Human Rights Watch (HRW) have highlighted how systemic discrimination compounded the impact of Cyclone Ditwah on communities already facing "multiple vulnerabilities".   

Famed devotional singer Kovai Kamala paid tribute to Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Veluppillai Prabhakaran, in a now viral interview broadcast last month.

More than 7,700 acres of paddy cultivation have been destroyed in Vavuniya District following severe flooding, according to Sri Lanka’s Department of Agrarian Development, dealing a major blow to farming communities across the Tamil homeland.

United States special operations forces intercepted a shipment of military-related cargo from China bound for Iran while the vessel was operating off the coast of Sri Lanka, in a covert operation that took place whilst US troops were on the island – purportedly for humanitarian work.

As residents of Kankesanthurai continue a long-standing campaign for the release of their Hindu cremation ground, National People’s Power (NPP) Member of Parliament S. Siripavanandarajah visited the site on Saturday and assured local Tamils that steps would be taken to restore it for public use.

Sri Lanka’s railway network has been left in a state of near paralysis following Cyclone Ditwah, with only two lines remaining operational after widespread destruction caused by landslides and torrential rainfall.

A special consultative meeting on the impact of recent floods in Mannar District was held on Friday evening at the Mannar District Secretariat Auditorium, chaired by Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake, amid mounting criticism over delayed relief and compensation for affected regions.

Sri Lanka’s Northern Naval Area Commander, Rear Admiral B. Liyanagamage, has informed the Jaffna District Secretary that lands currently occupied by the Sri Lankan Navy in the Jaffna District will be released through what he described as “proper and orderly procedures”, but gave no timeline as the occupation of Tamil Eelam continues.

Commemorative events marking the anniversary of Anton Balasingham were held across the north and east

At least 20 people have been killed and more than half a million displaced to shelter in evacuation centres as border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia intensify. 

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Ajith Nivard Cabraal has been ordered to recompensate the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Rs. 1,843,267,595.65, an amount equivalent to almost US$ 6 million, during proceedings before Colombo High Court Judge Mohamed Mihail.

The Sri Lankan government has come under further criticism, following reports that Indian officials issued early warnings about Cyclone Ditwah weeks before the storm destroyed areas of the island, leaving hundreds dead.

The Jaffna Magistrate’s Court has directed former Sri Lankan president and accused war criminal Gotabaya Rajapaksa to submit an affidavit detailing any alleged threats to his life, after he once again failed to appear before the court in connection with the abduction of Lalith Kumar Weeraraju and Kugan Muruganandan.

Fishing communities in Jaffna staged a protest on Friday demanding an end to the continued incursions by Indian fishermen into waters off the Tamil homeland.