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  As cases surge in Sri Lanka, schools and religious institutions become main dengue mosquito breeding grounds
  
  International Labour Migration
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  Toxic fallout: Mercury fears, substandard coal and a governance crisis converge at Norochcholai
  
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  Sri Lanka’s Bumpy Road to a Political Reset
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  රැකියා විරහිත තරුණයන්ට රජයෙන් රුපියල් 50,000 ක් ලබාදෙන බවට වන පුවත අසත්‍යකි.
  
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  රාවණා ඇල්ල රළු වෙයි – පුවත අසත්‍යයක්
  
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  හිටපු ජනපති රනිල් ආසියානු සංවර්ධන බැංකුවේ සභාපති ධූරයට පත්වූවායැයි කියන සමාජ ජාලා ප්‍රචාරය සත්‍ය නොවේ.
  
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රැකියා විරහිත තරුණයන්ට රජයෙන් රුපියල් 50,000 ක් ලබාදෙන බවට වන පුවත අසත්‍යකි.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා තරුණ සවිබල ගැන්වීමේ අරමුදලේ වැඩසටහන 2024 යන...

රාවණා ඇල්ල රළු වෙයි – පුවත අසත්‍යයක්

2024.ඔක්තෝම්බර්.12 දින පස්වරුවේ පළ කර තිබු මෙම පුවත අසත්‍ය...

හිටපු ජනපති රනිල් ආසියානු සංවර්ධන බැංකුවේ සභාපති ධූරයට පත්වූවායැයි කියන සමාජ ජාලා ප්‍රචාරය සත්‍ය නොවේ.

කරුණු-පිරික්සුම් වාර්තාව: 2024 ඔක්තෝම්බර් 4 - වේලාව පස්වරු 5:00 ජනාධිපතිවරණයෙන්...

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2019ஆம் ஆண்டும் ஜனாதிபதித் தேர்தல் தொடர்பில் கருத்துக்கணிப்புக்களை இந்தியாவின் புலனாய்வு அமைப்பான...

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජනාධිපතිවරණය ගැන රෝ ඔත්තු සේවයේ සමීක්ෂණය පිළිබඳ අශෝක අබේසිංහගේ ප්‍රකාශය මහජනතාව නොමඟ යවයි.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඉදිරි ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා ජයග්‍රහණය කරන...

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Stories
- All Global South Asia Thematic Digital Storytelling
  
  Big Story
  As cases surge in Sri Lanka, schools and religious institutions become main dengue mosquito breeding grounds
  
  International Labour Migration
  Sri Lanka’s Strategic Push to Export Skilled Labour
  
  Developing Story
  Toxic fallout: Mercury fears, substandard coal and a governance crisis converge at Norochcholai
  
  Electoral Integrity
  Sri Lanka’s Bumpy Road to a Political Reset
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- All Fact Checks and Debunks
  
  Authenticator
  රැකියා විරහිත තරුණයන්ට රජයෙන් රුපියල් 50,000 ක් ලබාදෙන බවට වන පුවත අසත්‍යකි.
  
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  රාවණා ඇල්ල රළු වෙයි – පුවත අසත්‍යයක්
  
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  හිටපු ජනපති රනිල් ආසියානු සංවර්ධන බැංකුවේ සභාපති ධූරයට පත්වූවායැයි කියන සමාජ ජාලා ප්‍රචාරය සත්‍ය නොවේ.
  
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  2024 ஜனாதிபதித் தேர்தல்; ‘றோ’ கருத்துக்கணிப்புக்களை மேற்கொண்டதா?
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Senior editors call for a ‘journalism reboot’ for effective disaster reporting

COLOMBO - A panel of senior editors discussed the...

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COLOMBO – The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) successfully...

Journalists urged to uphold accuracy and ethics in crisis reporting

NIMJN founder Rajneesh Bhandari calls for greater collaboration among...

CIR launches handbook for journalists

Reporting on Mass Graves: A Practitioners Guide The Center for...

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රැකියා විරහිත තරුණයන්ට රජයෙන් රුපියල් 50,000 ක් ලබාදෙන බවට වන පුවත අසත්‍යකි.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා තරුණ සවිබල ගැන්වීමේ අරමුදලේ වැඩසටහන 2024 යන...

රාවණා ඇල්ල රළු වෙයි – පුවත අසත්‍යයක්

2024.ඔක්තෝම්බර්.12 දින පස්වරුවේ පළ කර තිබු මෙම පුවත අසත්‍ය...

හිටපු ජනපති රනිල් ආසියානු සංවර්ධන බැංකුවේ සභාපති ධූරයට පත්වූවායැයි කියන සමාජ ජාලා ප්‍රචාරය සත්‍ය නොවේ.

කරුණු-පිරික්සුම් වාර්තාව: 2024 ඔක්තෝම්බර් 4 - වේලාව පස්වරු 5:00 ජනාධිපතිවරණයෙන්...

2024 ஜனாதிபதித் தேர்தல்; ‘றோ’ கருத்துக்கணிப்புக்களை மேற்கொண்டதா?

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජනාධිපතිවරණය ගැන රෝ ඔත්තු සේවයේ සමීක්ෂණය පිළිබඳ අශෝක අබේසිංහගේ ප්‍රකාශය මහජනතාව නොමඟ යවයි.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඉදිරි ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා ජයග්‍රහණය කරන...

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Nominate an Outstanding Journalist for the 2026 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award

Each year, the International Center for Journalists honors outstanding...

2026 Sigma Awards for Data Journalism Are Open for Entries

GIJN is excited to launch a new edition of...

Journalism That Goes Deep: Applications Open for Ocean Reporting Fellowships

Applications are now open to join the third cohort...

Storytellers Fellowship

Calling young storytellers! 🎥📸✍️ Are you a researcher, filmmaker,...

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by Sandrine Rigaud • March 24, 2026 Editor’s Note: This is the...

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