The leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), R Sampanthan told the outgoing Japanese ambassador, Kenichi Suganuma that the current government had failed to take action on key points. 

"Everything that should have been resolved has not been resolved," Sampanthan said, meeting with Suganuma on Friday in Colombo. 

"Without a just solution [to the ethnic issue] through a new constitution, Sri Lanka cannot develop further," he added, highlighting that the economic hardship of ordinary people was increasing. 

The Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) office in in Meesalai West, Chavakachcheri was vandalised on Wednesday by unknown persons. 

The office's name board was ripped apart and slashed. 

No arrests have been made in relation to the incident. 

A Sri Lankan army official, who was caught along side his colleague flashing their genitals at two Tamil schoolgirls in Mullaitivu, was granted bail on Thursday. 

The fellow army official was remanded in custody until October 2. 

The pair, both from 59th Division were brought before Mullaitivu court on Thursday. 

They had been apprehended by locals who had witnessed the incident at the Karaichchi residential area of Mullaitivu. 

A youth was arrested in Vavuniya Thursday evening, accused of being in possession of cannabis from Kerala. 

The youth was travelling on a bus from Jaffna to Colombo when he was arrested after the bus was stopped by police in Nochchimoddai, Vavuniya 

Police officers said they had received a tip off regarding the transporting of drugs. 

The massacre of 17 Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan army officers and Muslim homeguards on September 21, 1990 in Puthukkudiyiruppu, Batticaloa, was remembered yesterday, 28 years on. 

Gathering around the memorial previously erected in memory of those who were massacred, families of those killed and locals laid flowers in remembrance. 

On September 21, 1990 the Muslim homeguards backed by the Sri Lankan army broke into homes in Puthukkudiyiruppu village during the night and rounded up 44 Tamils, including children and women.

The 8th day of Lt Col Thileepan's hunger strike was remembered today in Batticaloa. 

Gathering at the Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) office, residents and party supporters laid flowers in tribute to Thileepan's sacrifice. 

Last Saturday, Tamils across the North-East held events marking the 31 years since Thileepan commenced his fast unto death, demanding that the Indian government upheld its promises to the Tamil people. 

Over 100,000 people gathered at the Nallur temple in Jaffna on September 15, 1987 to hear his words as he began the hunger strike. 

The body of a Tamil woman was found on Friday at Trincomalee beach. 

The 29-year-old woman, Pothanayagi Nadaraja, was a lecturer at the Trincomalee campus of Eastern University, and is originally from Vavuniya. 

Identifying her body, her husband told journalists that they had got married recently and were expecting their first child. 

"She did not commit suicide," he said. "This is murder." 

Trincomalee police are investigating the incident. 

Four Tamil political prisoners who had been hunger striking in protest at their indefinite imprisonment, were admitted to hospital today. 

Sivasubramaniam Thillairaj and Thangavel Nimalan have been admitted to Anuradhapuram prison hospital, whilst Sooriyakanthi Jeyachandran and Rasapallavan T Rupan were admitted to Anuradhapuram teaching hospital. 

Eight Tamil political prisoners at Anuradhapura prison, M Sulaksan, E Thiruvarul, S Jeyachandran, R Rupan, S Thillairaj, E Jegan, S Sivaseelan and T Nirmalan, launched a hunger strike this month demanding they be released following a quick rehabilitation. 

The British Tamil musician MIA has called for Australian airlines to end their involvement in the deportation of asylum seekers, joining a campaign targeting Qantas and Virgin Australia with shareholder action.

“The stories of how children, women and men are treated when they seek asylum in Australia are horrifying,” MIA, real name Matangi Arulpragasam, said, speaking to Guardian Australia.

The Sri Lankan military announced that it had opened a twelve more water treatment plants at military bases across the peninsula, whilst Tamil civilians continue to suffer from the effects of a drought.