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

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....

In some part of Sri Lanka, Malaiyaha Tamil children fight for equal access to education

Speed Read A grade 4 student’s mastery of the periodic table contrasts with the unsafe, poorly equipped conditions at Rilamulla Arunodaya Hindu Primary School. Despite a...
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Why Buddhist monks may have to wear lay clothes in court?

COLOMBO— Controversial Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and Bodu Bala Sena general secretary Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera’s appearance in court on...

DBS Jeyaraj, the journalist who explained one Sri Lanka to another

Speed Read Jeyaraj reported on Sri Lankan politics and the ethnic conflict from the late 1970s, working in both Tamil-...

Why so many of Dhaka’s children remain on the streets

Hunger and violence push children from home. Drugs, criminal exploitation and barriers to care make leaving the streets harder. At...

The Diplomat, the Chameleon, the Bloodhound: Understanding Newsroom Personalities

Investigative journalists are a bit peculiar. Many of us carry a strange mix of hero complexes and impostor syndrome....

Dilrukshi Handunnetti Delivers Presidential Address at MICC 2026

CIR Co-founder Dilrukshi Handunnetti delivered the Presidential Address at Madurai International Communication Conference (MICC) on 24 September. Organised by...

Shifting sands, sinking communities 

Beneath the Sands, published in 2023, is a collaborative global investigation by the Environmental Reporting Collective (ERC), bringing together...