A coastal clean-up operation and tree sapling planting event was held this morning at Mannar Keeri beach ahead of of World Environment Day. 

The clear up was organised by Mannar Karitras Wildlife to mark World Environment Day which falls on June 5 and to raise awareness of pressing environmental issues. 

On Tuesday the chairman of Sri Lanka’s Port Authority, Prasantha Jayamanna, declared that they would be issuing Expressions of Interest (EOIs) to develop Trincomalee Port however poor governance from Colombo has left investors wary.

“We will be asking not only from one party, but whoever the industrialists are who want to come and utilise the port premises,” Jayamanna told representatives of shipping companies and port workers’ unions.

A new Buddhist vihara is being constructed in Muttur, a majority Tamil speaking area, with the aid of Sri Lanka's army and it's archaeology department. 

Last December, a Buddha statue was erected by Buddhist monks under the cover of night in the Malayadi Pillaiyar temple area in Muttur, Trincomalee. The next day, local Tamils protested against the new statue and it was removed from the site by the police that same day. 

The province of Ontario’s lawyers effectively argued to dismantle the legal case filed against Bill 104 – the “Tamil Genocide Education Week Act”, at the Superior Court of Ontario by Tamil Genocide deniers.

It is a well-known fact that the Sri Lankan government is working extremely hard against any efforts undertaken in the struggle for justice for Tamil people in Sri Lanka and around the world. Even today despite facing an economic crisis, triggering political and financial instability, the Sri Lankan government continue to engage in Tamil Genocide denial and distortion.

Protests were held in Jaffna and Kilinochchi yesterday demanding an end to violence against girls and women, in the wake of a spate of violent incidents targeting young females across the island.

The Sri Lankan government will be applying for food bank assistance from international donors, as an economic and political crisis continues to grip the country, leading to severe food and medicine shortages.

J Krishnamoorthy, Sri Lanka’s food commissioner, told the Financial Times that the government had “just started the process” of applying for food assistance from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has suspended the pardon of Rajapaksa ally and convicted murderer, Duminda Silva, and ordered for his arrest by the Criminal Investigation Department.

Silva was formerly sentenced to life in prison from 2016 after the Colombo High Court convicted him for involvement in the murder of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra and three of his supporters during local elections in Colombo in 2011.

The body of a missing 16-year-old girl was recovered from a well in Vavuniya this week.

Earlier in the week, the girl had been reported missing and a search operation had been launched to locate her, leading to her body being discovered.

Her shoes and books were reportedly found on a path near to her home.

The anniversary of the burning of the Jaffna Public Library was commemorated earlier today, marking 41 years since Sri Lankan state backed mobs set ablaze the crucible of Eelam Tamil literature and heritage.  

Tamil journalist, Aiyathurai Nadesan, was remembered by journalists in memorial events held across the North-East, marking 18 years since his assassination. 

Mr Nadesan, commonly known as ‘Nellai Nadesan,’ was shot dead in Batticaloa by a paramilitary group when he was on his way to his office in 2004. Nadesan was a profile journalist and a columist for local Tamil dailies and international news agencies.