Sri Lanka’s presidential powers to pardon convicted prisoners are facing renewed scrutiny after a convicted financial fraudster was released from prison, reportedly without presidential approval, triggering a criminal investigation and raised fresh concerns over impunity and corruption within the island’s justice system.

Sri Lanka's Ministry of Public Security has announced plans to recruit 10,000 retired military personnel into its police force. The move comes amid revelations linking former soldiers to a growing wave of gun violence, organised crime, and even overseas mercenary activity.

China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) welcomed the recent decision by Pakistan and Afghanistan to upgrade diplomatic relations, following a trilateral meeting between the foreign ministers last month. 

SriLankan Airlines is under fire after a flight bound for Singapore was forced to make an emergency landing in Indonesia due to a technical fault, just days after the financially troubled carrier added a new aircraft to its fleet at a reported cost of USD 360,000 per month.

As the world marked World Environment Day this week with a united call to #BeatPlasticPollution, Tamil environmental activists condemned Sri Lanka’s continued neglect of the North-East’s deepening ecological crises.

Batticaloa social activist E. Premnath has condemned the actions of Sri Lankan police officers after he was arrested without a warrant at his workplace and subjected to physical and mental abuse, an incident he says has caused significant mental distress.

Volker Türk is no stranger to Sri Lanka. There is little prospect of progress for the High Commissioner in Colombo. Instead, it is the Tamil North-East, and Mullivaikkal in particular, where he must go.

Nineteen human skeletal assemblages have been uncovered so far during excavations at the Sindhubathi Hindu cremation grounds in Jaffna, which concluded its first phase yesterday.