The Sri Lankan brigadier and defence attache to the UK, Priyanka Fernando, who was seen making death threats to Tamil protesters in London, received a hero welcome on board the Sri Lankan airlines flight he took back to Colombo this week. 

Brigadier Fernando was recalled back to Sri Lanka amid widespread calls, including from cross-party UK parliamentarians for his expulsion and for him to be investigated by the police. 

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said this week it would continue to work with the Sri Lankan government on economic reforms, as outlined in the Extended Fund Facility programme. 

Sri Lanka continued to rank poorly in the 2017 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), performing even worse than it did under former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa.

According to the 2017 index compiled by Transparency International, Sri Lanka ranks 91^st with a score of 38.

^{All photographs and graphics courtesy of Sri Lanka Campaign}

The Sri Lankan campaign released a report this week, highlighting the Sri Lankan government’s ongoing surveillance, harassment and intimidation of Tamils in the North – from human rights activists to ordinary citizens engaged in dissent.

In his report published ahead of the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said the "authorities have not yet demonstrated the capacity or willingness to address impunity for gross violations and abuses of international human rights law and serious violations of international humanitarian law", arguing the failure to show major progress in emblematic cases strengthens the argument for "

Mullaitivu residents whose lands have been earmarked for landgrab by the Sri Lankan Navy protested on Thursday, blocking access to state land surveyors who had to turn back from the area.

Sri Lanka this week increased tax concessions to state officials on importation of vehicles. 

The news was announced in a circular released today by the Ministry of Public Administration and Management, the Daily Mirror reports. 

Sri Lanka's unity government was plunged into crisis this month after both coalition partners suffered losses at the local polls on February 12. 

The Tamil National Alliance today urged the international community to ensure Sri Lanka implemented the UN Human Rights Council resolution it cosponsored in 2015.

In a meeting wtih the US Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner and his chief of staff, the TNA leader R Sampanthan highlighted the delays in implementation of the resolution and said the government was bount to its commitments both in spirit and letter. 

In its annual report on human rights worldwide, Amnesty International said there was "evidence of backsliding" in Sri Lanka, highlighting the ongoing detention of Tamils under the PTA over alleged links to the LTTE and the continued reports of torture during detention. 

The Sri Lankan government has announced that it will tighten controls on non-governmental organisations, as it looks to enact changes to legislation regarding volunteer and charity organisations.

Sri Lanka's foreign ministry on Thursday stressed the country's High Commissioner had not resigned, rejected media reports she had terminated her contract. 

"High Commissioner Wijewardene will conclude her contract on her own volition by 31 March 2018," the ministry said in statement.

The Sri Lankan military confirmed that the government’s UK Defence Attache who was sent back to Colombo after he threatened Tamil protestors in London would not be facing any disciplinary action.

Residents of a Mannar fishing village have protested against the Sri Lankan Navy’s ongoing harassment and intrusion into their livelihoods.

Tamil journalist P. Sathiyamoorthy, who was killed inside the ‘No Fire Zone’ by a Sri Lankan army artillery barrage in February 2009, was remembered in Jaffna on Tuesday.