Colombo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit former LTTE-stronghold Jaffna in Sri Lanka's Tamil-dominated north and address the Parliament here during his three-day visit to the country next week.

Colombo: External affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Friday expressed regret that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could not visit Jaffna, a feat undertaken by his British counterpart, David Cameron, ...

Beijing: Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Tamil-dominated Jaffna as "interference" in Sri Lanka's affairs, an official Chinese thinktank on Friday said the recent "incidents" in ...

Princess Anne of the United Kingdom arrived in Jaffna on Thursday (11) afternoon and was welcomed by the Governor of the Northern Province P. S. M. Charles.Princess Anne arrived in Jaffna to visit the ...

While a decision is still to be taken on whether the Prime Minister will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran ...

While tensions were rising between the two communities in 1978 I suggested to my Minister Wijetunga that we should visit the Jaffna peninsula for an inspection tour since Kokavil had a radio ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe will travel to the former LTTE stronghold of Jaffna on Thursday becoming the first government leader in twenty years to visit the area. colombo: ...

A recent visit by the Chinese Ambassador in Colombo to Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Northern Province has sparked concern and considerable commentary on what is widely seen as a heightening geopolitical ...

JAFFNA, SRI LANKA, January 15, 2023 / EINPresswire.com / -- VA huge protest led by Tamil University students and Mothers of the Disappeared against Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickramasinghe's visit to ...

COLOMBO: Some influential residents of Jaffna are trying hard to get Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the house where Mahatma Gandhi stayed when he toured the Tamil-speaking North Sri ...

For the first time since the Sri Lankan civil war began, a member of the national cricket team has been to Jaffna, the town at the heart of two decades of separatist struggle. More than 10,000 people ...