As Sri Lanka continues to grapple with its worst political and economic crisis in recent history, senior officials in Delhi express an interest in providing an additional $2 billion in aid whilst those in Beijing remain tight-lipped on assistance.

Tamil families of the disappeared in Vavuniya continued their protest earlier today, marking 1,881 days of their continuous demonstration as they demanded justice for the forcible disappeared of their loved ones.

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Despite Sri Lanka’s ongoing economic crisis, the Tamil New Year, which falls on the first day of the month of Chithirai in the Tamil calendar, was celebrated across the North-East earlier today.

Speaking in parliament, leader of the Tamil National Peoples' Front (TNPF) Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam called into question Sri Lanka’s exorbitant military spending of 10.35% of the annual budget

Anti-government protestors have refused to meet Mahinda Rajapaksa and called for the resignation of all Rajapaksas' members from government. 

Staff at Mankulam hospital protest over severe shortage of medicines 

Sri Lanka is expected to receive $10 million from the World Bank to secure essential medicines in an attempt to avoid worsening the current medical crisis. 

11 political parties led by the Sri Lankan Freedom Party (SLFP), a former coalition partner to the Rajapaksa regime, have boycotted negotiations after the appointment of Shantha Bandara as State Minister for organic fertilisers.

Sri Lanka is seeking a second USD $500 million credit line from India, as an existing credit line is close to finishing.  

A protest was held in Vavuniya on Tuesday, demanding the Sri Lankan government halt the military appropriation of private lands, repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and release Tamil political prisoners.

Responding to the ongoing political and economic crisis in Sri Lanka, the Tamil National People’s Front has signed a motion of no confidence, demanding that the Rajapaksa administration stands down.

A fervently racist Sinhala Buddhist monk joined other clergy members in prayers ‘blessing’ the anti-government protests currently underway at Galle Face Green in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo.

Omalpe Sobitha, a monk who is also a MP with the extremist Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), was one of several monks that was spotted at Galle Face on Tuesday.

Yet another Tamil father has died this week after spending over a decade demanding the whereabouts of his disappeared son. 

Muniandy Karuppaiya, from Mulliyawalai, Mullaitivu, has been searching for his son Mohandas who was forcibly disappeared during the armed conflict.

As anti-government protests continued in Sri Lanka, a pro-government march was held by regime supporters and Sinhala Buddhist monks who carried flags and placards backing the embattled president Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

During the march, Sinhala extremist activist Dan Priyasad warned that they had "collected the details of all engaging in protests".

Sri Lanka's treasury announced that the government will be reducing it's spending after officially announcing that it was defaulting on it’s external debt of up to $US 51 billion.