In July 1998, Corporal Somaratne Rajapaksa and some other soldiers were convicted for the rape and murder of a Jaffna schoolgirl Krishanthi Kumaraswamy and the killing of her family. Rajapaksa ...

The JMO told the court that one set of human remains excavated along with a suspected blue school bag (presumably distributed by UNICEF during wartime) belonged to a child. Some children’s toys were ...

Mass grave in Jaffna tests Sri Lankan government's pledge to address Tamil grievances, sparking hope and skepticism.

Chemmani, a sparsely populated area in the northern peninsula of Jaffna has in recent times acquired a somewhat dubious image ...

Sri Lanka Navy has seized 24 Indian fishing boats and arrested 181 fishermen for allegedly fishing in Sri Lankan waters so far this year, the navy said in a statement today.