An outspoken Tamil newspaper in northern Sri Lanka whose premises have been repeatedly targeted, and its employees killed, was attacked by armed men who stormed into the building and set the printing ...

Visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron, who was the first Head of Government to visit the Jaffna peninsula since the country gained Independence in 1948, on Friday assured journalists and ...

There was excitement in the air as Sathkunanathan Vijayachandran, 39, chief machine operator at the Uthayan newspaper in Jaffna, was busy preparing the final bundles of the newly printed paper for ...

The office of Uthayan, the Jaffna-based Tamil newspaper, was attacked in the early hours of Saturday. This is the second attack suffered by the publication in the last fortnight. On April 3, the ...

"An attack happening at a place which is under police protection raises serious questions about the freedom of media in Sri Lanka", says the convenor of the FMM Chulawansa Srilal. According to media ...

The front window of Uthayan newspaper's office looked like a "vehicle drove right through it" when Kula Sellathurai arrived at the scene.Overnight, Sellathurai said, the newspaper's ...