The European Union (EU) is providing EUR 40 million to Sri Lanka to co-finance the "Strengthening Transformation, Reconciliation and Inclusibe Democratic Engagement (STRIDE) project.

Dr R.H.S. Samaratunga, Secretary to the Treasury at the Ministry of Finance, signed the financing agreement on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka on 9 October 2019.

The Sri Lankan army carried out a military exercise with international troops in the Tamil homeland last month, with senior commanders accused of war crimes overseeing operations.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) held a ceremony in Kilinochchi to commemorate thirty-two years since the death of the first female fighter of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

Hundreds of asylum seekers have fled Sri Lanka, across the Indian Ocean to the islands of La Réunion and Mayotte off the coast of Madagascar, only to be deported back to Colombo according to figures released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

A Sri Lankan court has acquitted four soldiers over the gang rape of a Tamil woman, after they had been found guilty and sentenced for the crime in 2015.

A 25-year-old Tamil man was arrested by Sri Lankan police for allegedly possessing an LTTE uniform and cap.

Police said the man from Vaddukoddai, Jaffna was arrested after being searched at the Vavuniya bus stand by regional narcotics police.

The United National Party’s (UNP) presidential candidate, Sajith Premadasa, launched his campaign today, vowing to appoint former army commander, Sarath Fonseka, as Head of National Security if elected in the upcoming election. 

Sudden searches and patrols by Sri Lankan military and police forces left Vavuniya residents alarmed over the weekend.

Tamils in Jaffna protested on Saturday calling for the arrest of extremist Buddhist monk Gnanasara of the Sinhala nationalist Bodu Bala Sena organisation.

Malaysian authorities have arrested two lawmakers and give other activists for alleged links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which continues to be listed as a “terrorist organisation” in the country.

Sri Lanka’s former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa may evade accountability for war crimes if he wins next month’s presidential elections, warned Beth Van Schaack, stating that plaintiffs pursuing cases against him in the USA are “racing against time”.