The Janantha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today submitted a no-confidence motion against the government over its failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings by Islamist extremists despite numberous warnings by other states. 

The Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday that Muslim schools, known as Madrasas, would be brought under the Ministry of Education, following the Easter Sunday bombings by Islamic extremists. 

An ID tag was found by the skeletal remains of an LTTE cadre, which was discovered close to the Sri Lankan military's 681 Brigade camp in Mullivaikkal on May 17. 

The Sri Lankan Muslim diaspora in Toronto on Sunday marched through the city, demanding that the perpetrators of the recent anti-Muslim violence are brought to justice. 

If the Sri Lankan government continues to reject key tenets of a UN Human Rights Council resolution on accountability then “clearly something has to be done in another direction,” UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn told the Tamil Guardian in an interview this weekend.

Cross party UK MPs joined Tamils in London to remember the Mullivaikkal massacre that took place ten years ago.

John McDonnell, Shadow Chancellor of Exchequer said, “some of you will remember that we stood in Parliament together and heard reports of almost genocidal attacks on the Tamil people. Not just 10 years ago, but some of us remember standing with you 1983."

The tenth anniversary of the Mullivaikkal genocide was commemorated in Thanjavur on May 18 at the ‘Mullivaikkal Muttram’ memorial centre.

<p><img alt src="/sites/default/files/images/icons/MR_0.jpg"></p> <p>Marking 10 years since the end of the armed conflict in Sri Lanka, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said no war crimes were committed during the final stages of the war against the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), adding that Sri Lanka wouldn’t have been able to defeat the separatist group without the help of the US.</p>

Today marks 11 years since the death of Brigadier Balraj, a senior commander with the LTTE, who passed away from a sudden heart attack in 2008.

Brig. Balraj was famed for his courage, leadership and skills on the battlefield.

Fitch Ratings warned of increased external financing pressures and lower economic growth in Sri Lanka this year, in a statement released last week. 

"The tragic Easter bombings in Sri Lanka will result in lower economic growth this year and could increase external financing pressures," the statement said, adding that a 5% reduction in Fitch-estimated GDP was expected with reduced tourism. 

"These pressures are mitigated by the government's continued adherence to economic policies and targets that have enabled Sri Lanka to get its IMF programme back on track."