A bulletproof vehicle provided to former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa by the state has been returned, his media spokesperson Manoj Gamage confirmed.

Issuing a statement, Attorney-at-Law Gamage said the vehicle had been handed back.

ADIC warns of rising alcohol-related deaths in Sri Lanka, criticizing government inaction and weak regulation.

The Sri Lankan Ministry of Finance has announced it will receive a €8 million grant from the European Union to promote 'biodiversity' and 'sustainable land use' despite military-backed land grabs and deforestation. 

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs has inaugurated a newly established Buddha Sasana Council, as the state continues to draw closer to Buddhism on the island.

The Tamil Youth Organisation (TYO) hosted its annual Tamil Youth Conference in London on Saturday, bringing together more than 100 Eelam Tamil youth from nine European countries in a gathering that combined political reflection, professional development and cultural expression.

As protests against the controversial Mannar wind power project continued this week, locals have reported suspicions over apparent attempts to manufacture support for the scheme.

Neville Wanniarachchi, the former Chief Security Officer of ex-Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been remanded until 17 October on charges of failing to disclose the source of millions of rupees’ worth of assets.

A Sinhala-Buddhist organisation has lodged a protest with the Swiss Embassy in Colombo, demanding action against what it described as “LTTE activities” in Geneva.

A Sri Lankan diplomat remained in the chamber of the United Nations General Assembly as dozens of delegates walked out in protest during a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week.

Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) parliamentarian Shanakiyan Rasamanickam has criticised members of the ruling party for falsely claiming responsibility for the release of the Murakkoddanchenai military camp in Batticaloa, stressing that the move only came after sustained pressure and repeated appeals.

Traders in Jaffna have petitioned Sri Lanka’s Minister of Trade, Wasantha Samarasinghe, to allow the import of goods through the Kankesanthurai (KKS) port, including clothing and vehicle spare parts.

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Environment Dammika Patabendi has announced that 101,762.75 acres of land in the Vanni are to be released from state control, in what the government framed as a corrective measure after decades of military seizure and bureaucratic mismanagement.

Prison authorities in Sri Lanka have confirmed that 39 children under the age of five are currently growing up with their mothers inside prisons across the island, including facilities in Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Jaffna. 

The death toll from last week’s cable car crash in Sri Lanka’s northwestern Kurunegala district has risen to eight, after a monk injured in the accident died in hospital on Sunday.