Sri Lanka's president has told Parliament that the country could not buy oil from Russia because it could not afford to antagonise the United States, as Cabinet Spokesman Nalinda Jayatissa confirmed that discussions were ongoing with Moscow.

At least three individuals have been hospitalised following an alleged assault by Sri Lankan police officers in Jaffna, with reports stating the officers were under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident.

The Sri Lankan military released a two-acre plot of privately owned land in the Vasavilan East area of Jaffna on Monday, returning a site that had been under occupation for approximately 36 years to its rightful owners.

Sri Lanka's energy authorities have a message for residents struggling with the cost of living: consider turning off your fridge.

Iran's reported use of cluster munitions against Israel has placed these weapons back in the international spotlight. For Eelam Tamils, the conversation is not new.

Sri Lanka has less than 25 days of fuel stocks remaining and has raised prices by 25 per cent for the second time in a week, as panic buying drains reserves

Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath has described the redevelopment of the Second World War-era oil tank farms in Trincomalee as the only credible long-term answer to the island’s energy crisis, as the island continues to grapple with fuel shortages triggered by the conflict in West Asia.

Sri Lanka’s refusal to allow two United States warplanes to land this month has been presented as a firm assertion of neutrality. Yet, placed alongside a parallel refusal of an Iranian naval request, and continued engagement with both states, the episode instead exposes something far less stable: a fragile balancing act that is increasingly difficult to sustain.

Residents say a crossing existed at the site for decades before 1990 but the Railway Department has consistently refused to recognise it, citing a lack of official records

Vanni District Member of Parliament Thurairasa Ravikaran has formally rejected a parliamentary fuel distribution arrangement routed through Sri Lankan military-operated stations, stating that accepting services from the same military structure responsible for the enforced disappearances of thousands of Tamils would be a betrayal of both his political convictions and the community he represents.

A Sri Lankan police officer has apologised in open court and paid Rs. 2 million in compensation after admitting that the arrest and nine-month detention of a 21-year-old Muslim student under the Prevention of Terrorism Act was unlawful.

The Tamil Genocide Monument at Chinguacousy Park in Brampton was vandalised in the early hours of 20 March 2026, in the third such attack on the site since the monument was unveiled less than a year ago.

Iran's Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Dr. Alireza Delkhosh, has insisted that the frigate IRIS Dena was in Sri Lankan waters at Colombo's own invitation when it was torpedoed without warning by a United States submarine.

The interrogation of student leaders at the University of Jaffna marks a deeply troubling escalation in the Sri Lankan state’s long-standing efforts to suppress political expression in the Tamil homeland.