Four Sinhala Buddhist monks, including Balangoda Kassapa, along with five other individuals, have been remanded until 19 January by the Trincomalee Magistrate’s Court over the unlawful placement of a Buddha statue in Trincomalee last year.

The people of Mannar have demanded Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake release lands already acquired from local residents before he arrives to inaugurate a major wind power project in the district.

A Tamil woman from Eluvaitivu has made an emotional public appeal, stating that the Sri Lankan Navy is attempting to permanently acquire her ancestral land, which she had intended to give to her daughter as a dowry.

The British Tamil vice-chancellor of the University of Leicester, Nishan Canagarajah, has been awarded a knighthood in the 2026 New Year Honours, in recognition of his services to higher education.

The chief incumbent of the Mihintale Rajamaha Viharaya, Walawahangunawewe Dhammarathana, appeared before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) this week, amid a growing political dispute over public remarks made against him.

United States President Donald Trump has announced that any country continuing to do business with Iran will face a 25 per cent tariff on all trade conducted with the United States, a move that could have serious repercussions for Sri Lanka’s fragile export-dependent economy.

Allegations of corruption surface over large-scale sand mining in Mullaitivu

Tamil residents of Samanankulam have raised serious concerns over yet another illegal Buddhist temple, this time being constructed within the Pillaiyar Temple complex at Kallumalai, allegedly with the involvement of Sri Lanka’s Department of Archaeology.

A new report issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has laid bare the widespread and systematic use of conflict-related sexual violence by Sri Lankan state forces, alongside decades of entrenched impunity that continue to deny justice to Tamil survivors.