The Sri Lankan government has banned a leading Tamil charity because it says it is funding the Tamil Tigers.
It is not clear what effect the ban will have on the Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO), which is based in Tamil Tiger-controlled territory.
Last week the United States said it was going to freeze the TRO's assets.
Meanwhile, the military says it has killed 18 Tamil Tigers in the latest fighting. The Tigers are fighting for a separate homeland for minority Tamils.
"We have found this organisation is funding the LTTE [Tamil Tigers], so now we have decided to proscribe the TRO in Sri Lanka at yesterday's cabinet meeting," cabinet spokesman Anura Priyadarsana Yapa said on Thursday, to the reports.
The TRO came under international media attention after it played a pivotal role in the relief effort in Tamil areas after the 2004 Asian tsunami.
It has long been controversial.
Expatriate Tamils contribute money to its branches in many Western countries.
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