Sri Lanka's foreign reserves have been overstated by USD $1.4 billion in central bank reporting due to the inclusion of a currency swap from China that does not meet international standards.
The Indian government has announced the extension of its financial assistance for another year to support the passenger ferry service between Kankesanthurai in Tamil Eelam and Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu.
As Sri Lanka approaches the final stages of its current US $3 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout programme, IMF First Deputy Managing Director Dr Gita Gopinath issued a stark warning in Colombo this week, stressing that there is “no room for policy errors” and that this must be the last such rescue package the island requires.
Marking the 3,036th day of their continuous protest, the Association of Families of the Disappeared in Vavuniya issued a scathing condemnation of Tamil political leadership, accusing them of lacking vision, courage, and a strategy for securing justice for the Tamil people.
British MP Uma Kumaran has called on Foreign Secretary David Lammy to take urgent action following the discovery of a mass grave in Chemmani, Jaffna, which included the remains of at least three infants.
The Tamil Genocide Monument in Chinguacousy Park, Brampton, was targeted in two “deliberate and reprehensible” acts of vandalism this week, drawing condemnation from the National Council of Canadian Tamils (NCCT) and prompting arrests by Peel Regional Police.
