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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka —Seventeen years after the end of Sri Lanka's civil war and the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the government said Tuesday that it would retain military control over lands in Valikamam North it considers essential to national security, reaffirming that large sections of the Palaly High Security Zone will remain under military control. The decision deepens the frustration of Tamil landowners, many of whom have spent decades seeking the return of propert

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka —Representatives of the six Tamil-speaking political parties, who announced last month their decision to work together to advance the interests of Tamil-speaking people, are scheduled to hold separate meetings on Monday (Aug. 3) with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa The six parties — the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC), the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC), the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), t

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka — Nineteen years after Sahathevan Nilakshan, a 22-year-old journalist and University of Jaffna student, was shot dead outside his home during a military curfew, no one has been charged in the case. His killing, former classmates and colleagues say, deprived not only Sri Lankan journalism of a promising young journalist but also the Tamil community of a potential future leader. Mr. Nilakshan, a former student of Jaffna Hindu College, was remembered by teachers and fellow studen