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Sri Lankan worker Anojan’s death sentence overturned, but release from Saudi detention remains uncertain

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Speed Read Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court set aside the death sentence imposed on Sri Lankan migrant worker Sivarasa Anojan after an appeal filed on Oct....

Seven years later, Easter Sunday attack verdict brings long-awaited convictions

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Speed Read Ending a five-year trial, a Colombo High Court trial-at-bar has convicted 15 of 24 men accused of being involved in the 2019 Easter...
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Displaced by disaster, Nepal’s Chepang community faces violence and human trafficking

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Marginalized communities who were repeatedly displaced by floods and landslides and settled in Madi, Chitwan, remain unsafe even in...

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...

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...

$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...

As cases surge in Sri Lanka, schools and religious institutions become main dengue mosquito breeding grounds

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Speed Read Sri Lanka has recorded nearly 49,000 dengue infections and 30 deaths by June 25 this year, with more...
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