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Sri Lanka braces for acute medicine shortage

Jun 20

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Sri Lanka is facing a critical shortage of essential medicines, with life-saving drugs for cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, psychiatric illnesses, and infectious diseases either unavailable or unaffordable in both state-run hospitals and private pharmacies.

Tamil MPs raise land release concerns with Sri Lankan president

Tamil Members of Parliament raised pressing concerns over the continued occupation of civilian lands in the North-East during a meeting of Sri Lanka’s Ministerial Consultative Committee on Defence, which was chaired by Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Parliament on Tuesday.

Occupation Watch - 19 June, 2025

Between May and June 2025, the Sri Lankan military intensified its presence in the Tamil homeland through environmental projects, medical camps, and even a sports tournaments in Mannar. Marketed as religious festivals, humanitarian aid, and school donations, these activities - conducted by units implicated in past war crimes - serve to entrench Sinhalese dominance and normalise military occupation in the everyday life of Tamil civilians.

Jaffna University Teachers urge uninterrupted exhumation of Chemmani mass grave

Jaffna University Teachers’ Association urges uninterrupted exhumation of Chemmani mass graves and calls for justice for the disappeared

Sri Lanka’s Justice Minister dismisses concerns of more mass graves as ‘hearsay’

Sri Lanka’s Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara has controversially dismissed longstanding concerns of further mass graves across the Tamil homeland as mere “hearsay” this week.

TELO leader Adaikkalanathan warns of protests over naval land grab in Mannar

TELO leader and Vanni District parliamentarian Selvam Adaikkalanathan has issued a sharp warning against attempts by the Sri Lankan Navy to appropriate Tamil-owned land in Mannar, declaring that “we will never allow the lands belonging to the people to be seized under the pretext of establishing a naval camp.”

Sri Lankan military occupation leaves unpaid electricity bill

Nearly three decades after occupying the headquarters of the Achchuveli Multipurpose Cooperative Society in Valikamam East, the Sri Lankan military has returned the building to its rightful owners - but not without leaving behind unresolved financial burdens.

Sri Lankan military grants access to Palaly temple – but Tamils remain in limbo

Following decades of military occupation, the Sri Raja Rajeswary Amman Temple in Palaly East has finally been opened for public worship.

DTNA secures both Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts in Vavuniya

Sundaralingam Kandeepan and Parameshwaran Kartheepan of DTNA elected as Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Vavuniya by a narrow one-vote margin.

Sri Lanka's central bank overstates foreign reserve by USD $1.4bn

Sri Lanka's foreign reserves have been overstated by USD $1.4 billion in central bank reporting due to the inclusion of a currency swap from China that does not meet international standards.

India extends financial assistance for ferry service to Tamil Eelam

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Sri Lankans in Israel injured in Iranian missile attacks

Several Sri Lankans have been injured by Iranian missile attacks confirmed Colombo, as it temporarily halted the dispatch of workers to Israel.

‘No room for policy errors’ – IMF’s Gita Gopinath urges Sri Lanka to avoid past mistakes

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‘No vision, no courage’ – Families of the disappeared in Vavuniya condemn Tamil political leadership

Marking the 3,036th day of their continuous protest, the Association of Families of the Disappeared in Vavuniya issued a scathing condemnation of Tamil political leadership, accusing them of lacking vision, courage, and a strategy for securing justice for the Tamil people.

UK MP calls on Foreign Secretary to press Sri Lanka over Chemmani mass grave

British MP Uma Kumaran has called on Foreign Secretary David Lammy to take urgent action following the discovery of a mass grave in Chemmani, Jaffna, which included the remains of at least three infants.

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