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Unpacking misinformation behind PCs and delayed PC Polls

By Ayodhya Kiriella The postponed Provincial Council Elections can be treated as a serious challenge to Sri Lanka’s democratic credentials....

How meme pages, anonymous accounts shape polls

19 Nov 2025 | BY Buddhika Samaraweera When Sri Lankans scroll through Facebook, TikTok, or Instagram during an election campaign, their feeds rarely show party...

Panel discussion on ‘Election Disinformation, Online Hate & Women’s Political Representation’

The Center for Investigative reporting (CIR) will host a panel discussion titled ‘Election Disinformation, Online Hate & Women’s Political...

SERIES: Parliamentary Elections 2024 – Where have all the women gone?

As Sri Lanka prepares to elect parliament representatives, women candidates are conspicuous by their absence The main political parties in...

Although we speak proudly about democracy in this country, there is very little democracy inside our political parties – Kanaka Abeygunawardena

“Although we speak proudly about democracy in this country, there is very little democracy inside our political parties,” says...

Holding Sri Lanka’s remand prisoners from voting  

By Sanuj Hathurusinghe Sri Lanka’s lack of an advance voting system will deprive over 20,000 remanded prisoners from voting in...

A Grave Matter Beyond a watery Meme

BY Buddhika Samaraweera Every monsoon season, the people of Ratnapura city and surrounding areas brace themselves for the inevitable: flooding....

 ‘පඩි කපන කොළ’ නිසා ඡන්ද අයිතිය අහිමි වන ලක්ෂයකට ආසන්න ඇඟලුම් සේවිකාවෝ

රදිකා ගුණරත්න    ‘‘අවුරුදු 15 කට විතර කලින්, මම ගමේ ස්ථිර පදිංචිය නෑ කියල ග්‍රාම සේවක මහත්තයා ඡන්ද හිමි නාම...

Webinar on The Road Ahead: What Sri Lanka’s Presidential Elections Means for the World

As Sri Lanka prepares for its critical presidential elections on September 21, all eyes are on its 16.3-million registered...

Ten female journalists undergo training in digital dictatorship, online threats and political representation

The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) successfully conducted a residential training for 10 female journalists on digital dictatorship, online...

There’s growing concern about Sri Lanka’s shrinking civic space – Dept. Ambassador Rutjens

Both Sri Lanka’s civil society and the international community have raised concerns about recently adopted legislation and proposed laws...