Sri Lanka’s Office on Missing Persons (OMP) claims it has managed to locate 16 forcibly disappeared individuals who were reported missing since 2000, out of approximately 6,000 inquiries they have investigated, but refused to divulge any further information.

^{Tamil protestors in Mannar earlier this year.}

Julie Chung, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, clarified that the US Embassy did not issue a travel ban on Sri Lanka but warned its personnel and citizens to avoid travelling to Arugam Bay after receiving information of a potential attack on tourist hotspots in the area. 

Commander Security Forces (West) studying the proposed layout of a new location for the infantry brigade - Sri Lanka Army

The Sri Lankan Army has expressed concern about misinformation circulating on social media regarding the downsizing of the military, stating that it actually plans to "scale" as part of its long-term strategy.

Sri Lanka’s former presidents made starting revelations about the extent of bribery and corruption on the island in a surprisingly candid conversation earlier this month, detailing how cash was even brought directly to their offices.

Transparency International Sri Lanka, the local corruption watchdog has said that the majority of appointments made by Anura Kumara Dissanayake including several new governors, ministry secretaries and chairpersons have political affiliations to this party, the National People's Power. 

A Sri Lankan minister has said an Indian article regarding a US$5 billion road-and-rail link connecting India to the North-East was “misleading” after claiming “off the record” remarks were used to claim the agreement to construct it was in the “closing stages”.

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Affairs Secretary, Aruni Wijewardane, is set to address the upcoming BRICS Outreach and BRICS Plus Summit in Kazan, Russian Federation, as the country awaits a decision on its request to join BRICS and its new Development Bank.

In a landmark judgement, a three-member committee, headed by retired High Court Judge Aadambaragay Nilanthi Jayaki de Alwis, claimed that information of the Easter Sunday bombings, which killed over 280 people, had not reached former Sri Lankan president Mathiripala Sirisena prior to the attack. 

Tamil asylum seekers who rallied in Melbourne, Australia, earlier this week to mark 100 days of continuous protests to demand permanent visa protection were disrupted by a group of neo-Nazis. 

Tamil asylum seekers have been camped outside the Department Home Affairs since July 15, to call on the Australian government to grant them permanent visas. Many of the protesters have been on short term visas for over a decade.