February 2026


Over 50 Students, Teachers Injured in Wasp Attack at Kilinochchi School Despite Prior Warning

Over 50 Students, Teachers Injured in Wasp Attack at Kilinochchi School Despite Prior Warning

More than 50 students and teachers were injured on Wednesday morning after wasps from a nest on the premises of Kilinochchi Maha Vidyalayam attacked students and staff, triggering panic across the school. At least 39 students were admitted to hospital for treatment, while the deputy principal and two teachers were also hospitalised. According to eyewitness accounts, students fled classrooms in fear, abandoning their school bags and learning materials as they attempted to shield themselves from


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This is Our Soil. And No One Can Take It From Us.

This is Our Soil. And No One Can Take It From Us.

Note: This editorial was originally published in the February 2025 issue of Jaffna Monitor to mark Sri Lanka’s 77th Independence Day. It is reproduced on the occasion of the 78th Independence Day. February 4th, Sri Lanka’s Independence Day, is a day of both celebration and contention. As the nation marked 77 years of sovereignty, some Tamils—whose lands remain militarily occupied and whose sons and daughters have vanished without a trace—chose to observe the day with symbolic defiance. For them


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Kaniyan Pungundran

Sumanthiran-Aligned Shanakiyan Named ITAK Parliamentary Group Leader

Sumanthiran-Aligned Shanakiyan Named ITAK Parliamentary Group Leader

The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) has appointed Batticaloa District MP Shanakiyan Ragul Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam as its new Parliamentary Group Leader, removing senior Jaffna legislator Sivagnanam Sritharan in a leadership overhaul that has exposed deepening factional divisions within Sri Lanka's main Tamil political party. The appointment of the 35-year-old Shanakiyan, widely regarded as a close ally of Acting General Secretary M. A. Sumanthiran, comes after weeks of internal discord ove


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