Twenty-two countries have signed on as co-sponsors to a revised UN resolution that will be voted on this week, extending the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ (OHCHR) mandate on in Sri Lanka for another two years.

A bulletproof vehicle provided to former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa by the state has been returned, his media spokesperson Manoj Gamage confirmed.

Issuing a statement, Attorney-at-Law Gamage said the vehicle had been handed back.

The Sri Lankan Ministry of Finance has announced it will receive a €8 million grant from the European Union to promote 'biodiversity' and 'sustainable land use' despite military-backed land grabs and deforestation. 

Below is the English translation of the editorial published on 2 October 2025 in the Jaffna-based Tamil daily Kaalai Murasu.

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs has inaugurated a newly established Buddha Sasana Council, as the state continues to draw closer to Buddhism on the island.

Neville Wanniarachchi, the former Chief Security Officer of ex-Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been remanded until 17 October on charges of failing to disclose the source of millions of rupees’ worth of assets.

A Sri Lankan diplomat remained in the chamber of the United Nations General Assembly as dozens of delegates walked out in protest during a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week.