Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Sri Lanka in April to sign several agreements and inaugurate the long-delayed Sampur solar power plant in Trincomalee, Vijitha Herath confirmed on Saturday.

"We have maintained a close relationship with our neighbour India. Our first diplomatic visit was to India, where we reached several agreements on bilateral cooperation," Herath stated.

Tamils around the world have congratulated Gary Anandasangaree after he was appointed Canada’s Minister of Justice on Friday, a move that saw him become the first-ever Tamil-Canadian to hold the post.

“On behalf of the Tamil Bar Association, I extend my heartfelt congratulations to the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree on his appointment as Canada’s 54th Minister of Justice and Attorney General—the first person of Tamil origin to hold this esteemed office,” said Prashanth Chandrapal, president of the Tamil Bar Association

Gary Anandasangaree has been appointed as Canada’s Minister of Justice, in a historic move that will see him become the first ever Tamil-Canadian to hold the post.

Anandasangaree, a lawyer and long-time advocate for Tamil rights, has played a key role in pushing for justice for war crimes and accountability for the genocide in Sri Lanka.

The Tamil Nadu government yesterday replaced the Indian rupee symbol ₹, with the Tamil letter, ரூ, in its logo for the Tamil Nadu state budget 2025-26, ahead of the budget session today.

The Indian Rupee sign is a composite of the Devanagari letter र (Ra) and the Roman letter R, while the symbol in the new logo draws from the first letter (Ru) of the Tamil word for Rupee.

The Sri Lankan government has expanded its labour migration programme with Israel, deploying thousands of Sri Lankan workers to replace Palestinian labourers who have been blocked from employment.