Anura Kumara Dissanayake spoke in Jaffna yesterday, as he addressed a rally ahead of elections later this month.

"We are winning, " he said. "We will win by lakhs in the South."

“The decision by members of the central committee of ITAK to support Sajith Premadasa in the upcoming presidential election without any guarantee regarding a resolution to the Tamil issue is condemnable,” said S Shritharan, Member of Parliament and the leader-elect of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) to the Tamil Guardian in an interview this week, labelling the move a “betrayal”.

Sri Lanka's foreign minister Ali Sabry assured the Sri Lankan Parliament that the proposed Truth Unity and Reconciliation Commission (TURC) is merely to ward off 'foreign interference' and reiterated how it would not be used to prosecute "war heroes".

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Gopinath, a coordinator and close aide of Pillayan—a prominent paramilitary leader aligned with the Sri Lankan government—was arrested on charges of sexually abusing a schoolgirl at a leading school in Batticaloa last month.

Following his arrest last month, Gopinath allegedly sought refuge in Pillayan's office, using his connections to the Sri Lankan government to obstruct the arrest.

Australia launched a set of military exercises with Sri Lanka last month, as part of the Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2024 (IPE), with ties between the two militaries drawing even closer.

A Tamil mother, whose son was forcibly disappeared after surrendering to the Sri Lankan security forces during the final days of the 2009 genocide, has demanded that authorities reveal his whereabouts during a court hearing last month, after more than 15 years of searching.

The Canadian Court of Appeal for Ontario has affirmed the constitutionality of the Tamil Genocide Education Week Act (TGEWA), rejecting an appeal by Sri Lankan groups challenging the law.

(Ottawa, 11 April, 2009. Photo Credit: Ninaivukal)

The National People’s Power is the only political party in Sri Lanka that can ensure the safety and security of all citizens as it is the only one that does not tolerate extremism in any form, leader of the party and presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake recently told a rally. 

Speaking in Batticaloa, he said that Sri Lankans must reject politicians who exploit racism for political gain and sow divisions among communities. 

Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanenthiran, the common Tamil candidate, held a press briefing in Mannar this week, stating that his candidacy in the upcoming Sri Lankan Presidential election serves as both a lesson for the Sri Lankan government and an opportunity for Tamils in the homeland to stand united.