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 ...

The discovery of the mass grave has reopened old wounds for Sri Lanka’s Tamil community, which suffered the worst violence of ...

The Sri Lanka Tamils live predominantly in the north-east of the island, forming the largest minority group at 11.2% (according to the 2012 census) of the population, the Northern province being ...

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 ...

The Northern Province of Sri Lanka, one of the country’s most underdeveloped and impoverished regions, has become a focal point for Chinese investments. These efforts, driven by both commercial ...

Nearly 16 years after Sri Lanka's civil war, former female fighters from Sri Lanka's northern provinces still have limited opportunities.Ranjini reminisces with a mix of nostalgia and regret about ...

The Sri Lankan Provincial council elections are being held today (September 21, 2013) to elect 148 members to three of the nine provincial councils in the country. The Northern Province,... Skip to ...

Sri Lanka Northern Province . Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election Reflected a Regional Divide By Devana Senanayake. NPP’s Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the country's election, just not in the ...

Families of forcefully disappeared persons in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province observed a hartal on Monday, demanding justice for war-time human rights abuses. According to sources in the northern ...

Wigneswaran, 80, who completed his five-year term of the Tamil dominated Northern province, had formed Tamil People's Council in 2018 after stepping down from the Chief Minister's post.

Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province C.V. Wigneswaran will continue in the post following an understanding with Tamil National Alliance leader R. Sampanthan, days after a large bloc ...