Food supplies from Tamil Nadu arrived in Vavuniya yesterday as the island’s economic turmoil continues. 

A coastal clean-up operation and tree sapling planting event was held this morning at Mannar Keeri beach ahead of of World Environment Day. 

On Tuesday the chairman of Sri Lanka’s Port Authority, Prasantha Jayamanna, declared that they would be issuing Expressions of Interest (EOIs) to develop Trincomalee Port however poor governance from Colombo has left investors wary.

A new Buddhist vihara is being constructed in Muttur, a majority Tamil speaking area, with the aid of Sri Lanka's army and it's archaeology department. 

The province of Ontario’s lawyers effectively argued to dismantle the legal case filed against Bill 104 – the “Tamil Genocide Education Week Act”, at the Superior Court of Ontario by Tamil Genocide deniers.

It is a well-known fact that the Sri Lankan government is working extremely hard against any efforts undertaken in the struggle for justice for Tamil people in Sri Lanka and around the world. Even today despite facing an economic crisis, triggering political and financial instability, the Sri Lankan government continue to engage in Tamil Genocide denial and distortion.

Protests were held in Jaffna and Kilinochchi yesterday demanding an end to violence against girls and women, in the wake of a spate of violent incidents targeting young females across the island.

The Sri Lankan government will be applying for food bank assistance from international donors, as an economic and political crisis continues to grip the country, leading to severe food and medicine shortages.

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has suspended the pardon of Rajapaksa ally and convicted murderer, Duminda Silva, and ordered for his arrest by the Criminal Investigation Department.

The body of a missing 16-year-old girl was recovered from a well in Vavuniya this week.

Earlier in the week, the girl had been reported missing and a search operation had been launched to locate her, leading to her body being discovered.

The anniversary of the burning of the Jaffna Public Library was commemorated earlier today, marking 41 years since Sri Lankan state backed mobs set ablaze the crucible of Eelam Tamil literature and heritage.  

Tamil journalist, Aiyathurai Nadesan, was remembered by journalists in memorial events held across the North-East, marking 18 years since his assassination. 

Sri Lanka’s notorious Buddhist monk Galagodaaththe Gnanasara has been welcomed by officials of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh as the kingdom bestowed their support to eradicate “religious extremism” in Sri Lanka.

Writing in Redflag this week, Tamil Refugee Council member Ben Hillier condemned the newly elected Australian Labor Party (ALP)'s immigration policy and it's handling of the Murugappan family’s immigration case. 

Hillier stated that the new Labor government could have granted permanent protection to the Murugappan family, "the Biloela family snatched from their home four years ago by Border Force and placed in the prison-like conditions of immigration detention by the Liberal government."