It has been six months since the end of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka, but normality has yet to return to the Tamil cultural heartland of Jaffna, activists and former residents say. Groups of former ...

Selvarajah Ragunathan greets me warmly at his Jaffna home. His face is kindly but furrowed with sadness. He lost his brother and sister in the early years of the civil war, more than 20 years ago.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday became the first Sri Lankan head of state to visit the northern peninsula of Jaffna since the 26-year-long war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ...

Land of the palmyrah and heart of the Island’s Hindu culture, Jaffna offers some delightfuly crunchy munchies. Chew into these sweet, spicy or downright alien flavours and savour exotic Jaffna. One of ...

Some families in Jaffna have seen rentals surge after the end of the civil war Selvarajah Ragunathan greets me warmly at his Jaffna home. His face is kindly but furrowed with sadness. He lost his ...