi and her family were evicted from their ancestral home by armed rebels in Sri Lanka's northern province of Mullai... | News Track

Sri-lanka , Puthukkudiyiruppu , Northern , University-of-jaffna , Polikandy , Pottuvil , Eastern , Mullaitivu , Mannar , Colombo , Western , Batticaloa

Freedom of Expression: Where Do We Stand?

Today is World Press Freedom Day with the
theme “Information as a Public Good”
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Stifling the peaceful expression of legitimate dissent today can only result, inexorably, in the catastrophic explosion of violence some other day
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Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, SC 468/92
On April 30, when the Indian Supreme Court was hearing a case which it had initiated by itself (Suo Motto) to examine issues relating to the management of COVID-19, one of the judges is reported to have stated that, “We want to make it very clear that if citizens communicate their grievance on social media and internet then it cannot be said its wrong information. We don’t want any clampdown of information. We will treat it as a contempt of court if such grievances is considered for action”.

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CrisisWatch: March Alerts and February Trends 2021

February 2021
Criminal groups abducted hundreds in north west, while ethnic and regional tensions ran high in south amid farmer-herder conflict; meanwhile, tensions rose in south east between govt and Biafra secessionists. Criminal groups in Feb reportedly killed at least 112 and kidnapped over 450 people, mostly in Katsina, Kaduna, Sokoto and Zamfara states (north west), but also in Niger state (Middle Belt). Notably, armed group 17 Feb abducted 42 students and school personnel in Niger state, released them 27 Feb; 26 Feb kidnapped 279 girls in Zamfara state. Meanwhile, Auwalun Daudawa, who masterminded Dec 2020 abduction of 344 students in Katsina state, 8 Feb laid down arms along with five of his troops. Amid rise in herder-farmer and intercommunal violence in south since Jan, clashes between ethnic Hausa and Fulani on one hand, and ethnic Yoruba on the other, early Feb killed two dozen people in Oyo state capital Ibadan (south west). Nobel laureate in literature Wole Soyinka 6 Feb warned situation could spiral into civil war and former President Abdulsalam Abubakar 16 Feb said it could lead to “point of no return”. In Imo state (south east), security forces stepped up operations against Eastern Security Network (ESN), paramilitary wing of outlawed secessionist group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB); army 18 Feb deployed helicopters and hundreds of troops in Orlu and Orsu areas, razing several ESN camps; IPOB same day said govt had triggered “second Nigeria-Biafra war”. Boko Haram (BH) attacks continued in Borno state (north east) despite military operations. Army 9-10 Feb repelled insurgent attacks on base in Rann town and on Askira Uba town, killing at least 50 combatants. BH splinter group Islamic State West Africa Province 15 Feb killed at least seven soldiers in Marte area; next day launched coordinated attacks in Marte and Gubio areas, death toll unknown; 19 Feb raided several villages in Dikwa area, displacing thousands. BH rocket attack on state capital Maiduguri 23 Feb reportedly left 16 dead. Military 15 Feb said troops had killed some 80 insurgents from BH faction led by Abubakar Shekau (JAS) in “recent” operations in Sambisa forest; at least two senior JAS figures reportedly among those killed.

Markoye , Region-du-sahel , Burkina-faso , Yagha , Sanmatenga , Region-du-centre-nord , Cameroon , Mopti , Mali , France , Niger , Ouallam

Tamil politics is taking a new direction- The Pottuvil to Polikandi pada yatra

by Dr Nirmala Chandrahasan
For some time now the Tamil political parties and the Tamil polity have been looking to the international community to settle their problems. Thus much reliance has been placed on the Human Rights Council’s resolutions and the Geneva processes. Although this is one avenue it is not the only one. The international processes are also dependant on geo politics and the national interests of the states that are represented in these organizations and hence one cannot always expect a favourable outcome. On the other hand, when the issues facing the Tamil speaking people are taken up by the people themselves and their representatives at the ground level it could have a better outcome, as the majority community and the country at large are made aware of the grievances and issues which are agitating the Tamil speaking part of the country. This requires that the print and electronic media give adequate coverage to these events so that the Sinhala and English reading public are made aware . Unfortunately this is not the case. The news coverage and dissemination of news within the country, is as divided as the communities themselves , and no effort is made to bridge the gap. To give an example I did not see any coverage of the Pottuvil to Polikandy

Myanmar , Polikandy , Northern , Sri-lanka , Pottuvil , Eastern , India , Mali , Netherlands , Israel , Tamil-nadu , Geneva