KEPPAPILAVU, Sri Lanka, March 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - C handraleela Jasinthan was a school teacher in a northern Sri Lankan village when, in the last days of the civil war, she and her ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The plan for a surreptitious meeting had been in the works for weeks. On the morning of November 7, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan ...

From the left, ITAK leader S. Sritharan, Tamil Progressive Alliance leader Mano Ganeshan, ITAK secretary Mavai Senathirajah and Provincial Council member S. Sivamohan at the ITAK 2024 Mayday event in ...

Sri Lankan Tamil refugee families detained for decades in refugee camps in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu have repeatedly tried to commit suicide in desperation due to conditions in the camps. Amid ...

A group of Sri Lankan Tamils now domiciled in the United Kingdom conducted a protest in London on February 4. Starting outside Sri Lanka’s High Commission in London, the protesters marched through ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Staten Island Sri Lankan Tamil School and community joyously celebrated the annual Pongal festival at PS 54 in Willowbrook on Sunday, Jan. 14, showcasing cultural heritage ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sri Lankan traditional dancers perform during an event to mark the anniversary of country's independence from British colonial ...

Four of the songs were Carnatic, an ancient style of music rooted in Hindu traditions and commonly associated with Southern ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan protesters lit flames and offered prayers Wednesday remembering thousands — including ethnic Tamil civilians — killed in the final stages of the country’s ...

COLOMBO, Sri LankaCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s new government declined to sing the national anthem in Tamil, the country’s second national language, during the island’s Independence Day ...