Born on May 25, 1847, Charles Henry Lytton hailed from Dublin, Ireland. Little is known of his childhood and early days. However, it is known that his mother lived until 1893 and he had no less than ...

Jaffna, the Peninsula in the north of the island, is only about 390 kilometres distant from Colombo, yet contrasts in living styles and language, the majority religion of Hinduism, and the attitudes ...

Both major Tamil communities in Sri Lanka — the Jaffna Tamils (settled via medieval South Indian invasions) and Plantation ...

If your vision of Sri Lanka revolves around emerald tea plantations and ancient stupas, a journey to Jaffna will transform your perspective, says Kalpana Sunder ...

This is the latest installment of our twice-a-month series on underrated destinations, It's Still a Big World. I left my hotel in Jaffna at the golden hour. Off the typical backpacker’s itinerary, ...

Running from Colombo to Jaffna, the Yal Devi Express is a lifeline between two previously warring communities Adrian is a widely-commended journalist who spent 20 years as a senior member of The ...

When India and Sri Lanka firmed up plans to run flights between Chennai and the northern city of Jaffna some months ago, the announcement invoked instant nostalgia for many in the island’s north.

Colombo, April 5 (Daily Mirror) - Teachers serving in several remote island schools in Jaffna have been deprived of their hardship allowances following a recent school classification revision, ...

Nearly two years after its construction, the India-funded Jaffna Cultural Centre in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province awaits inauguration, amid persisting uncertainty over who will run the facility. The ...

JAFFNA, Aug 16: The Tamil Tigers claimed on Wednesday they had hit a radio tower at a military air base in Jaffna. The military denied the claim, saying that the LTTE had suffered heavy casualties. As ...