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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Live music and performances, food sampling, an artisan market and family-friendly activities were the order of the day as hundreds celebrated the Soorya NYC Festival of Sri ...

It has been almost 12 years since the civil war in Sri Lanka came to an end after the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Since 2009, there has been a concerted effort to hold ...

Tamil diaspora women display LTTE flags at a protest in Strasbourg, France, against alleged human rights abuses by the Sri Lankan government during the civil war, May 18, 2019. Almost 15 years after ...

Sri Lanka’s Tamil Debaters’ Council has made history, clinching its maiden international debating crown through the National Development Squad’s victory in Malaysia.The Sri Lankan delegation emerged ...

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former defense secretary and brother of ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa, emerged victorious in Sri Lanka’s presidential election last Sunday. Gotabaya was largely backed by the ...

Let’s call her Kanmani*. After more than 40 years of escaping from her motherland, Sri Lanka, amid the onset of the three-decade-old ethnic civil war, she retains the island Tamil accent. And even 15 ...

Northern Tamil claim, Eastern Province claim, and Tamil Eelam have no historical or legal basis. Uti Possidetis Juris Territory remains with the existing sovereign state unless lawfully transferred. → ...