Eravur Circuit Magistrate Court has issued an arrest warrant for Tamil journalist Sasikaran Punniyamoorthy for not attending court after he was forced into exile due to intimidation by Sri Lanka's security forces. 

Former Sri Lankan President and war criminal Gotabaya Rajapaksa was interrogated by Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday morning regarding a disputed property in Kathirgamam, located in the southern region of the island.

The questioning, which lasted nearly two hours, marks the first time since the new government under Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office in November where a prominent member of the Rajapaksa family has faced interrogation. 

Mannar residents were left outraged this month as trees integral to wind power generation in the Mannar lowland area were uprooted and discarded during a coastal road reconstruction project.

The incident, compounded by the excavation and dumping of sand from nearby dunes, has reignited longstanding tensions over environmental degradation in the region, particularly concerning wind power developments.

The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and the Central Cultural Fund, announced the launch of a new conservation project to protect the ancient Thuparama Image House, a Sinhala Buddhist site within the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Polonnaruwa Ancient City.

Events were held in Jaffna earlier this month, to mark the 100th birthday of Dr. Thangamma Appakuddi, a woman praised for her public service to the Tamil people.

Dr Jana Denzel is set to be the first Eelam Tamil contestant on BBC’s hit show “The Apprentice”, as it kicks off on TV screens across the UK next week.

The Apprentice, now in its 19th series, sees contestants from all over the UK compete for a £250,000 investment from British business tycoon Lord Sugar.