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UNP rallies to defend Buddhist institutions amid clergy misconduct controversy
Sri Lanka's United National Party (UNP) has accused the National People's Power (NPP) government of attempting to undermine Buddhism and interfere in the affairs of the Buddhist clergy, as controversy continues over proposed reforms aimed at addressing misconduct within the Buddhist Sangha. The dispute comes amid heightened public scrutiny of Buddhist institutions following allegations of…

279,706 children displaced across Sri Lanka from climate disasters

Oct 28, 2025

Climate

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. 

Israeli advisers shaped Sinhala settlement schemes, writes Sri Lankan professor

Oct 28, 2025
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. 

Clergy hold protest at Chemmani demanding justice for massacre victims

Oct 28, 2025
Members of the Methodist Church held a symbolic protest in Chemmani on Tuesday, calling for justice for the victims of the Chemmani massacre.

Trincomalee mineral workers demand pay after 15 months without wages

Oct 28, 2025
Eighty-three Pulmoddai Mineral Sands Corporation employees in Trincomalee continue protesting over unpaid wages for more than 15 months

Sri Lankan PM Amarasuriya rules out international probe into war crimes

Oct 27, 2025
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.

Sri Lankan military fuelling drug crisis in Tamil homeland, says Ponnambalam

Oct 27, 2025
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 joins UN peacekeeping talks despite war crimes

Oct 27, 2025
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 police chief warns drug traffickers infiltrating politics

Oct 27, 2025
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.

Swiss Social Democratic Party calls for international genocide investigation into Sri Lanka

Oct 27, 2025

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.

Sri Lankan army disrupts Heroes Day cemetery preparations in Visuvamadu

Oct 27, 2025
Sri Lankan army personnel obstructed voluntary preparatory work at the Maaveerar Thuyilum Illam in Theravil, Visuvamadu, ahead of the 2025 Maaveerar Day commemorations
279,706 children displaced across Sri Lanka from climate disasters
Israeli advisers shaped Sinhala settlement schemes, writes Sri Lankan professor
Clergy hold protest at Chemmani demanding justice for massacre victims
Trincomalee mineral workers demand pay after 15 months without wages
Sri Lankan PM Amarasuriya rules out international probe into war crimes
Sri Lankan military fuelling drug crisis in Tamil homeland, says Ponnambalam
Sri Lanka joins UN peacekeeping talks despite war crimes
Sri Lanka’s police chief warns drug traffickers infiltrating politics
Swiss Social Democratic Party calls for international genocide investigation into Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan army disrupts Heroes Day cemetery preparations in Visuvamadu
279,706 children displaced across Sri Lanka from climate disasters
Israeli advisers shaped Sinhala settlement schemes, writes Sri Lankan professor
Clergy hold protest at Chemmani demanding justice for massacre victims
Trincomalee mineral workers demand pay after 15 months without wages
Sri Lankan PM Amarasuriya rules out international probe into war crimes
Sri Lankan military fuelling drug crisis in Tamil homeland, says Ponnambalam
Sri Lanka joins UN peacekeeping talks despite war crimes
Sri Lanka’s police chief warns drug traffickers infiltrating politics
Swiss Social Democratic Party calls for international genocide investigation into Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan army disrupts Heroes Day cemetery preparations in Visuvamadu