Tamil rapper Sangeethsan Ganeskumar has been released on bail, after being arrested and remanded under Sri Lanka's Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) over a music video that he had posted on social media.

Former Sri Lankan minister Rajitha Senaratne has accused the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) of spearheading a violent campaign against the Provincial Council system in the late 1980s, claiming the movement was responsible for widespread attacks on state property and the first armed assault on the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy.

Sri Lanka's Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption has launched an investigation into allegations concerning large quantities of gold reportedly taken into custody from Kumaran Pathmanathan, widely known as KP, following his capture in 2009.

A protest demanding the release of Tamil rapper Ganeshkumar Sangeethsan, who remains detained under Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), was held outside the Sri Lankan Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on Wednesday evening.

Sri Lanka’s rupee has continued to weaken against the US dollar, even as the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) reported a marginal increase in foreign exchange reserves, raising fresh questions over the true state of the island’s external account.

Representatives of the Union of Danish Tamil Organisations have raised the detention of Tamil rapper Ganeshkumar Sangeethsan with newly elected Danish parliamentarians, as international concern continues to grow over Sri Lanka’s use of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) against Tamil artistic and political expression.

Ontario Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Scarborough—Rouge Park, Vijay Thanigasalam has called for the immediate release of detained Tamil hip hop artist Sangeethsan Ganeskumar, known as Hiphop Sangee, and urged Sri Lanka to abolish the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) Vanni District parliamentarian Thurairajha Ravikaran has called for the immediate release of detained Tamil rapper Ganeshkumar Sangeethsan and renewed demands for the repeal of Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) Batticaloa District parliamentarian Shanakiyan Rasamanickam has submitted a private member's motion urging the Sri Lankan government to take immediate steps to fully repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

Excavation work at the Chemmani mass grave entered its 22nd day of the third phase on Thursday, during which two additional human skeletons were identified.

Sri Lankan police interrupted a protest in Mannar calling for the release of detained Tamil rapper Sangeethsan and the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), after questioning participants over the wording of a Tamil-language placard.

Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam criticises continued use of emergency laws, alleging political misuse, suppression of Tamil regions, and lack of government accountability

Residents gathered in Kurunagar on Wednesday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the killing of 31 local fishermen in the seas off Mandaitivu by the Sri Lankan security forces.

Sri Lanka's parliament on Tuesday approved a further extension of the country's state of public emergency, with all seven votes against the measure cast by Tamil Members of Parliament.