Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake has announced that discussions between Colombo and Washington over reducing a 44 percent reciprocal tariff on Sri Lankan exports to the United States have been “fruitful”, and claimed  both countries are expected to issue a joint statement soon.

Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested another suspect in connection with the 2006 abduction and disappearance of Professor S. Raveendranath, the former Vice Chancellor of Eastern University, as investigations into the high-profile case continue to unfold.

Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA) spokesperson Suresh Premachandran has criticised Sri Lanka’s ruling National People’s Power (NPP), accusing the party of continuing repressive practices, including the use of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), to suppress protests in the Tamil homeland.

Sri Lanka’s president Anura Kumara Dissanayake is facing growing controversy after an election monitoring body filed a formal complaint accusing him of violating election laws during the 2025 local government (LG) election campaign.

Sri Lankan police stationed in Maruthankerni, Jaffna, have been accused of inhumane treatment after arresting the son of a Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) activist at gunpoint earlier today.

A request by former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to speak with detained paramilitary leader Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, also known as Pillayan, has been denied by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), according to the Public Security Ministry.

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has described the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings as “the greatest tragedy to seize power”, in a pointed remark that appears to implicate former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his political allies.

The Association of Relatives of the Disappeared from Tamil Eelam in Vavuniya paid tribute to the late Pope Francis today, lighting lamps and offering flowers in his memory

Zion Church in Batticaloa held a solemn commemoration for the sixth anniversary of the Easter Sunday bombing, with victims' families and heavy security present