Annai Poopathy, who fasted unto death in protest against the atrocities committed by Indian Peace Keeping Forces, was remembered in Batticaloa yesterday. 

A Finnish Member of Parliament has urged Helsinki to use a newly signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sri Lanka to press Colombo on accountability for war crimes committed against Tamils.

HSBC has confirmed that oil delivered to Sri Lanka cost as much as $286 per barrel, exposing the scale of the country’s vulnerability to global supply disruptions and raising renewed questions over the true cost of fuel imports during the ongoing economic crisis.

Sri Lanka’s parliament on 9 April approved the extension of the state of public emergency declared following Cyclone Ditwah in late November 2025, granting the government continued sweeping powers under the Public Security Ordinance more than four months after the natural disaster.