Nadesan was born on 11 February 1904 in Anaicottai, Jaffna. He attended Jaffna Hindu College and won the Governor’s scholarship to attend Royal College, Colombo. After a short spell at Royal College, ...

Friday 12th December 2025 was a special day for millions of Tamil movie fans. It was the 75th birthday of popular Tamil cinema actor Rajinikanth. The evergreen filmstar has in a film career spanning ...

The Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) extends it’s sincere gratitude to the Government of Canada and to the people of Canada for their timely and compassionate humanitarian assistance in response to the ...

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ‘Arasiyal Madhiuraignar’ (Political Adviser) Anton Stanislaus Balasingham passed away nineteen years ago at his South London residence on 14 December ...

The provincial councils scheme , implemented since 1988, has seen a number of chief ministers being elected by the various provincial councils over the years. Although the norm has been for each ...

“The best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry, ”penned the Scottish bard Robert Burns in his poem”to a mouse”. This truth was brought home in an explosive manner to the Liberation Tigers of ...

Today (Jan 31) is the birthday of eminent constitutional lawyer, academic and politician Dr. Neelakandan Tiruchelvam. Neelan as he was popularly known would have completed eighty years , had he been ...

The United Lingdom (UK) has imposed sanctions on four Sri Lankans allegedly responsible for serious human rights abuses and violations committed during the war between the Sri Lankan armed forces and ...

Sri Lanka has agreed to purchase power at $0.0826, or 8.26 cents, per kWh from Adani Green Energy, which is executing a wind power project in Mannar and Pooneryn in the island’s Northern Province. The ...

History was made 65 years ago in July 1960 when 44 year old Sirimavo Bandaranaike assumed office as the prime minister of Sri Lanka known then as Ceylon. Sirimavo shattered a glass ceiling by becoming ...

Sri Lanka’s newly elected ninth executive president Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) continues to be the focus of this column. In the first part of this article published last week, the early years of ...

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) or People’s Liberation Front,founded and led by Rohana Wijeweera is not the same party of which Anura Kumara Disanayake is the current leader .For one thing the ...