Why was Bimal Rathnayake removed from Ports and Aviation? #independentjournalism #jaffna bit.ly/47411QB

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 bit.ly/4n7TK72

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 bit.ly/3KOB0vT

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 bit.ly/4nVtmhT

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 bit.ly/3JgXxRr

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 bit.ly/3KSj5V5

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 bit.ly/4olFzfo

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 bit.ly/4nrDdLr

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 bit.ly/4hehZPl

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 bit.ly/4he3YRX

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 bit.ly/3IYVBwX

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 bit.ly/4omv1g4

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 bit.ly/48shfUB

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 bit.ly/479epSd

Father of LTTE Brigadier Vithusha Passes Away in Jaffna #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna bit.ly/4nRmima

Should Jaffna Monitor platform the Israeli Ambassador and take Israel trip—now? N. Thiruchelvam warns of a reputational cliff. #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna bit.ly/4ogD2Dg

Did the Bishop of Mannar cut a deal on the wind project? He says no agreement signed after meeting President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Govt to install 14 turbines, then halt more turbines and mineral sand mining. #srilanka #independentjournalism #jaffna bit.ly/4nb4gdH

Editorial: WE ARE SORRY Thirty-Five Years After the Expulsion of Muslims from the North and East — A Silence That Still Shames Us#srilanka #jaffna bit.ly/3IRheiK

Translated from the original Tamil short story “Yāppānaccāmi” (யாப்பாணச் சாமி) by Shobasakthi. Translated by Eḻuttukkiṉiyavaṉ.#jaffna bit.ly/3Lc0pj6

Tamil politics cannot be a retirement plan. Our future cannot be outsourced to pensioners and part-time saviours. It’s time to build real leaders — not recycle old ones. New JM editorial out now. #independentjournalism #jaffna bit.ly/4oI4CKt