Superintendent Minister of the Methodist Church of Sri Lanka, Rev. Kandaiya Jegathas, has called on all parties to prioritise the welfare and voices of the people of Mannar in relation to the controversial wind power project being constructed in the region.
Tamil ‘short-eats’ being used as a comical prop. A queer reading of a beloved Tamil noughties classic. A mother and her child preparing one another’s hair with coconut oil. There are many small moments in ‘Period Parrrty’ that make it shine.
As we mark 30 years since the Jaffna exodus, which led to over half a million Tamil men, women and children fleeing their homes, we look back at press coverage from the time.
On this day 30 years ago, over half a million Tamil men, women and children fled their homes in Jaffna as the Sri Lankan military launched a military offensive to capture the peninsula, under the leadership of then president Chandrika Kumaratunga.
UNICEF's report Weathering the Future: The Growing Crisis of Child Displacement in South Asia detailed that an estimated 4.6 per cent of its under-18 population was displaced between 2016 to 2022 due to climatic disaster events. Trincomalee, Batticaloa, and Mullaitivu were highlighted as 'very high-risk' areas for flooding.
A Sri Lankan professor at a military university has analysed the Israeli influence behind Sri Lanka’s Sinhala settlement policies during the late 20th century, particularly in the Mahaweli Development Project — the island’s largest post-independence scheme.
The National People’s Power (NPP) government has reiterated its opposition to an international investigation into war crimes in Sri Lanka, with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya reaffirming the state’s position in parliament last week.
Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) leader and Jaffna District MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam has accused the Sri Lankan military of playing a central role in the spread of narcotics across the Tamil homeland, warning that drug addiction has been deliberately fostered.
Sri Lanka’s participation in a United Nations peacekeeping conference has drawn renewed scrutiny, as the country’s army commander — whose regiment was implicated in war crimes — attended the United Nations Troop Contributing Countries (UNTCC) Chiefs’ Conclave 2025 in New Delhi earlier this month.
Sri Lanka’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Priyantha Weerasuriya, has issued a stark warning that individuals linked to organised crime and drug trafficking are infiltrating the island’s political system, with some already preparing to contest upcoming elections.
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP Switzerland) has unanimously passed a resolution on the situation in Sri Lanka, calling for an international genocide investigation at their party congress on the 25th of October 2025 in Sursee, Canton of Lucerne.
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