Sinhala Buddhist monk, Seelarathane Thero, and leader of the Sinhala- nationalist political party, Jana Setha Peramuna, has publicly criticized the National People’s Power (NPP) government, claiming that the recent announcement permitting Muslim nurses to dress in accordance with their cultural and religious identity is an attempt to “erase Sinhala culture”.

UNICEF's report Weathering the Future: The Growing Crisis of Child Displacement in South Asia detailed that an estimated 4.6 per cent of its under-18 population was displaced between 2016 to 2022 due to climatic disaster events. Trincomalee, Batticaloa, and Mullaitivu were highlighted as 'very high-risk' areas for flooding. 

The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP Switzerland) has unanimously passed a resolution on the situation in Sri Lanka, calling for an international genocide investigation at their party congress on the 25th of October 2025 in Sursee, Canton of Lucerne.