Due to increased demand, the passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Kankesanthurai (KKS) in Tamil Eelam will now operate four times a week starting from September 21, 2024.

The Sri Lankan government has lodged a protest with the UK Home Office after British Tamils demonstrated against the Sri Lankan cricket team in London this week, demanding a sporting boycott over the genocide of Tamils.

Sri Lanka is pressing ahead to send nearly 2,252 agricultural workers to Israel, to make up for vacancies that were previously occupied by Palestinians, after Israel enforced sweeping revocation of Palestinian worker permits in several sectors.

The decision comes after more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched a war against Gaza in October 2023. 

Sri Lanka has seen a spike in election-related violence as presidential polls draw closer, according to data released by Election monitors People's Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL), the Sri Lankan Elections Commission and Sri Lankan media outlets.

Tamils have been camped outside Australia's Minister for Home Affairs, Tony Burke's office in Sydney for 38 consecutive days demanding the government to grant permanent protection to asylum seekers. 

Ahead of the upcoming presidential election, more than 200 of Sri Lanka’s parliamentarians have been armed with two repeater shotguns each, issued by the Defence Ministry.

The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) will formally announce its decision on whom to support in the upcoming election on the 14th or 15th of this month, senior leader Mavai Senathiraja told reporters, adding that the party will issue an official statement confirming its stance.

The government of Sri Lanka has once again rejected Human Rights Council Resolution 51/1 at the United Nations Human Rights Council, claiming the report exceeds its mandate on human rights and that the Council should focus on more pressing humanitarian crises that require urgent attention.

Tributes were paid to the revolutionary Tamil poet Subaramani Bharathi in Vavuniya today on the 103rd anniversary of his death.  The event involved floral tributes laid on the iconic Bharathi statue in Nallur, the poet's songs sung by Tamil students and coconut saplings distributed in the poet's honour.