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Following a summary trial, 24-year-old Anojan Sivarasa was sentenced to death for a social media comment deemed offensive to Islam. Neither deleting the post nor apologising availed him. Saudi and Sri ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Social: Mass protests in Sri Lanka’s northern and eastern provinces against Wickremesinghe’s Anti-Terrorism Bill
Sri Lanka’s war-ravaged northern and eastern provinces were brought to a standstill on Tuesday by a mass hartal (strike and business closure) in protest against President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s new ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Social: Small Business Trade Fairs Promote Social Cohesion in Eastern Sri Lanka
The Eastern Province of Sri Lanka is known for vast paddy fields, a vibrant fishing industry, and picturesque beaches. It is also ethnically and religiously diverse, with Tamil, Muslim, and Sinhalese ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Social: Social justice in suspense: Sri Lanka’s welfare legacy in an era of austerity
The evolution of Sri Lanka’s social policy framework represents one of the most compelling, paradoxical, and debated case studies in the global political economy of development. Often celebrated as an ...
News Sri Lanka » Eastern » Social: More than 40,000 civilians flee latest fighting in eastern Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 13 (UNHCR) - More than 40,000 civilians have fled fierce fighting in eastern Sri Lanka over the past week, pushing to an estimated 127,000 the number of displaced within the ...