Sri Lanka has extradited six persons who were arrested in Nepal in connection with the high-profile murder of underworld leader Sanjeewa Kumara Samararathne, widely known as Ganemulla Sanjeewa, who was shot dead inside a Colombo courthouse earlier this year.

Excavations at the Colombo Port mass grave, where over one hundred human skeletons have been unearthed, have officially concluded, the Colombo Magistrate’s Court was informed this week.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya concluded her first official visit to India last week, holding talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and delivering an address at the NDTV World Summit 2025 in New Delhi.

Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal has issued an interim injunction restraining Sundaralingam Kandipan from functioning as Mayor of the Vavuniya Urban Council and Parameswaran Karthipan from acting as Deputy Mayor, following allegations that both men were unlawfully appointed.

Sri Lanka’s Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) has summoned a senior Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) member for questioning over an old social media post, in yet another incident of authorities interrogating Tamil political activists.

A Sri Lankan opposition politician was shot dead inside his office in Weligama on Wednesday morning, marking the first assassination of a high-profile politician since Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s government came to power last year.

The 25th anniversary of the murder of Tamil journalist Nimalarajan Mylvaganam was marked in Jaffna and Batticaloa this week, as his colleagues gathered to remember his life and demand justice for his killing. At both the Jaffna and Batticaloa Press clubs, Tamil journalists, activists and civil society colleagues fathered to light candles and garland a portrait of Nimalarajan, who was killed at his home in Jaffna 25 years ago.

The Sri Lankan police formally inaugurated the Proceeds of Crime Investigation Division (PCID) on Sunday, a new unit established under the Proceeds of Crime Act No. 05 of 2025 to investigate assets, property, and funds obtained through illegal means.

Former Sri Lankan presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Maithripala Sirisena have written to the Ministry of Public Security requesting the return of their bulletproof vehicles, citing “security concerns”.

Former Sri Lankan army commander and accused war criminal Sarath Fonseka expressed “respect” Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, claiming that he refused to flee the battlefield during the final stages of the armed conflict in 2009.

Displaced families in Sammanturai protest and appeal to the Sri Lankan president for the return of their ancestral farmlands

The Chairman of the Karai Thuraipattu Pradeshiya Sabha, Chinnarasa Logeswaran, has condemned the Sri Lankan Department of Archaeology’s ongoing seizure of Tamil farmlands in Mullaitivu, declaring that the “encroachment of farmlands long cultivated by the Tamil people can never be accepted under any circumstance.”

The Valikamam North Pradeshiya Sabha has unanimously rejected a request by the Sri Lankan Navy to acquire a two-acre plot of land in Keerimalai, Jaffna, for the installation of a radar system.

Farmers from Muthunagar and Kinniya in Trincomalee staged a demonstration this weekend, coinciding with Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s visit to the district for an event at the occupying air force base.