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Jaffna Monitor — UNAFRAID AND UNBOWED. Independent journalism from Northern Sri Lanka, amplifying unheard voices with truth and courage.
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Father of LTTE Brigadier Vithusha Passes Away in Jaffna
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The War That Reached the Temple Gates: Father of LTTE Brigadier Vithusha Passes Away in Jaffna
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 1d
NIIP approximately negative USD 53 billion as of mid-2025. Recovery: treat GDP as national revenue and manage Sri Lanka like a balance sheet. How to grow external sales, cut costs, and regain policy space. #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
Business Cycles: Why Balance Sheet Economic Truths Should Guide Sri Lanka's Recovery
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 2d
Why are 140,000 qualified students shut out as Sri Lanka chases USD 3 billion and 300,000 jobs by 2024? EY and Magick Group map the bottlenecks—and a Jaffna IT hub with internships, AI/cloud, 1-Gbps labs. #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
EY Report Exposes Higher Education Crisis in North as Thousands of Students Shut Out
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 3d
Why are Tamils still seeking international justice on Chemmani? Jehan Perera calls the remains primary evidence of massacres and shows why a domestic mechanism falls short, and what a fair probe must include #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
International Investigation Essential for Chemmani Mass Grave, Says Jehan Perera
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 4d
What's behind Fonseka's bombshell: a USD 2 million LTTE payoff in 2005 and a 48-hour ceasefire he says killed 500 Army personnel, plus his claim Mahinda Rajapaksa "deserves death by hanging"? SLPP counters inside #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
Fonseka Says Mahinda Rajapaksa Deserves Hanging; SLPP Hits Back, Calls Him a Dog
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 5d
PTA repeal: real at last or more delay? JVP's Tilvin Silva says repeal has begun—after a year in power with no action. He also links Black July 1983 to J.R. Jayewardene's authoritarian push #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
JVP Government to Repeal Prevention of Terrorism Act, Says General Secretary Tilvin Silva
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 6d
Sri Lanka’s 2009 “success story” became the blueprint for impunity. Arundhati Roy says Gaza is raising the bar—“a genocide unfolding before us.” Learn how Mullivaikkal set the precedent and why it matters now. #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
Arundhati Roy Says Gaza Echoes Sri Lanka’s Final War
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 7d
Rs. 250 vs Rs. 1,100 after Karaithuraipatru Pradeshiya Sabha orders the Army-run Blue Bells Salon closed. Economy protection—or union monopoly?. #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
Karaithuraipatru Council Shuts Army Salon — Residents Left to Pay the Price
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 8d
How did Jaffna’s care go from an 1820 mission dispensary to a 1,450+ bed teaching hospital doing the North’s first bone marrow transplant (2024) and 4,500 patients/day? Inside the model that made it possible. #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
From Philanthropy to Academia: The Evolution of Jaffna Teaching Hospital and Its Medical Institutions
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 9d
After 2009, did Tamil art fall silent—or did some poets fuel the fire? P. Aingaranesan urges a democratic struggle; a critic calls out Kasi Anandan’s war verses and distance from battle. From Mulliyawalai launch. #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
“When the Guns Fell Silent, So Did Our Art and Literature”: Aingaranesan
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 10d
Can minority leaders avoid tokenism and still deliver? Faiszer Musthapha MP on ditching ethnic parties to work in national ones—and winning two straight Kandy races with more Sinhala votes than Muslim votes. #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
No Minority Politician Can Solve Ethnic Issues Without the Trust of the Majority: Faiszer Musthapha
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 11d
India keeps saying 'unite'—but Tamil parties already agree on full 13th Amendment implementation, says C.V.K. Sivagnanam. He names the 'Cycle Party' holdout and points to the 1987 Accord. Why the push? #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
Except Cycle Party, We All Are United, C.V.K. Sivagnanam Tells India
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 12d
150,000 trapped. Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam says he relayed an LTTE ceasefire to evacuate them — but shells intensified and white flag surrenders were executed, he says. #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
Gajendrakumar Says LTTE Sought Ceasefire to Evacuate Civilians in Final Days of 2009 War
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 13d
How did Ishara Sewwandi vanish after the February 19, 2025 Colombo court murder and resurface in Nepal? Track Rs. 6.5 million route—boat from Midiganiya, three days in India, train to Nepal—and the Jaffna network. #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
Jaffna Network Behind Ishara Sewwandi’s 8-Month Flight to Nepal
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 14d
Why was Bimal Rathnayake removed from Ports and Aviation? #independentjournalism #jaffna
Bimal Rathnayake’s Ports Docked and Aviation Grounded by His Own Racist Politics
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 24d
Two days of rain. A missing gun. A forester vanished on the Māntarāṟu. What unfolds in 1976 is a searing look at power, devotion, and fate—by S.L.M. Hanifa (1992 collection). #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
Directions
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 25d
What if Sri Lanka had adopted the 1995 'Union of Regions' by Neelan Tiruchelvam? Unsilenced revisits his draft, 1995 ceasefire talks, and the aftermath—renewed war and his assassination. #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
Neelan Unsilenced : The Life and Death of a Pluralist in a Divided Sri Lanka
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 26d
Only 3 of ~450 Colombo Book Fair stalls are for Tamil books—less than 1%. In this interview, publisher Muhammad Sabry details 4 years of denied stalls, blocked memberships, and the fixes they’re demanding now. #SriLanka #IndependentJournalism #Jaffna
Less Than 1% Representation: Tamil Publishers Challenge Colombo Book Fair Exclusion
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 26d
What happens when Rajiv Gandhi’s May 21, 1991 assassination probe names veteran journalist?
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When the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case Almost Pulled Me In
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · 27d
Who really runs Sri Lanka’s NPP govt? Mano Ganesan names 8 JVP decision-makers, calls Tilvin Silva a shadow president, and says future governments should sue over idle ministerial houses. #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
Future Governments Should File a Case Against the NPP and President AKD for Misuse of State Property: Mano Ganesan in Conversation with Jaffna Monitor
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · Sep 28
Ranil Wickremesinghe invokes the Buddha on Nepal—but what about Sri Lanka’s record? From Minister of Education during the July 1983 pogrom to 2015–2019, and what accountability still hasn’t come. #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
Ranil on Nepal: Buddha’s Teachings Abroad, Forgotten at Home
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · Sep 27
145,000 hate crimes in 2023–24. Why is the St George’s Cross multiplying—what does it signal? This essay traces the flag from Crusades to EDL and unpacks the colonial contradiction behind Britain’s food and fury. #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
Blood, Spice, and St George’s Cross
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · Sep 26
Are Sinhalese Aryan by DNA? In our exclusive with Dr. Maanasa Raghavan, new data show Sinhalese, Adivasi, and Sri Lankan Tamils share ASI roots with <10% Steppe ancestry—and far more similarity than division. #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
No Divides in Our DNA: Dr. Maanasa Raghavan on Sri Lanka’s Shared Ancestry
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · Sep 25
September 9, 1990: 184 civilians (42 children) killed at Sathurukondan. 35 years on, 0 prosecutions. Inside the new complaint—named army captains, excavation demands, and the push for an international probe. #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
Sri Lanka’s Darkest Night: The Sathurukondan Massacre Still Awaits Accountability
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Jaffna Monitor @jaffnamonitor.bsky.social · Sep 24
Can Sri Lanka really go mine-free by 2028? The data behind the pledge: more than 2.5 million explosive devices unearthed, only 207 people injured since 2010, and what HALO, MAG, SLAHDU and JJCDR are doing next. #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna
Can Sri Lanka Really Go Mine-Free by 2028?
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