Yet another display of why it's intergral to separate church & State!

Min. Saroja Paulraj offers flowers & bows before a statue of Lord Buddha on her 1st day. What is the necessity/relevance of this ritual in relation to her work? And why esp must a non Buddhist adhere to this? pic.twitter.com/J0WyKkb15b

Following a landmark electoral win, which has secured the National People’s Power (NPP), a two-thirds parliamentary majority, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to prioritise press freedom.

M.A. Sumanthiran, a prominent member of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) praised his party's performance in the recent Sri Lankan parliamentary elections, noting how they managed to win a seat in every district in the North-East.

“In the last parliament ITAK held 6 of the seats won by the TNA coalition,” Sumanthiran said at the Jaffna Press Club. “But this time we have won 8 seats while contesting on our own.”

The Sri Lankan Army headquarters has announced that a military camp in Karkovalam in Jaffna is to be removed, after almost three decades of occupation.

The land, comprising three acres, will reportedly be returned to its rightful owners, three Tamils from the area, within 14 days. It is the first move to dismantle the intense militarisation of the Tamil homeland in years.

Tilvin Silva, General Secretary of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), the main party in the National People's POwer (NPP) coalition, said the Provincial Council system set up under the 13th Amendment to the Constitution has failed to achieve its objectives and that his party would "provide a reasonable solution" to the island's ethnic conflict.

Responding to a question from a journalist, he said a more viable mechanism should be introduced following discussions with all stakeholders.