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UNP rallies to defend Buddhist institutions amid clergy misconduct controversy
Sri Lanka's United National Party (UNP) has accused the National People's Power (NPP) government of attempting to undermine Buddhism and interfere in the affairs of the Buddhist clergy, as controversy continues over proposed reforms aimed at addressing misconduct within the Buddhist Sangha. The dispute comes amid heightened public scrutiny of Buddhist institutions following allegations of…

Tamils in Vavuniya rally against Sinhala settler colonisation project

Feb 3, 2026
A large protest was held in Nedunkerni in Vavuniya against the Sri Lankan government’s proposed Kivul Oya Reservoir Project, with demonstrators warning that the scheme is being used to colonise the Tamil homeland with Sinhala settlers and push demographic change in the area.

Rajapaksa family summoned in renewed criminal investigations

Feb 3, 2026
Shiranthi Rajapaksa, the wife of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa, appeared before the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) to provide a statement in connection with investigations into alleged financial irregularities linked to the ‘Siriliya’ organisation, a firm she founded and ran during the time her husband was president.

'Black January' remembered in Mullaitivu as journalists demand justice for slain colleagues

Feb 2, 2026
Journalists in Mullaitivu commemorated Black January last week, with a remembrance ceremony and the distribution of leaflets, honouring media workers who were killed or forcibly disappeared by the Sri Lankan state.

NPP MP requests Sri Lankan military to return privately owned land in Jaffna

Feb 2, 2026
S. Bavanandarajah, a National People’s Power (NPP) Member of Parliament from Jaffna, has stated that he has formally requested the Sri Lankan military to vacate an army camp located on privately owned land in the Sanganai area and to return the land to its rightful owners.

Navigating the new world 

Feb 2, 2026
When Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney acknowledged that the global order is in a state of “rupture” last month, he gave voice to what many across the world have already felt for some time. The old certainties of the West are collapsing and longstanding alliances are being recalibrated. The world is changing. Where does that leave Eelam Tamils and the ongoing struggle for liberation? 

'The Eelam Dialogues: Voices of Resistance' - Sixth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Feb 1, 2026

Arivu concert

British Tamils rally against PTA outside Sri Lanka High Commission

Jan 31, 2026
British Tamils staged a demonstration outside the Sri Lankan High Commission in London this month, condemning ongoing repression in Sri Lanka and demanding the immediate repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

Sri Lankan military returns Pandatharippu land to Manipay Pradeshiya Sabha

Jan 30, 2026
Sri Lankan military personnel who had been stationed on land in Pandatharippu belonging to the Manipay Pradeshiya Sabha have fully vacated the premises, with the land formally handed back to civilian authorities last week.

Sri Lanka blocks UNHCR from Rohingya refugees held by military for over a year

Jan 29, 2026
The Sri Lankan government has continued to deny access to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to more than 100 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, who have been held under military custody for over a year at an occupying air force base in Mullaitivu.

Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill - The facade of ‘System Change’

Jan 29, 2026
Ambika Satkunanathan
The National People’s Power (NPP) Government that was elected to effect ‘system change’ is recycling drafts of former governments that the NPP themselves, when in opposition, said they would scrap if they were to be elected. 
Tamils in Vavuniya rally against Sinhala settler colonisation project
Rajapaksa family summoned in renewed criminal investigations
'Black January' remembered in Mullaitivu as journalists demand justice for slain colleagues
NPP MP requests Sri Lankan military to return privately owned land in Jaffna
Navigating the new world 
'The Eelam Dialogues: Voices of Resistance' - Sixth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale
British Tamils rally against PTA outside Sri Lanka High Commission
Sri Lankan military returns Pandatharippu land to Manipay Pradeshiya Sabha
Sri Lanka blocks UNHCR from Rohingya refugees held by military for over a year
Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill - The facade of ‘System Change’
Tamils in Vavuniya rally against Sinhala settler colonisation project
Rajapaksa family summoned in renewed criminal investigations
'Black January' remembered in Mullaitivu as journalists demand justice for slain colleagues
NPP MP requests Sri Lankan military to return privately owned land in Jaffna
Navigating the new world 
'The Eelam Dialogues: Voices of Resistance' - Sixth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale
British Tamils rally against PTA outside Sri Lanka High Commission
Sri Lankan military returns Pandatharippu land to Manipay Pradeshiya Sabha
Sri Lanka blocks UNHCR from Rohingya refugees held by military for over a year
Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill - The facade of ‘System Change’