One person who was seemingly not a fan of the locals was Floris Blom, the commandeur or director of the Jaffnapatnam Fort. He called the people of Jaffna “lazy and indolent” and “arrogant ...

They were there in their numbers, whether it be at the Jaffna Public Library, the Jaffna Fort, the Naga Vihara, in boutiques, in shops, in the outskirts of the town and on the road to Jaffna, in buses ...

The NPP won three of the six seats in Jaffna described as the cultural capital of the Sri Lankan Tamils. The November 14 electoral verdict indicated that this Tamil nationalist fort has been ...

Jaffna Fort and Lagoon, City center, Central bus station, Main Post Office, Jaffna hospital and many more tourist attractions. In addition most of the banks, commercial and business centers are close ...

In Jaffna, the nerve centre of Tamil nationalist politics, NPP won three of the six seats while ITAK, All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC) and an independent group, led by Ramanathan Archuna, a lesser ...