The leader of the European Parliament delegation to Sri Lanka urged Sri Lanka to improve its human rights conditions, including the replacement of its anti-terror laws to regain the EU Generalised System of Preferences Plus trade concessions.

Speaking in Colombo after meeting government officials and representatives of civil society, Ms Jean Lambert said discussions had taken place on whether or not Sri Lanka’s anti-terrorism laws met international standards.

Villagers in Batticaloa have found human skeletal remains in lands that were formerly occupied by a Sri Lankan army base.

Sources in the village said that skeletal remains were found on the land whilst they were digging to build a toilet on Saturday. 

Villagers fear that the site could be a mass grave site, which was then built on by the Army as part fo the resettlement programme for displaced people.

The office of the Tamil newspaper, Virakesari in Jaffna was attacked this morning, with bottles were thrown at the premises by unidentified persons. 

No one was injured during the attack. 

Sri Lanka's Telecommunication Regulatory Commission on Saturday prohibited a Tamil website for alleged 'incitement', the Sunday Times reports. 

The decision was made based on a complaint by the media and justice ministry, the TRC director reportedly told the paper. 

Civil society activists and organisations across the island on Friday condemned the killing of two Tamil students at the University of Jaffna by Sri Lankan police officers. 

In a statement signed by 113 individuals and 12 organisations, the civil society activists called for a "for an independent investigation and so as to ensure justice". 

Students at the University of Jaffna protested on Monday demanding justice for the killing of two students on October 20th by Sri Lankan police officers. 

The protest takes places as the Sri Lankan president, Maithripala Sirisena is due to visit Jaffna. 

The administrative activities of the university have been brought to a stand still as protesters blockade the main entrance. 

Muslims in Jaffna hoisted black flags on Sunday to remember the exodus from the region on October 30th, 1990, when the Muslim community was forced out of the area by the LTTE. 

The Sri Lankan president, Maithripala Sirisena on Thursday called some media organisations and NGOs "traitorous forces". 

Addressing an event for the armed forces, Mr Sirisena was quoted by the Daily Mirror as saying, "national security should be maintained without belittling it". 

Sri Lanka will sell 80 percent of the $1.5 billion Hambantota port to a Chinese firm, reports Reuters.

Speaking at the country’s Foreign Correspondents Association on Thursday, Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said,

Buddhist monks from India visited Jaffna this week to pray for the two Tamil university students shot dead by Sri Lankan police last Thursday. 

Conducted a peaceful march outside the grounds of the university, the monks called for the violence to cease. 

Students in Tamil Nadu this week held a protest demonstrating against the killing of two Jaffna university students last Thursday. 

A human skeleton was found by locals in Uruthirapuram, Kilinochchi district on Thursday.

The police are yet to identify the skeleton, however have said the deceased appears to have died around two months earlier. 

Two Sri Lankan army intelligence officers who have been held over the disappearance of Sinhalese cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda have been released on bail this week.

The suspects are first accused Lt. Col. Shammi Arjuna Kumararatne and third accused Staff Sgt. Rajapaksa Mudiyanselage Priyantha Kumara Rajapaksa, reports The Island.

A total of seven suspects have now been released on bail by the Sri Lankan courts. A further two suspects continue to be held in remand.

Sri Lanka’s Joint Opposition has challenged the government to provide extra security assurances for police officers in the North-East, following clashes in Kilinochchi between Sri Lankan police and locals protesting over the killing of two Jaffna University students.