A Sri Lankan diplomat remained in the chamber of the United Nations General Assembly as dozens of delegates walked out in protest during a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week.

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) parliamentarian Shanakiyan Rasamanickam has criticised members of the ruling party for falsely claiming responsibility for the release of the Murakkoddanchenai military camp in Batticaloa, stressing that the move only came after sustained pressure and repeated appeals.

Traders in Jaffna have petitioned Sri Lanka’s Minister of Trade, Wasantha Samarasinghe, to allow the import of goods through the Kankesanthurai (KKS) port, including clothing and vehicle spare parts.

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Environment Dammika Patabendi has announced that 101,762.75 acres of land in the Vanni are to be released from state control, in what the government framed as a corrective measure after decades of military seizure and bureaucratic mismanagement.

Prison authorities in Sri Lanka have confirmed that 39 children under the age of five are currently growing up with their mothers inside prisons across the island, including facilities in Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Jaffna. 

The death toll from last week’s cable car crash in Sri Lanka’s northwestern Kurunegala district has risen to eight, after a monk injured in the accident died in hospital on Sunday.

TNP leader Srikanta condemns state violence against Mannar protesters at Jaffna

Thambirasa urges arrest of Fonseka and Shavendra Silva to reveal fate of Tamils who surrendered under the white flag

Sri Lankan police have revealed that a crime figure murdered earlier this year in Middeniya was in a vehicle that pursued rugby player Wasim Thajudeen shortly before his death in 2012.

An 86-year-old French woman has lodged a complaint with the Sri Lankan police, accusing a senior Sri Lankan Air Force officer of stealing silver and gold-plated valuables dating back to the reign of King Louis XIV of France.

Today marks the birthday of Balachandran Prabhakaran, the third child of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, who was executed by the Sri Lankan military during the final days of the Mullivaikkal massacre.

Sri Lanka’s Fisheries Minister R. Chandrasekar launched a blistering attack on former Sri Lankan presidents Ranil Wickremesinghe and Mahinda Rajapaksa, branding them the island’s “number one thieves” and accusing them of looting state resources and protecting criminals.

Sri Lanka faced sustained scrutiny in Geneva as the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) concluded its first examination of the island’s record under the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance last week.