Tamil fishermen in Vadamaradchi East alleged that hundreds of Sinhalese fishermen from the south have been allowed by the Sri Lankan military to fish in restricted areas, as tensions between the groups heighten.

The newly-built Buddhist temple at Ilankaithurai - re-named Lanka Patuna by the government. A bridge is being constructed to improve access to the site for the increasing number of Sinhala visitors.

Tamil Guardian co-editor and PEARL Advocacy Director Mario Arulthas travelled to Trincomalee last month to report on how Tamils in the region are struggling with the Sri Lankan state's spread of Buddhism across the North-East.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) told the Norwegian prime minister Erna Solberg on Sunday that a new consitution in Sri Lanka must resolve the national question, the FT.lk reported. 

Sri Lankan army soldiers protested in Battaramulla against the government's passing of the Office of Missing Persons bill last week. Five joint opposition MPs were also present. 

Sri Lanka's Terrorism Investigation Division have called in the disappearance campaigner, Balandran Jeyakumary for a further inquiry in Colombo at the second floor of the TID's office. 

 In a statement opening a Tamil People's Council meeting earlier this month in Jaffna, Northern Provincial Council Chief Minister, C.V. Wigneswaran, raised issues of accountability and a North-East merger.

The Sri Lankan police this week launched an investigation over a T-shirt found in a textile shop in Kandy, depicting a Tamil Eelam map, Tamil Eelam flag symbol and photograph of the leader of the Liberation Times of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), V Prabhakaran, and with the words 'L'aspiration des Tamouls est un Tamil Eelam libre' and 'Free Tamil Eelam' printed over it. 

Sri Lanka’s anti-LGBTI laws further abuse that transgender people and others that do not conform to social expectations face on the island, reports Human Rights Watch.

With the release of a new 63-page report, the human rights organisation found that Sri Lankan laws left transgender and intersex people unprotected, whilst abuse and arbitrary detention continued with impunity.

A Tamil man has been killed in Jaffna after a landmine explosion in the Kilali region, reports Adaderana.

The man, who had gone to collect timber on Friday, was sought after by his family who had registered him as missing at the local Sri Lankan police station.

A vigil was held in Jaffna on Sunday marking 10 years since the Sencholai massacre, where 53 schoolgirls and 3 teachers were killed by a Sri Lankan air force bombing raid.

Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena has pointed fingers at the former regime for the current economic crisis that the government is facing.

Colombo is facing a spiralling balance of payments crisis, with reported figures revealing over 95% of all government revenue is spent on repaying existing loans.

Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena stated that security at Jaffna University would be maintained, as he met with staff and the parents of those involved in a clash between Sinhalese and Tamil students in Colombo on earlier this month.

The acquittal of 24 Sri Lankan army corporals over the rape and murder of Tamil civilians in 1996 has been criticised by the US Tamil Political Action Council (USTPAC) as “entrenching impunity” on the island.

Former Tamil refugees who were saved by a local Canadian fishing boat 30 years ago, returned to the site of their dramatic rescue this week, as they remembered their perilous journey fleeing Sri Lanka.