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The Easter Bombings: Anatomy of a State Failure

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At 8:27 on the morning of April 21, 2019, a foreign intelligence service sent one last message to the...

Investigation exposes offshore betting networks thriving on Facebook despite Sri Lanka’s new gambling law

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Speed Read: 10,813 Facebook records analyzed. Identified four betting-branded Facebook accounts (29,400 followers), 16 groups (116,700 members) and 13 additional...

Sri Lanka judicial crisis deepens over plan to extend judges’ retirement age

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Speed Read: 1.13 million cases remain pending across Sri Lanka's 293 courts, with more than 818,000 stuck in Magistrates' Courts...

1987: The Year Sri Lanka’s War Could Have Ended

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This article by renowned Indian journalist and author M.R. Narayan Swamy, known for his wide-ranging reporting on subjects from...

How years of ignored cybersecurity warnings caused Sri Lanka to misplace millions of dollars

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Speed Read Two major payment diversion incidents, the Treasury and Postal Department, point to systemic failures rather than isolated cyberattacks. Sri...

India’s student protests grow as calls for education reform intensify

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India is witnessing an unprecedented wave of student protests over exam leaks, accountability and education reforms. This report, published...
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Too many people, too little justice lead to prison crisis in Sri Lanka

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Speed Read Sri Lanka's prisons hold nearly three times their intended capacity, with some facilities operating at up to 400%...

$2.5m gone and Treasury cyberattack reveals a state machinery in disarray

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Speed Read The Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has found Sri Lanka's $2.5 million Treasury fraud stemmed from systemic governance...

Overcrowding, drugs and system failures fueled Sri Lanka’s deadliest prison riot

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Speed Read: The Negombo Prison riot became one of Sri Lanka's deadliest prison disturbances in decades with 28 fatalities. Authorities are...

AI profiles of women on Facebook: Identity deception, sexualised engagement, and platform accountability

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Speed Read 10 Facebook profiles posing as Sri Lankan women were found to be entirely AI-generated, using fabricated identities to...

Corruption complaint casts shadow over Sri Lanka’s Guinness record dance event over fees, foreign links

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Speed Read A complaint has been filed with Sri Lanka's national anti-corruption watchdog seeking an investigation into the organization and...

Serving long-term interests through military training and hardware

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Speed Read In March, declassified archives showed how Israel secretly supplied Sri Lanka with weapons, campaign funding and military training...
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