A report submitted to court by Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has revealed that 69 inmates were released under the guise of presidential pardons despite lacking official authorisation.

Land disputes centred on access, control, and distribution remain a major challenge to peacebuilding in the North-East, according to a recent report supported by the UN Sri Lanka SDG Fund. 

The report warns that post-conflict contestations over land frequently involve state actors, including the occupying military, as well as government agencies such as the Departments of Archaeology, Wildlife, Forest, and the Mahaweli Authority.

The Australian government has handed over a high-performance Stabicraft vessel to the Sri Lanka Coast Guard, marking the commencement of Disi Rela 2, the second phase of a joint maritime security initiative purportedly aimed at "combating illegal maritime activity".