Sri Lanka’s minister of industry and entrepreneurship development, Sunil Handunneththi has faced criticism after he made a remark at a Regional Development Bank event, where he compared debt to “certain girls,” saying “when the time comes, they forget all that you’ve done for them”.

Handunneththi then said “bank officials must not take offence” at the comparison.

Shavendra Silva, former head of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, did nothing wrong on the frontlines of the battlefield, claimed Sarath Fonseka, former army commander and himself an accused war criminal.

In response to the United Kingdom’s recent sanctions on Sri Lankan war criminals, Fonseka conveyed to the media that he is certain Silva did nothing wrong during his tenure as an army commander during the armed conflict. 

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) intends to raise concerns over the continuing erosion of provincial council powers during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Sri Lanka, according to Acting Leader C. V. K. Sivagnanam.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) of Sri Lanka is reportedly preparing to take disciplinary action against students at the University of Jaffna after a symbolic protest on Sri Lanka’s 77th Independence Day, in which Sri Lanka’s lion flag was replaced with a black flag on campus.

The Supreme Court of India has scheduled a final hearing for September 15, 2025, to address petitions challenging the 1974 and 1976 agreements that ceded the Katchatheevu islet to Sri Lanka.

This decision follows the court's approval for Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader T.R. Baalu to replace the late former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi as the petitioner in the longstanding case. ​

As the United Kingdom imposed targeted sanctions on senior Sri Lankan military officials for their role in war crimes, a senior UK Foreign Office official visited Colombo for high-level meetings with government representatives and civil society groups.

The British High Commission in Sri Lanka confirmed the visit of Ben Mellor, Director at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), in a post on social media earlier today.