The London Indian Film Festival will open its 16th edition with the U.K. premiere of “Little Jaffna.” Directed by Lawrence Valin, the film, which he also co-wrote and stars in, explores the ...

Lawrence Valin‘s feature directorial debut “Little Jaffna” is set to make its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.The first clip has been unveiled from the film. The film, which Valin ...

The myth of a Tamil homeland collapses under scrutiny of historical records, colonial chronicles, and demographic facts. The ...

The Jaffna Public Library, destroyed in 1981 and rebuilt twice since, once sat in a no man's land between warring forces. It's been fully restored and become a haven for readers young and old.

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka Jaffna Public Library has a painful history behind its pure white walls. It was burnt down during days of mob violence between May 31, 1981 and June 2.

COLOMBO — When a group of herpetologists ventured into Jaffna in Sri Lanka’s north to conduct their first herpetological field survey of the peninsula, they were largely lured by the unknown.

Students and security forces have clashed in Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka in the worst political disturbances since civil war ended in 2009. A Tamil politician accused the military of injuring a ...

Even now, there is no school in Jaffna that offers Sinhala medium education. As the present government has emphasised on reconciliation and co-existence between communities, past students of this ...

… considers it a move to propagate Western thinking Chief Organiser of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) for the Jaffna District, Geethanath Cassilingam, has condemned a recent LGBTQ parade in ...