The Tamil National Alliance says it will urge the US to support them to find a solution to the Tamil question on the island, when meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday.

Speaking to Ceylon Today, TNA MP MA Sumanthiran said the party's delegation, which will include NPC Chief Minister CV Wigneswaran, would focus on humanitarian issues.

"The TNA delegation led by R. Sampanthan will focus on the humanitarian issues such as the release of Tamil political prisoners, resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons and the release of lands still in the possession of the Security Forces in the North and East," Mr Sumanthiran said, adding that Mr Wigneswaran will be able to explain in detail all post-war issues in the Northern Province.

The Bodu Bala Sena has called for a change in Sri Lanka's flag, saying it was "extremist" as it differentiated between the different communities that lived on the island.

Speaking to the Lanka Herald, BBS General Secretary Gnanasara said,

The Sri Lankan High Commission in London accepted a personalised copy of the Sinhala language version of the, Emmy nominated, No Fire Zone documentary on behalf of Sri Lanka’s president this week.

In his personal message to Maithripala Sirisena, the No Fire Zone director, Callum Macrae, on Wednesday, said,

“The truth is coming out. I appeal to you not to obstruct the process, but to encourage it. To be on the side of truth.”