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Mangala was signed up to be in Amita Arudpragasam’s next class that year & so looking forward to it. Amita and her team of teachers have been helping so many learn our national language these past few years. Now’s your chance to sign up!

President brag about people working freely for the government.That’s a big problem. If you want to have strong state machinery, you need to pay people well. That’s how you attract top talent to public service.That’s the sustainable way, not getting bunch of businessmen to run gov

Our Daily Data Insight today — the world has passed “peak child.”

Sri Lanka: 15 years since the enforced disappearance of Sri Lankan journalist and cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda on 24 January 2010, his family still continues to fight for justice. #StillNoAnswers #WhereIsPrageeth

There is a real need for political will on law reform concerning children and women in Sri Lanka. The reforms proposed to the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA) are in line with Islamic jurisprudence, with constitutional equality for Muslims and prevention of harm.

The lack of safe #transport infrastructure reduces women's economic participation by 16.5%. There must be safe and inclusive transport for all. Read the blog: wrld.bg/c6Ca50UfMBG #gender

The official Govt. language policy remains Sinhala only, despite Tamil being a national language. Repeated calls for Police and other Govt. institutions to provide Tamil translations have been ignored. Go to any public post; they’re flooded with ethnic minorities begging for

Moving essay by Raisa Wickrematunge on the assassination of her uncle Lasantha Wickrematunge. A reminder that there has still been no justice for the murder of several journalists in #SriLanka even in symbolic cases, that the PTA hasn’t been repealed & that exec presidency is still in tact.

Adani Green says its board discussed the fact that Sri Lanka was appointing another CANC and project committee to renegotiate the proposal and decided that "it would respectfully withdraw from the said project". Full letter in story. sundaytimes.lk/online/news/Ad…

President AKD revealed plans to downsize the defence forces by reducing the Army to 100,000, the Navy to 40,000, and the Air Force to 18,000 by 2030. D: newswire.lk/iai3

Two former Sri Lanka Army intelligence personnel have been arrested in connection to the alleged abduction and assault of Sri Lankan journalist Keith Noyahr in May 2008. D: newswire.lk/6jqc

This from Dr Madura Rasaratnam, Executive Director of PEARL Action, was excellent. It sums up how many, including the Tamil people and survivors of atrocities, felt listening to Ranil Wickremesinghe’s interview.

state.gov/secretary-of-s… Namini Wijedasa to say you deserve this would be an understatement! We forget how much grit & courage it takes to fight corruption & do what you do. We may not agree with the US's direction, but this is one thing they got right. I'm so proud of you.

Women bear the brunt of extreme heat in Sri Lanka’s war-torn North. Amita Arudpragasam writes: himalmag.com/politics/women…

In a new #climatechange article for Himal Southasian, I write about the impacts of extreme heat in the Northern Province & how women in the salt, dried-fish, cashew + seaweed industries are managing rising temperatures. How do we think about, study & adapt to extreme #heat? Read👇🏽

Thank you everyone for your generosity and support over the week for my fundraiser; We now have 30 incredible donors! If you didn't get a chance yet, please consider contributing, and please share the fundraiser as widely as possible: gofund.me/1ad627a2 Thanks again 😌

The Rajapaksas, led by Mahinda, laid waste to Sri Lanka with tyranny, corruption and Sinhala supremacism until an economic collapse brought them down – yet still the threat of their return remains, writes Tisaranee Gunasekara himalmag.com/politics/rajap…

This is a SERIOUS issue, flagged by my The Sunday Times (SL) colleague, Sandun Jayawardana. The Right to Information Commission is struggling. The NPP govt's main partner, the JVP, is an original backer of independent commissions. Action is needed. sundaytimes.lk/250427/news/th…

A formal complaint was lodged yesterday (26 May) with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka by Robin, the President of the Kilinochchi Kallaaru Fishermen’s Society, following a brutally assault on three Tamil fishermen, including himself, by Sri Lankan Navy personnel in

The NPP government has decided to withdraw the recent gazette notification related to land in the North. (1/5)