Tamil lawyers and other legal professionals from across the North-East were joined by their Sinhala counterparts in Colombo today, as they rallied in support of Mullaitivu judge T Saravanarajah, who was forced to flee the island in the face of death threats last month.

Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe dismissed political and ethnic divisions on the island as “small things” and told a Tamil audience in Batticaloa not to seek “external intervention,” at an event in the East on Friday.

Addressing an audience at St. Michael’s College in Batticaloa, Wickremesinghe downplayed unaddressed historical grievances and instead called on the audience “to come together as one people”.

A group led by a Buddhist monk has been observed entering and exiting an abandoned army camp in Kinniya - Kurangupanjan. This activity has raised concerns among villagers in the surrounding area, particularly those from the majority Muslim community.

The Minister for Public Security, Tiran Alles, has issued an order for the Criminal Investigation Department to conduct an investigation into the resignation of Mullaitivu District Judge T. Saravanarajah. This decision follows an order by President Ranil Wickremasinghe.

Former Northern Province Council member and Mullaitivu politician T. Ravikaran called on the international community to hold the Sri Lankan government accountable for its actions. Ravikaran's statement was made in light of the resignation of the Mullaitivu District Judge T. Saravanarajah, who cited death threats and political pressure as the reasons for his departure.

Responding to the escalating violence in Israel and Palestine, Sri Lanka’s foreign affairs ministry has provided a muted response, calling for a ceasefire and reaffirming the country’s support for a "two-state solution".

The statement follows the eruption of violence in the region, which has claimed the lives of an estimated 600 Israelis and 370 Palestinians so far.

A peaceful protest by Tamil livestock farmers ahead of president Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to Batticaloa and against the ongoing land grabs by Sinhalese settlers in Batticaloa was met with brutal force by Sri Lankan police opposite of Chenkalady Central College, Batticaloa on Sunday.

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Shanakiyan Rasamanickam, a Member of Parliament from the Illangai Tamil Arasu Katchi, has raised concerns regarding the Sri Lankan Government's alleged attempts to obstruct the initiation of a ferry service between India and Sri Lanka.

In a session of the Sri Lankan Parliament, Rasamanickam conveyed fears that the government was preventing the launch of a ferry service that would enable Sri Lankan refugees residing in Tamil Nadu to return to Sri Lanka, along with their goods, which cannot be easily transported by air.