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I did the last bit of field work for this story just 3 days before my mother passed away, and been struggling to write ever since. But I had such good times working on this story for The Guardian with the inimitable Thilina Kaluthotage. Will share some BTS later, pls read the story here:

Volunteers are helping save baby sea turtles as the endangered species’ favourite nesting spots come under pressure from development, poaching & tourists. Dimuthu Attanayake reports Dimuthu Attanayake Thilina Kaluthotage Priyantha Wijesinghe NaturalHistory_SL Malaka Talwatte ❤️🇱🇰 theguardian.com/environment/ar…

I spent the dawn of my birthday analysing the political future of the Rajapaksa family, so this year is turning out to be quite interesting. Read via SCMP Asia Rajni Gamage Melani Gunathilaka scmp.com/week-asia/poli…

Would the outcome of the Sri Lanka's upcoming presidential elections be reflected in regional geopolitics? Read my latest via SCMP Asia with Nilanthi Samaranayake Uditha Devapriya Harindra B. Dassanayake scmp.com/week-asia/poli…

Via Oceanwire 🇺🇦🌻 - 'It's nice to help a life to live': meet Sri Lanka's turtle guardians - Dimuthu Attanayake Guardian Environment theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Does anyone know how to look after a baby yellow-billed babbler? A rat snake attacked their nest and ate its sibling. This one can't fly yet, so not sure how to look after it, or even what to feed this... worried that my neighbour's cats will eat this one too 😔

Day 5! Meet our fifth fellow is hailing all the way from Sri Lanka! Announcing, Dimuthu Attanayake an award-winning independent journalist and the first Pulitzer Center grantee from Sri Lanka. #UNRAF #RAF2024 #MeetTheFellows

In a week's time Sri Lanka will hold one of the most decisive elections in its history; it may turn the country's political history, and may make or break the country... Read here via SCMP Asia scmp.com/week-asia/poli…

Because I had to survive before I could thrive; Because this is every bit a part of my story as the wins I celebrate; Because I had to be "steel nerved" to make this imperfect life work for me; But,more than anything, Because these things should never have happened ...

Just finished a discussion on SL elections and foreign policy for this UAE based think tank... Although this wasn't my day: Zoom kept throwing an error at me and I couldn't share the nice slides I made - gave my OCD self anxiety, but I assume these glitches are parts of life..

We journos produce critical works of journalism but make heavy sacrifices to do so ... and if you are a woman journo these sacrifices are disproportionate... #journolife

How mysonigistic is the Sri Lankan newsroom? How often do we hear the stories of the female journalists working within? Watch Nathasha Edirisooriya , Dilrukshi Handunnetti and Dimuthu Attanayake share candid stories on our next episode. #shhh #talkabouttaboos #journalism #lka #women #press #womensrights

Now that we are blissfully awaiting polling results tb to this panel I moderated for Centre for a Smart Future (CSF) a few weeks ago on some of the critical public policy imperatives that Sri Lanka needs to focus on given the upcoming elections in the backdrop of the country's ongoing economic crisis

Dimuthu Attanayake making us Lankans proud ❤