Tag: Sri Lanka

El Niño dry spell affects over 84,000 in Sri Lanka

Developing Story CIR Web Editor -
Speed Read 84,545 persons from 26,457 families across seven districts have been affected by the ongoing dry spell, according to...

CIR, UNFPA to host Sri Lanka’s first-ever journalist training on extreme heat

Events CIR Web Editor -
To support Sri Lankan journalists to better understand extreme heat, the Center for Investigative Journalism (CIR) in partnership with...

Effective campaign finance control calls for regulation of third-party campaigning, cap on donations

FOCUS CIR Web Editor -
Speed Read COLOMBO—A candidate can spend more than the legally permissible limit, fail to properly disclose where the money came...

How Justice Was Derailed After the Muttur Massacre

FOCUS CIR Web Editor -
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka — It was around 4:15 in the afternoon of Aug. 4, 2006. The men who came through...

After Sri Lanka’s gambling ban, state agencies sent conflicting signals, research finds

Tech Analysis CIR Web Editor -
Speed Read TRCSL blocked 24 unlicensed gambling websites on 4 August, but 17 remained accessible through a major telecom provider...

Sri Lanka launches first major crackdown on offshore betting, expert call for broader enforcement

FOCUS CIR Web Editor -
Speed Read Sri Lanka blocked access to 24 unlicensed offshore gambling websites under the Gambling Regulatory Authority Act. The blocked websites...

The Easter Bombings: Anatomy of a State Failure

Big Story CIR Web Editor -
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

FOCUS CIR Web Editor -
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

FOCUS CIR Web Editor -
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

Opinion CIR Web Editor -
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

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

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

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