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In Vavuniya, more than 300 Tamil families remain blocked from returning to 672 acres in Chettikulam gazetted by the Forest Department, while the Department of Archaeology has sought land around Hindu ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: Sri Lankan Government approves 2026 Budget, prioritising infrastructure development
Sri Lanka's 2026 national budget was approved by the Parliament on 5 December 2025, after completion of the third reading of the Appropriation Bill. In the approved estimates for the financial year ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: More than 40,000 civilians flee latest fighting in eastern Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 13 (UNHCR) - More than 40,000 civilians have fled fierce fighting in eastern Sri Lanka over the past week, pushing to an estimated 127,000 the number of displaced within the ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: The Policies of Sri Lanka’s New Government: a Historic Opportunity Lost
On the right, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, President of Sri Lanka. On the left, Dr. S. Jaishankar, India’s Minister of External Affairs. Photo: MEAphotogallery, Flickr, CC, Can you give us a quick ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election Reflected a Regional Divide
Sri Lanka’s September 21 presidential election – the first since the protests in 2022 that ousted former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa – has been praised for the lack of election violence and the ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Government: Sri Lanka: New Government Pledges Economic Reform, Justice
(Bangkok) – The government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, which took office on September 23, 2024, has promised to address longstanding human rights issues that have plunged Sri Lanka into ...