Sri Lankan soldiers and army officers dominated a temple chariot festival in Jaffna district last week.

The Sri Lankan military declared open a new accommodation block for troops in Kilinochchi this week, declared an

The General Secretary of the Asgiriya Chapter warned the Sri Lankan government that it had failed to heed the advice given by the chief monks of the island’s three major Buddhist orders, reports The Island.

The Sri Lankan Air Force celebrated the 6^th anniversary of establishing bases in Mullaitivu and Iranamadu last week, with a series of events in the Tamil North-East.

Sri Lanka is to review an US$ 205 million Indian investment proposal to operate Sri Lanka’s second international airport in the southern town of Mattala, reports The Hindu.

The building and expansion of two Buddhist shrines in close proximity to Hindu temples in Point Pedro has left locals fearing further Sinhalisation of their area.

India's minister of external affairs Sushma Swaraj held a meeting on Friday with Sri Lanka's State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vasantha Senanayake in Kathmandu. 

The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Bay of Bengal Initiatives for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). 

Mr Senanayake represented Sri Lanka after the country's foreign minister was forced to resign over corruption allegations. 

Three Indian nationals were arrested by the Sri Lankan navy and the Special Task Force on Friday for allegedly violating immigration laws. 

All three people arrested are from Tamil Nadu and aged 27, 36 and 41, Colombo Page reported. 

They had been harvesting a paddy field in Nindavur where they were arrested, the paper added. 

The Eastern University has been ordered to be evacuated as tensions remained high following the attack on security staff by Sinhala students on Tuesday. 

The order was issused on Saturday by the Eravur Magistrate Court, the Daily Mirror reported. 

Two security staff, including one female member of staff, were hospitalised following the attack. 

Criticising the failure of the Sri Lankan government to make significant progress on implemented the UN Human Rights Council resolution it co-sponsored, the Global Tamil Forum reiterated the need for accountability, stating the "the present coalition government has not lived up to its commitments and yet to take any meaningful steps in this respect."

The Tamil National Alliance met with Norway's ambassador to Sri Lanka, Thorbjørn Gaustadsæther on Friday. 

The TNA was represented by its leader, R Sampanthan and TNA spokesperson, M A Sumanthiran. 

Tamil preschool children were given a tour of Palaly air base by Sri Lankan soldiers on Friday.

The base is inside a high security zone, military-occupied land which is usually inaccessible to locals.

48 children from the Karaveddy Child Jesus Pre-School, along with their parents and 5 members of staff were given the tour.

Fencing activity by the Ceylon Electricity Board on paddy lands in Sampur has angered the land’s recently resettled owners.

Trincomalee MP K. Thurairetnasingam wrote to President Sirisena following outcry by the owners of paddy land in Kilalveli that their livelihood lands were being encroached upon.

A former Major General in the Sri Lankan army who was accused of murder and torture and has since been ordained as a Buddhist monk was in Jaffna this week, delivering a lecture to Sri Lankan soldiers.