It has run op-eds from several political figures including from the Tamil National Alliance, the leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband and the British Prime minister David Cameron.
In January 2020, the paper's Batticaloa-based correspondent was harassed by the Sri Lankan security forces and arrested after reporting on alleged corruption against a local government official.
[11] In April 2019, another correspondent was summoned for questioning by Mullaitivu police, after the Sri Lankan navy filed a complaint against him for reporting on a disappearances rally in the district.
[12][13][14] In October 2018, a Jaffna-based correspondent was the target of harassment and intimidation by security forces, ever since he was summoned for questioning at TID headquarters in Colombo.
[15] One Sri Lankan journalist accused the website of a being a news front of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), in an article published in 2000.