Producer turned director, S. Sashikanth makes his directorial debut with the psychological thriller ‘Test,’ a tale of three people whose lives intertwine during an international test cricket match: Saravanan (R Madhavan) a middle class husband struggling to get his hydro-fuel energy project on board with the relevant authorities, his wife Kumudha (Nayanthara) in hopes to obtain IVF treatment to get pregnant, and Arjun (Siddharth), a cricket player pressured to retire due to his declining form in the last two seasons. 

In 2024, Harini Amarasuriya – then an opposition parliamentarian – lauded the Tamil mothers of the disappeared.

“The women in this country, particularly those affected by the civil war, have repeatedly expressed what they want,” she said. 

Sri Lankan media organisations were reportedly excluded from covering Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s high-profile state visit to Colombo earlier this month, with reports highlighting how the President’s Media Division (PMD) took exclusive control of all media coordination and access.

Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake has defended an ongoing corruption investigation involving an elderly female relative of the Rajapaksa family allegedly connected to a high-profile corruption case, declaring that no one, regardless of age, will be exempt from scrutiny if they are implicated in the misuse of public funds.

Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, commonly known as Pillayan, former State Minister and leader of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP), has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for an ‘abduction and disappearance’, said Sri Lankan police today.

Pillayan was taken into custody in Batticaloa yesterday and is currently being transported to Colombo for further questioning.