The UK’s move must mark a new chapter, not the end, of international efforts.

Two justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, Dilip Nawaz and Priyantha Fernando, announced on 28 March that they would recuse themselves from hearing petitions related to the controversial case of former Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda and the enforced disappearance of eleven Tamil and Muslim youth between 2008 and 2009.

Sri Lanka’s minister of industry and entrepreneurship development, Sunil Handunneththi has faced criticism after he made a remark at a Regional Development Bank event, where he compared debt to “certain girls,” saying “when the time comes, they forget all that you’ve done for them”.

Shavendra Silva, former head of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, did nothing wrong on the frontlines of the battlefield, claimed Sarath Fonseka, former army commander and himself an accused war criminal.

Army Chief’s recent visit to Jaffna raises concerns over the continued militarisation and state control in the Tamil homeland

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) intends to raise concerns over the continuing erosion of provincial council powers during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Sri Lanka, according to Acting Leader C. V. K. Sivagnanam.

Arun Kumar returns with his new film ‘Veera Dheera Sooran: Part 2,’ an action thriller with shades of neo-noir.

India has surpassed Sri Lanka to become the world's second-largest tea exporter in 2024, with exports reaching 254 million kilograms.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) of Sri Lanka is reportedly preparing to take disciplinary action against students at the University of Jaffna after a symbolic protest on Sri Lanka’s 77th Independence Day, in which Sri Lanka’s lion flag was replaced with a black flag on campus.

The Supreme Court of India has scheduled a final hearing for September 15, 2025, to address petitions challenging the 1974 and 1976 agreements that ceded the Katchatheevu islet to Sri Lanka.

As the United Kingdom imposed targeted sanctions on senior Sri Lankan military officials for their role in war crimes, a senior UK Foreign Office official visited Colombo for high-level meetings with government representatives and civil society groups.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Sri Lanka from 4 to 6 April 2025, where he will take part in the virtual groundbreaking ceremony for a long-delayed solar power project in Trincomalee.

 

Former Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe has called for closer cooperation with India’s Adani Group and other foreign investors, stating that such partnerships are essential for Sri Lanka's economic recovery.

The Sri Lankan government, led by the self-proclaimed Marxist National People’s Power (NPP), has revealed it is considering privatisation as an option for restructuring the heavily indebted national carrier, SriLankan Airlines.