On Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 11.55 a.m., Dr. Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles, California, USA, surrounded by his family. He was 89 years old. ‘Ethir’ ...

I didn't just visit Jaffna in Sri Lanka. I returned to it, like a forgotten verse in a prayer whispered by generations. The palmyra trees still stood like old soldiers, their fronds rattling like ...

It is in this context that this column focuses on a scribe who in his heyday bestrode the world of Tamil journalism like a colossus. Sinnathamby Sellathurai whose birth centenary was on February 26, ...

The Anura “Alai” or wave that engulfed the Tamil nationalist stronghold of Jaffna was the focus of this column published last week. (Anura “Alai”(Wave) engulfs Tamil Nationalist Stronghold of ...

A strong backlash from politicians and intellectuals in Jaffna, over the renaming the India-built Jaffna Cultural Centre as Thiruvalluvar Cultural Centre, has prompted Indian authorities to put up yet ...

Kathmandu, Feb. 6 -- If you're in the mood to enjoy street snacks with a twist, Jaffna is the place to be. Jaffna's most distinctive aesthetic feature is its use of pink throughout its indoor and ...

The Jaffna Peninsula at the northern tip of Sri Lanka, off-limits for decades because of the country’s civil war, is home to one of the richest collections of corals on the island, a study shows. Led ...