Tamil Nadu dispatched 300 tonnes of essential relief materials to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka via the Indian Navy from Tuticorin Port

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has called for a Parliamentary Select Committee to investigate the state’s failures in responding to Cyclone Ditwah, while controversially urging the government to study disaster preparedness measures implemented under former president and accused war criminal Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

A memorial lamp tower erected as part of the ‘unextinguished lamp’ protest demanding justice for the Chemmani mass grave victims has once again been vandalised by unidentified individuals.

The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) and the Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA) have reached a broad agreement to jointly exert pressure on the Sri Lankan government to hold Provincial Council elections in 2026 and to work towards formulating a common Tamil political position on the ethnic issue.

A US military flight landed at Jaffna International Airport earlier today, delivering a consignment of relief supplies for those affected by the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) have condemned remarks by Deputy Minister of Public Security Sunil Watagala, urging to government to uphold freedom of expression.

Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of an Israeli-backed paramilitary group operating in Gaza, has been killed according to reports this week. Abu Shabab, commanded the Popular Forces, a militia that emerged during the later stages of the two-year conflict and operated in areas of Gaza under Israeli control.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is assessing Sri Lanka’s economic needs in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah, which has left hundreds dead and caused catastrophic damage across the island. 

Sri Lanka’s stock market recorded its steepest weekly decline since 2022, as Cyclone Ditwah’s devastation compounded investor anxiety about the island’s already fragile economy. 

The ADB has approved a USD $100 million loan to support Sri Lanka’s power-sector reforms, but critics say the 2025 Electricity Act amendments conflict with the principles of the 2024 Act, which came under a package of IMF-backed reforms.

Sri Lankan intelligence officers in Valvettithurai have launched intensive inquiries into a blood donation camp that was organised to mark the birthday of the Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) last week.

A Tamil man who risked his life to save fellow passengers when a Jaffna–Colombo bus was swept into floodwaters near Kala Oya has been found dead, four days after he went missing.

Tamil parliamentarians have sharply criticised the Sri Lankan state for what they describe as a deliberate effort to erase Tamil history from the Sri Lankan curriculum, warning that the practice continues to deprive students of a truthful understanding of the island’s past.

A prominent Kanak pro-independence leader has accused the French government of deliberately preventing his return to New Caledonia by withholding his passport, months after he was cleared to travel home by a Paris appeals court.