10 April 2018 Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dear Mark, In solidarity with and support of a letter signed by leading civil society organisations from Myanmar addressed to you recently, we, the undersigned,…
Featured image by Deshan Tennekoon Text by Raisa Wickrematunge She strikes a pose for the camera; arms akimbo, looking determined, her gaze locked into the distance. Watching her, the group laughs and…
There is little research done on technology-based violence against women in Sri Lanka. In addition, there are no trilingual, easily accessible, open-source resources for digital security, key because many leaks occur due…
On November 8, 2017 news began to spread that website Lankaenews had been blocked across all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Sri Lanka. The website itself has continually been mired in controversy…
The international citizen media network, Global Voices, will be holding their biennial Summit in Colombo, Sri Lanka on December 2-3, 2017. The event will take place at TRACE Expert City in Maradana,…
It started with a few comments on Facebook. A 26 –year-old woman shared her opinion on a Facebook status. The discussion was about religion. Someone disagreed with her. The status transformed into…
On the afternoon of September 20th, Dialog suffered disruptions to its service and network coverage for less than an hour. This affected voice, data and SMS services on mobile phones – quite…
Drought has followed the floods in mid-May in Sri Lanka, affecting 625,000 people directly along with agriculture, water supply, irrigation and nature. Here, we quantify this drought and show that it (a)…
A glimpse of the streets we would have called home, I’m laughing in the park, climbing the coconut trees, Cycling through the dusty lanes, playing at the local spots. It’s a strange…
Featured image courtesy Wired Following trends in social media use, is now enabling mobile updates via WhatsApp. To sign up, simply fill in this form and add the number specified within to your…
Picture courtesy androidcentral Recently, Skype launched its new public group chat tool, which allowed even those who weren’t registered Skype users to chat with others, and for free. Around the same time,…
Picture courtesy Sri Lanka Brief On October 29, reports surfaced on social media that corporation Dialog and the Sri Lankan Army were “not fully cooperating” with missing journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda’s case. The…
The tertiary education system in Sri Lanka is once again the subject of public scrutiny following a series of high-profile protests by university students. Many on social media dismissed the student protests….
After months of planning, development and close collaboration, is pleased to announce that it is now live on Twistilled. Featured as one of Twistilled’s key communities on its homepage, check out and…
Photo by Reuters, courtesy International Business Times In recent decades, many researchers, education specialists and policy advocates have paid increasing attention to the issue of gender bias in science. While several successful…
