Sri Lanka’s former cricket captain and former deputy minister Sanath Jayasuriya has been charged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) with two counts of breaching the Anti-Corruption Code.

Jayasuriya is accused of failing to co-operate with the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit investigation on the island and of obstructing the investigation by "concealing, tampering with or destroying evidence".

Britain’s Home Office have ordered at least four medics to accompany a Tamil man who is due to be deported to Australia later today, despite the fact that other doctors have ruled the man “unfit to fly”.

The home of a priest in Chavakachcheri was robbed by an armed gang this weekend, as crime across Jaffna continues despite the heavy military presence in the peninsula.

At least 8 masked men armed with swords broke into the home in the early hours of Saturday morning. The residents of the house were all threatened and locked in a room, whilst the gang burgled the property, stealing gold jewellery belonging to the family.

Residents of Kanchirankuda in Amparai district remembered the massacre of seven Tamil students, shot and killed by Sri Lankan special task force (STF) troops in 2002.

Sri Lanka’s prime minister warned that the island’s economic crisis will worsen, just days after the finance minister attempted to allay fears over the state of Sri Lanka’s economy.

Ranil Wickremesinghe told an audience that “economic sanctions imposed on Iran by USA and the high demand for oil as winter season approaches had also contributed to the crisis”. 

Sri Lanka’s Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) has continued to target a Tamil journalist, summoning his brother for investigation on Sunday, after a friend was also summoned and investigated last week.

Prominent Jaffna journalist Uthayarasa Shalin was summoned by the TID in August, along with five others, in relation to the display of a map of the Tamil homeland during a festival at the journalist’s local temple in Aanaikottai, Jaffna.

Sri Lanka’s newly passed Office of Reparations Bill must not be used to “sideline truth and justice” said Tamil National Alliance leader R Sampanthan in an address to the parliament on Thursday.

The bill, which was passed last week, has been criticised by Sri Lankan civil society for the fact the office would have no decision-making power or independence and would face excessive bureaucracy.

The Sri Lankan archaeology department is attempting to grab land belonging to a Tamil temple at the behest of Buddhist monks, the temple’s administration have said.

Tamils have lost all confidence in the Sri Lankan government, which has reneged on the promises it made to Tamil voters made during elections, Tamil students have said.

In a memo to the United Nations published to accompany their campaign for the release of Tamil political prisoners, Jaffna University and allied students across the North-East said “Tamils have lost any confidence in the Sri Lankan Government to address their legitimate grievances.”

A pair of Sri Lankan navy ships left Colombo for India to partake in training exercises last week, as Colombo continues to grow its military relations despite concerns of human rights abuses.

The SLNS Sagara and SLNS Suranimala reached Cochin harbour in India, with a crew of about 200 officers and sailors on board, reports the Sri Lankan navy.

Sri Lanka’s finance minister has claimed the fall in the rupee to record lows this month is "not as catastrophic as people make it out to be,"  as the rupee fell to an all time low earlier this week.

Human bones were found in Achchuveli in Jaffna and were taken for analysis to Jaffna Teaching Hospital on Friday.

Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa confirmed that his party had received a “proposal” to form a coalition government, but denied reports that an agreement had been reached.

The Sri Lankan army decided to launch a variety of projects with Tamil schoolchildren across the North-East to mark ‘World Children’s Day’, as despite criticism from local and international human rights organisations the militarisation of the Tamil homeland continues.