Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) informed Colombo Magistrate’s Court on 3 April that it has launched an investigation into allegations that Namal Rajapaksa MP, the son of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa, fraudulently obtained his Attorney-at-Law qualification.

In a stunning reversal, Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is poised to sign a defence pact with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a move that cements an about-turn from his formerly fierce opposition to Indian influence in Sri Lanka.

The Sri Lankan cabinet has appointed a special committee in response to the United Kingdom’s recent decision to impose targeted sanctions on four Sri Lankan individuals accused of grave human rights violations.

Sri Lanka’s stock market suffered a sharp sell-off following the United States’ imposition of a 44% tariff on Sri Lankan exports, as panic gripped investors and major export-oriented firms saw double-digit losses.

Sri Lanka’s president has appointed a committee to “conduct an in-depth study” on the impact of newly announced tariffs by United States President Donald Trump, which sent global shockwaves on Wednesday.

A Sinhala Buddhist monk whos is the Nagadeepa Temple Chief Incumbent Navandagala Padumakiththi Tissa has announced his supportfor Tamil people in their struggle for land rights in Thaiyiddy, Jaffna, where he stated an illegal Buddhist vihara has been constructed.

US President Donald Trump has announced 'reciprocal' tariffs on countries worldwide, including a 44% tariff on all goods from Sri Lanka. 

The tariffs were imposed in response to what Trump said were 'Tariffs charged to the US including currency manipulations and Trade Barriers'.

The junta’s ceasefire declaration came several days after armed resistance groups across the country had already unilaterally paused hostilities to allow for humanitarian operations. The military had initially refused to reciprocate.

More than ninety West Papuan tribes, political organisations, religious and political groups have called for a boycott of products implicated in the Indonesian occupation, in the first major West Papuan boycott campaign ever announced.