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‘Our Reporter’ is a collective byline representing a team of Jaffna- and Sri Lanka-based journalists and editorial staff who contribute to Jaffna Monitor.


Former Allies Explore Path to a Re-Emerging TNA

Former Allies Explore Path to a Re-Emerging TNA

Former allies from the now-defunct Tamil National Alliance (TNA) have resumed discussions on forming a united political front, raising the possibility of a reconstituted alliance ahead of the next electoral contest. The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), the TNA's principal constituent, and the Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA)—a coalition of parties that broke away from the TNA—held talks at ITAK's Martin Road office in Jaffna last week to explore coordination on key political issues.


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President Sidesteps Cyclone Failures and Policy U-Turns in Newsweek Interview

President Sidesteps Cyclone Failures and Policy U-Turns in Newsweek Interview

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says his government must convince the country — and the world — that Sri Lanka still has “a sustainable future” as it rebuilds from Cyclone Ditwah while emerging from a historic debt crisis and managing intensifying geopolitical competition in the Indian Ocean. In a rare and wide-ranging interview with Newsweek at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, Dissanayake described Ditwah as “catastrophic,” hitting just as Sri Lanka concluded a US$25 bill


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Wigneswaran Accuses NPP Government of "Racial Bias" on Tamil Self-Governance

Wigneswaran Accuses NPP Government of "Racial Bias" on Tamil Self-Governance

Former Northern Province Chief Minister and Tamil People's Council Secretary-General Justice C.V. Wigneswaran has sharply criticized the National People's Power (NPP) government, accusing it of acting with "more racial bias and less intellectual understanding than any other party that ruled Sri Lanka" when it comes to restoring self-governing rights to Tamils. Wigneswaran made the remarks recently while inaugurating the Tamil People's Council headquarters on Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan Road in J


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Sweet Deal Turns Sour: Mahinda Gets Bitter Court Summons in Sugar Scam

Sweet Deal Turns Sour: Mahinda Gets Bitter Court Summons in Sugar Scam

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has ordered that a summons be issued to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa in connection with a 2020 sugar import tax concession that allegedly caused the government losses exceeding Rs. 15.8 billion (approximately USD 53 million). Legal sources noted that Rajapaksa — a dominant figure in post-war Sri Lankan politics — has previously avoided direct legal accountability in several corruption inquiries despite substantial evidence of irregularities. However, they suggest


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Harini Amarasuriya’s U-Turn on War Crimes Accountability

Harini Amarasuriya’s U-Turn on War Crimes Accountability

Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya has firmly rejected calls for an international investigation into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, insisting that accountability must be pursued through domestic mechanisms—a position that has drawn sharp criticism from Tamil parliamentarians and raised questions about the Prime Minister's apparent ideological shift from her activist past. Government's Stance: Domestic Over International Speaking in Parliament in response to oral questions, Prime Minister Har


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Diaspora Tamil DJ Faces Racist Threats, Forced to Close Ahangama Restaurant

Diaspora Tamil DJ Faces Racist Threats, Forced to Close Ahangama Restaurant

In a sobering reflection of how old prejudices continue to shadow modern Sri Lanka, Robert Rajeswaran—better known behind the turntables as DJ Rob R—says he is shutting down his newly launched Indian restaurant, Tiffins, in the southern coastal town of Ahangama following weeks of intimidation, death threats, and physical assault from locals. The decision has left the 30-something artist questioning whether a Tamil entrepreneur can feel truly safe in a Sinhala-majority area, even 16 years after


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Bimal Rathnayake’s Ports Docked and Aviation Grounded by His Own Racist Politics

Bimal Rathnayake’s Ports Docked and Aviation Grounded by His Own Racist Politics

Bimal Rathnayake, arguably the most controversial minister in Anura Kumara Dissanayake's government and widely accused by Tamil parties of obstructing Northern development for racist reasons, has been removed from his powerful Ports and Aviation portfolio and reassigned as Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development. Tamil political circles have long accused Rathnayake of personally blocking the development of Palaly Airport and Kankesanthurai (KKS) Harbour — two projects viewed as cr


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Fonseka Says Mahinda Rajapaksa Deserves Hanging; SLPP Hits Back, Calls Him a Dog
Then President Mahinda Rajapaksa greets then–Chief of Defence Staff Sarath Fonseka in Colombo.

Fonseka Says Mahinda Rajapaksa Deserves Hanging; SLPP Hits Back, Calls Him a Dog

Former Army Commander and ex-MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka has launched a scathing attack on former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, accusing him of colluding with the LTTE during the final stages of Sri Lanka’s civil war, misappropriating state assets, and betraying the nation’s trust. In an explosive remark, Fonseka declared that his former boss “deserves death by hanging.” Mahinda’s party, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), was also not holding its tongue, firing back with a barrage of co


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