Sri Lankan Member of Parliament Mujibur Rahman from the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has alleged that over 80 government ministers and parliamentarians are planning to flee the country on September 21, the date of the upcoming presidential election, over fears of a massive defeat.

Sri Lanka police have launched an investigation into a wedding pre-shoot, after a couple had taken photos inside the Sri Dalada Maligawa, angering the island’s Sinhala Buddhists. 

Days after plunging the Ilankai Arasu Tamil Katchi (ITAK) into crisis following an announcement by the central committee of the party of their support Sajith Premadasa, leader-elect S Shritharan addressed a rally stating that the Kilinochchi branch of the party has decided to unanimously decided to support common Tamil candidate  Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanenthiran.

Sri Lankan police have arrested a Tamil school principal in Mullaitivu for photographing his ballot after voting for the Tamil common candidate.

The principal was one of thousands of postal voters who cast their ballots ahead of the upcoming Presidential election on September 21st. A total of 712,319 voters were eligible to use postal voting to cast their vote in the 2024 presidential election.

Officers from Sri Lanka's Army were seen taking photographs and intimidating Eelam Tamils who were in the process of plastering a new plaque at the memorial dedicated to the Saththurukondan massacre, which states that the military was responsible for the killings. This year marks the 34th commemoration of the massacre of 186 civilians in the areas of Sathurukondan, Panichchaiyadi, Kokkuvil, and Pillaiyaradi.

A Sri Lankan government minister, Chamara Sampath Dassanayake, forcibly entered a police station in Badulla and engaged in a verbal altercation with officers, ultimately forcing them to release 34 government supporters who had been detained over violating election laws. 

British Tamils demanded a boycott of the Sri Lankan cricket team on Sunday, as they demonstrated outside the Oval as Sri Lanka played England in London. 

The current chairman of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) Mavai Senathirajah met with incumbent Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe this week, as turmoil rocked the party over the central committee decision to back Sajith Premadasa at the upcoming presidential election.