Former Trincomalee district MP Rajavarothayam Sampanthan passed away on 30 June 2024 at the age of 91. Former Jaffna district MP Somasundaram ”Maavai” Senathirajah died on 29 January 2025 at the age ...

The first part of this article published last week briefly outlined the history of Sri Lanka’s national anthem being sung in Tamil. In this second and final part, the focus would be on the regress and ...

(This article was first written in 2018 for the “Spotlight” column in the “Daily Financial Times” to commemorate the 30th death anniversary of popular actor-politician Vijaya Kumaratunga. It was ...

Former Jaffna district Parliamentarian and Ex- Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi(ITAK) president Somasundaram Senathirajah known widely as “Maavai”Senathirajah passed away in the Intensive Care Unit of the ...

“Naghaichchuvai Mannan” (King of Comedy) Nagesh passed away in Chennai on Jan 31st 2009. His 16th death anniversary was commemorated two weeks ago.. Nagesh was born on September 27th 1933.His 92nd ...

Forced into exile 25 years ago and compelled to stay away in order to stay alive, journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj always dreamt of returning to Sri Lanka. That flame of hope flickered occasionally, as the ...

Veteran Tamil political leader Somasundaram Senathirajah popularly known as “Maavai” Senathirajah breathed his last on 29 January 2025. The octogenarian six-footer suffered a brain concussion after a ...

Senior Tamil politician Mavai Senathirajah, a key figure in the long political struggle for the rights of Tamils in Sri Lanka’s north and east, passed away on Wednesday (January 29, 2025) after a ...

Former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) Jaffna district commander Sathasivamillai Krishnakumar alias “Col”Kittu was regarded as the uncrowned king of Jaffna in the mid-eighties of the twentieth ...

The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka has expressed its profound sorrow at the passing away last Sunday of one of its erstwhile members, Victor Ivan. Ivan was at the time a frontline member of the Free ...