Mannar tells Sri Lankan president to release our lands before inaugurating wind project

The people of Mannar have demanded Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake release lands already acquired from local residents before he arrives to inaugurate a major wind power project in the district.
Sri Lankan Navy accused of seizing Tamil family’s ancestral property
A Tamil woman from Eluvaitivu has made an emotional public appeal, stating that the Sri Lankan Navy is attempting to permanently acquire her ancestral land, which she had intended to give to her daughter as a dowry.
British Tamil academic Nishan Canagarajah awarded knighthood 
The British Tamil vice-chancellor of the University of Leicester, Nishan Canagarajah, has been awarded a knighthood in the 2026 New Year Honours, in recognition of his services to higher education.
Sri Lankan minister accused of religious hostility as Buddhist monk files CID complaint

The chief incumbent of the Mihintale Rajamaha Viharaya, Walawahangunawewe Dhammarathana, appeared before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) this week, amid a growing political dispute over public remarks made against him.

Trump tariff ultimatum on Iran could hit Sri Lanka with double trade shock
United States President Donald Trump has announced that any country continuing to do business with Iran will face a 25 per cent tariff on all trade conducted with the United States, a move that could have serious repercussions for Sri Lanka’s fragile export-dependent economy.
Large-scale sand mining in Mullaitivu raises corruption allegations
Allegations of corruption surface over large-scale sand mining in Mullaitivu
Another land grab in the name of archaeology - Vihara construction sparks anger in Vavuniya
Tamil residents of Samanankulam have raised serious concerns over yet another illegal Buddhist temple, this time being constructed within the Pillaiyar Temple complex at Kallumalai, allegedly with the involvement of Sri Lanka’s Department of Archaeology.
New UN report details sexual violence against Tamils and Sri Lankan impunity
A new report issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has laid bare the widespread and systematic use of conflict-related sexual violence by Sri Lankan state forces, alongside decades of entrenched impunity that continue to deny justice to Tamil survivors.
Washington gifts helicopters to Sri Lankan military
The United States has announced that it will provide the Sri Lanka Air Force with ten U.S. Navy TH-57 helicopters at no cost, despite the force’s longstanding record of war crimes.
'Buddhist monks should never have done this’ - Nagadeepa chief monk condemns Thaiyiddy land seizure
The Chief Incumbent of the Nainativu Nagadeepa Vihara, Sri Navadagala Paduma Keerthi Tissa, has strongly criticised the seizure of privately owned Tamil lands for the construction of the Thaiyiddy Tissa Vihara in Jaffna, describing it as a serious wrongdoing carried out in collaboration with the Sri Lankan military.
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