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Japan’s first school lunch is said to have been served in 1889, consisting of salted rice balls, salted salmon, and pickled greens. nippon.com/en/japan-topic…

The real difference between China and India/ Sri Lanka is that in countries that do not invest in the digital infrastructure and the innovation landscape, innovators have to lower their expectations. Then, there's a Sanjiva Weerawarana who breaks the glass ceiling of government failure.

Muragala: Centre for Progressive Politics & Policy is a project partner in the ‘Strengthening Resilience against Disinformation in Sri Lanka’ project funded by the European Union, implemented by Democracy Reporting International (DRI) and Factum. Democracy Reporting International Factum muragala.lk/portfolio/stre…

Kindly provide the social media profiles (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok) of female candidates contesting in the upcoming Local Government (LGA) elections across all districts and political parties, as part of an ongoing research initiative.

Another example why Sri Lanka does not produce statesmen! AKD puts his party first and his presidency is a mere lever to consolidate his party's power. Promising exceptional preference to NPP-led LGs, he subverts due diligence, and how is this not a violation Election Commission of Sri Lanka?

It is highly regrettable that Prez Anura Kumara Dissanayake has chosen to repeatedly offer bribes to voters by stating that funds will be more easily allocated to councils governed by #NPP and not to others. This is false as it is an election offence. This is all the more serious as 1/2

📌Muragala: Centre for Progressive Politics & Policy's campaign and elections tracker (Tracker No. 15) from 20 March to 19 April 2025 on campaigns, parties, and trends for the May 2025 LG elections in Sri Lanka. Download at muragala.lk/articles/campa… #SLPolitics #SLLGElections2025

After India shared its concerns with Sri Lanka, Colombo has cancelled the proposed military exercise with the Pakistan Navy in the strategic waters of Trincomalee, news agency PTI reports, quoting sources. According to the sources, the Sri Lanka and Pakistan navies planned to

In this week's Factum Perspective, Nimendra Mawalagedara reflects on how Sri Lanka must respond to the global ascent of the political Far Right. factum.lk/peace-and-conf… #Factum #TheBalancedAnalysis

David Graeber on the police.

Changed the cover of the book Renny Thomas and I have edited ….

With Jasper, Joshua wrote what I think is the single best announcement of the arrival of Trump, an essay that might have saved a lot of time in the “fascism debate” if more people had read it. Go well comrade, you will be missed. versobooks.com/blogs/news/311…

At the 'Ravatilla ivasuva athi, Dan ithin nagitimu' (Enough tolerating the deceit, let's rise up) Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna May Day Rally 2025. Initial commentary very anti-NPP, reminding of 87-88 JVP terror, while anti-NPP discourse last year's May Day rally much more muted.

In the aftermath of #LGElection2025, Harindra B. Dassanayake and Rajni Gamage dissect the state of political parties in #SriLanka.  Politics has been polarised along the axis of 'thieves' and 'liars'. polity.lk/harindra-b-das…

In this latest article published by @Polity 'Horu versus Boru: Politics of 2025 local elections in Sri Lanka' Harindra B. Dassanayake and I write on the emergence of a ‘liars versus thieves’ axis of political polarisation, replacing the ‘patriots versus traitors’ axis introduced in 2009.

The Constitutional Council is a cornerstone of our democratic fabric. It was established with cross-party support under the 17A — including by the President’s own party.  As the CC rejects the nominee for Auditor-General, we urge the government to take this matter seriously. At

On Saturday, 24 May 2025, Muragala: Centre for Progressive Politics & Policy conducted a training workshop in Colombo, bringing together 30 grassroots-level activists from across Sri Lanka. muragala.lk/articles/train…

As part of a panel ‘Evolving Developmental Landscapes in Asia,’ at the Association of Asian Studies (AAS) in Asia Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, 04 June 2025, Muragala: Centre for Progressive Politics & Policy's Harindra B. Dassanayake presented on “Politics of ‘Crisis’: Reforms in Shadow of Economic Collapse in Sri Lanka”

Muragala: Centre for Progressive Politics & Policy invites applications for the Undergraduate Stipend Scheme 2025, to provide financial assistance for an Arts stream undergraduate for the duration of the degree. Deadline: July 15, 2025. Apply via [email protected]. More info: muragala.lk/donation-progr…

" ChatGPT users had the lowest brain engagement and consistently  underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels." Simply put, ChatGPT makes us dumb. Convenient over-reliance on it is very a bad idea in education early career stages. time.com/7295195/ai-cha…