ITAK leader elect S. Shritharan met with newly appointed Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat to offer his congratulations and present a written request reflecting the aspirations of the Tamil people.

Sri Lanka’s Election Commission has announced a reduction in the number of Members of Parliament (MPs) representing the Jaffna electoral district, lowering the total from 7 to 6.

This adjustment affects the Jaffna electoral district, which encompasses the administrative districts of Jaffna and Kilinochchi, in the Tamil homeland. The change will take effect in the upcoming general election, set for November 14, where only 6 MPs will be elected from this district.

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The National Council of Canadian Tamils (NCCT), in collaboration with several international Tamil diaspora organizations, hosted a panel discussion titled "Advancing International Accountability in Sri Lanka" at the Geneva Press Club earlier this month.

Vashanth Selvadurai, an Eelam Tamil who fled to Denmark during the armed conflict was honored with the Danish National Award in Education, marking the first time a Tamil individual has received this prestigious recognition.

Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed new governors for the island's nine provinces, according to a communique from the Presidential Media Division. Nagalingam Vethanayagam has been named as the Governor of the Northern Province, while Professor Jayantha Lal Ratnasekera has been appointed as the Governor of the Eastern Province.

Thousands of postcards addressed to Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya were sent today from Mannar, with Tamil residents urging the Sri Lankan government to immediately suspend the Adani Renewable Energy Project in the district.

An individual claiming to be a supporter of the National People's Power (NPP) disrupted a protest organized by the Families of the Disappeared in Vavuniya, harassing and intimidating the demonstrators while threatening them with arrest. The protest grew tense as the man shouted insults at the families from a distance, calling them "dogs" and attempting to provoke them.

Tamil family members of the enforced disappeared staged a protest outside the IOM office in Jaffna today, marking Children's Day as a day of mourning by the families who continue to search for their loved ones.

Today marks the birthday of Balachandran Prabhakaran, the third child of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, who was executed by the Sri Lankan military during the final days of the Mullivaikkal massacre.

Balachandran, who was born on the 1^st of October 1996, would be 28 years old today.