A passenger ferry service between Kakesanthurai (KKS), Jaffna, and Tamil Nadu is set to be launched by the end of April this year.

According to the Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister, Nima Siripala de Silva, the Indian authorities will be handling ferry services, whilst the Sri Lankan government will be facilitating the process. 

On Thursday, FIFA’s congress upheld its decision to suspend Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe from voting during its elections.

The International Monetary Fund said Monday that its executive board has approved a nearly $3 billion bailout program for Sri Lanka over four years to help salvage the country’s bankrupt economy.

An IMF statement said about $333 million of the funding will be disbursed immediately and the approval will also open up financial support from other institutions.

The Tamil Students Initiative held their inaugural International Women’s Day Brunch showcasing up-and-coming female performers at The Cottons in Shoreditch on 19th March 2023. The exclusively female event looked to celebrate and empower women. Featured acts included Mathura, Vinika Vara, Vyshna, Thanu and Kingston Tamil Society. 

Speaking at the Progress Review Meeting on Aluth Gamek, Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardene, slammed trade unions and claimed that their “vengeful demands” were undermining the rights of workers, the right to unionise and workers’ bargaining power.

Speaking at the inauguration of a new exhibition dedicated to Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa, India’s external affairs minister, S Jaishankar, reiterated India’s ongoing support for Sri Lanka during its economic crisis.

The leader of the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF), Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, has called on the Sri Lankan state to reveal the amount they had paid to the British mercenary organisation known as Keenie Meenie Services (KMS) to support their suppression of the Tamil armed resistance.

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister, Ali Sabry, is set to journey to London to attend the Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers’ Meeting (CFAMM) next Wednesday, where he is expected to meet several international dignitaries.

US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, has stressed that Local Government elections are critical for Sri Lanka's democracy.

Chung spoke as the Chief Guest at the National Law Conference organized by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka in Colombo on 12 March. 

Speaking in Sri Lanka’s parliament on Thursday, Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Tourism, Diana Gamage, encouraged violence against student demonstrators to end their protests.

Marcia V. J. Kran, Canadian lawyer and expert member of the UN Human Rights Committee, pressed Sri Lanka delegate Major General Kulatunga about his role in overseeing the Joseph Camp in Vavuniya, plagued with allegations of torture, and the Army Court’s denial of war crimes.