The students and staff of Burlington Junior and Infant School in New Malden, UK, celebrated Thai Pongal, marking the first time it has been observed in a British school with its school students. 

Eravur Circuit Magistrate Court has issued an arrest warrant for Tamil journalist Sasikaran Punniyamoorthy for not attending court after he was forced into exile due to intimidation by Sri Lanka's security forces. 

Former Sri Lankan President and war criminal Gotabaya Rajapaksa was interrogated by Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday morning regarding a disputed property in Kathirgamam, located in the southern region of the island.

The questioning, which lasted nearly two hours, marks the first time since the new government under Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office in November where a prominent member of the Rajapaksa family has faced interrogation. 

Mannar residents were left outraged this month as trees integral to wind power generation in the Mannar lowland area were uprooted and discarded during a coastal road reconstruction project.

The incident, compounded by the excavation and dumping of sand from nearby dunes, has reignited longstanding tensions over environmental degradation in the region, particularly concerning wind power developments.