Economic issues top the agenda as the island country of 22 million goes to the polls to elect its 10th president.

In a sense it too has fallen off the map. Once seen as an emerging South ... The north and east are where the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Eelam is the Tamil name for Sri Lanka ...

Sri Lankan Tamils face a dilemma in the presidential election, torn between a potential winner and a symbolic Tamil candidate ...

A new genetic study reveals that Sri Lanka’s Tamil and Sinhala populations are genetically similar, challenging claims of distinct Eelam Tamil origins and questioning the basis for separatist ...

The military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May 2009 ended the long war of South Asia. It also opened up a new phase in Tamil electoral politics. When presidential ...

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka held presidential elections on Saturday, serving as a de facto referendum on the contentious ...

While the day is not officially recognised in Sri Lanka, the Tamil diaspora commemorates it internationally. Renuga Inpakumar began advocating for Eelam Tamil refugees at the age of 10.

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Then the novel moves to the Eelam war, regarding which the author has no firsthand knowledge. The novel presents the war as a senseless, aggressive military attack by the Sri Lanka army on an innocent ...

Tamil National Common Structure and Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO) said during a televised interview recently. Surenthiran said that they understand their candidate, P. Ariyanethran, will ...

Apple Maps has been playing catch up to Google Maps since it launched in 2012, and it has now finally made its debut on the web. That means you can access Apple Maps in any browser, whether you ...

Northern Tamil voters in Sri Lanka face a dilemma in the presidential election, torn between a potential winner and a ...