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The MP pointed out that people in groups who tried to re-enter Jaffna peninsula via the lagoon were taken into military custody and in some instances detained over ten days. Locals suspect those who ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern: Sri Lanka: Northern Provincial Council Election Could Be Step Toward Reconciliation
Tomorrow, for the first time in 25 years, Sri Lanka will hold elections to its Northern Provincial Council, a step that could facilitate reconciliation between the country’s majority (mostly Buddhist) ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern: This Cultured City Is Sri Lanka's Crab Curry Capital—Here's How to Taste It
In Sri Lanka’s northern capital Jaffna, a food tour shines a light on the city’s rich Tamil culture — and the lauded local crab curry.
News Sri Lanka » Northern: Sri Lanka's Tamil dominated northern region holds historic polls
About 35 per cent of voters turnout was recorded in Sri Lanka's Tamil majority Northern Province on Saturday for the first local polls in 25 years to elect a council to govern the former war zone, ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern: Sri Lanka’s northern fishermen ‘fiercely oppose’ proposal to issue licence to Indian fishermen
Sri Lanka’s northern fishermen on Sunday said they “fiercely oppose” the government’s plan to issue licences to Indian fishermen to enter Sri Lankan waters, terming the move a “serious setback” to ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern: Democracy at Last for Sri Lanka’s Northern Province?
Not long ago the Northern Province of Sri Lanka was out of bounds for the rest of the country. It was entirely controlled by the insurgent group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a group ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern: Northern Sri Lanka's oldest confirmed settlement reshapes what archaeologists thought about early island life
A study published in the Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology has identified the earliest evidence of prehistoric occupation by island dwellers of northern Sri Lanka. Long thought to be ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern: Sri Lanka’s Northern Fishermen Finding Themselves Ensnared In Growing Geopolitical Rivalry Throughout Indian Ocean – Analysis
“We will not allow ourselves to be used against India – we will get help from anyone – on that basis we received help from China – for that China cannot use us to threaten India’s national security in ...
News Sri Lanka » Northern: Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council elections: reconciliation and reputation
The Northern Provincial Council elections to be held in September 2013 have assumed critical relevance for post-war Sri Lanka. As President Rajapaksa stated: “There were presidential and parliamentary ...