US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung (Fifth from left) during her visit to Jaffna College The alumni had organised many events like parades and a worship service to mark the 200th anniversary of ...

While reading Mr. Neville Jayaweera’s article headlined “The wretched of the earth” in this newspaper of November 16, 2008 memories came back of my two years in Jaffna College, Vaddukoddai. That was ...

Reading the late ACB Pethiyagoda’s memoir of his time at Jaffna College, Vadukoddai, Goolbai Gunasekera’s memory was jogged about just under two years she herself spent in Jaffna. Pethiyagoda went ...

A large number of Alumni from across the world are expected to assemble at Vaddukoddai to take part in these week-long celebrations The alumni of Jaffna College are organizing a series of events ...

A well-known and unique CSR programme titled 'Kelani Shakthi', conducted in the Jaffna peninsula, celebrates its 10th ...

A historic occasion it was when Ananda College, Colombo, met Hindu College, Jaffna, at a first-ever ‘wielding the willow’ encounter on the Ananda grounds on September 7 and 8. It all started with the ...

Tharjini was born in Punnalaikadduvan in the Jaffna District. She was the fifth of six children in her family. She pursued her primary education at the Visalam Central College. She obtained an Arts ...

In 1867, it became the secular Jaffna College. As we lick ice cream from a cart one afternoon outside the College and look on at the boys and girls playing on the grounds inside, we have to remind ...

Jaffna College, Vaddukkodai, turned tables to pull off a well deserving outright win by 59 runs over traditional rivals St. Patrick’s College in the 108th Battle of the Golds big match concluded at St ...

Formal public library In response to this appeal to enhance the library, a meeting was held at Jaffna Central College on 9 June 1934, and discussed the ways to set up a formal public library in Jaffna ...