‘Ayalaan’ stars Sivakarthikeyan, is scored by AR Rahman and tackles the extraterrestrial sub-genre of science fiction. In every department, ‘Ayalaan’ is a bigger film than its predecessor. However, whether it is a better film is certainly up for debate. 

In a move that has sparked both domestic and international concerns, Sri Lanka's Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe presented the much-criticised Anti-Terrorism Bill to replace the longstanding Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). 

Eelam writer and former Secretary of the Jaffna University Student Union, Theepachelvan , introduced his latest novel, "Terrorist," to an audience at Jaffna University this week.

Set against the backdrop of Jaffna, the novel weaves the city's essence with a prominent presence of the Jaffna University. The launch event, held at the University, was presided over by K. Thuvaraga, the President of the Jaffna University Student Union.

A senior Canadian police chief sparked controversy with a visit to Sri Lanka last month, where he discussed “cooperation” with its notorious police force and visited the office of a senior official who the Supreme Court found had personally participated in torture.

S. Jenita, the head of the Vavuniya of Families of the Disappeared, who was arrested by the Sri Lankan police as she attempted to stage a protest last week, has finally been released on bail.

Sri Lankan troops with the army and police conducted a raid at the Jaffna Central Bus Station, as part of the much criticised “Operation Yukthiya” (meaning “justice” in Sinhala). The raid caused inconveniences to hundreds of daily commuters as passengers in buses were extensively checked, impacting the normal flow of public transportation.

The 39th anniversary commemoration of Sinnathurai Raveenthiran, popularly known as Captain Pandithar, a prominent commander in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), took place at his residence in Valvettithurai, Jaffna on Tuesday.

Tamil Nadu has signed investment pacts worth more than $6.40 billion with firms such as Apple, suppliers Tata Electronics and Pegatron, as well as auto companies Hyundai Motors and VinFast.

Indian film director Arun Matheswaran acknowledged that his upcoming release Captain Miller, which has Dhanush in its leading role, was originally based on “a true incident” in 1987 during the Tamil Eelam liberation struggle, alluding to the LTTE’s first Black Tiger attack.

British parliamentarian Siobhain McDonagh called on her government to condemn the arrest of Sivananthan Jenitta, the head of the families of the disappeared association in Vavuniya who was detained by Sri Lankan police as she protested last week.

Writing to foreign secretary David Cameron earlier today, McDonagh urged the government to “take immediate steps to express the UK's condemnation of this arrest and to take action against police officers who attacked the peaceful protesters as well as to demand a fair trial”.