Nalaka Gunawardene

Those who eulogise #RPremadasa should read this article by @dbsjeyaraj - who usually gets his facts right & analysis balanced. #Misogyny may no longer be so blatant & crude, but #lka women in politics still face many vitriolic attacks for just being women dailymirror.lk/opinion/The-We…

How will X-Press Feeders, Singapore based shipping company owning #XPressPearl that burned & sank off Colombo in May 2021, respond to this ruling by #lka Supreme Court? USD 1 billion is meant to cover extensive environmental & economic damage caused... newswire.lk/2025/07/24/sri…

Spy cockroaches? Some defence ideas Germany is developing sound like science fiction – e.g. cyborg cockroaches equipped w/ miniature backpacks enabling real-time spying via cameras. Electrical stimuli allow humans to control insects' movements remotely... reuters.com/business/aeros…

Extreme weather is intensifying. Food and energy costs are rising. Environmental and human rights defenders are facing crackdowns. While billionaires prop up industries polluting our land, air and water. 📢This September, join us to #DrawTheLine. 🔗drawtheline.world

What do a satellite, a flood alert system & a musical band have in common? They are all part of the story of cross-border cooperation in #SouthAsia. Join us on July 29th, 5:45pm (KTM) to learn how countries are partnering in creative & resilient ways: wrld.bg/PIxw50WvcMJ

Another #PandemicEffect? Brains of healthy people aged faster during #COVID19 pandemic than did brains of people analysed before pandemic began, a study of almost 1,000 suggests. Accelerated ageing occurred even in people who didn’t become infected. scientificamerican.com/article/study-…

Is US fast becoming an island by itself? US will require international visitors to pay a new “visa integrity fee” of at least $250, added to existing visa costs, according to a provision in Trump administration’s recently enacted domestic policy bill. cnn.com/2025/07/21/tra…

The sheer intellectual collapse you have to experience to be faced with 122 international aid organisations telling you the same thing... ISRAEL IS STARVING GAZANS... only to decide they are ALL lying & that actually Benjamin Netanyahu, on trial for fraud, is telling the truth.

The oldest known documentary on #BlackJuly1983 — a brutal anti-Tamil pogrom in Sri Lanka. Thousands of Tamil homes, shops, and lives were destroyed in state-backed violence. Watch. Remember. Resist. #SriLanka #TamilGenocide #NeverForget

What bothers me more than the NPP’s train stunt is some Sinhala-speaking activists romanticising it. This isn’t reconciliation. It’s whitewashing structural violence & discrimination against Tamils. This is what happens when the oppressor gets to define what reconciliation means.

A global Android smartphone-based earthquake detection and early warning system can detect seismic activity in real time and deliver life-saving alerts with effectiveness rivaling that of traditional seismic networks, according to a new study in Science. 📄:…

🎙️ The #Trump tariffs on #SriLanka could hurt exports, which will affect dollar income and Sri Lanka's ability to build the foreign reserves. "Are we going to take more foreign loans or go to the IMF to change reserve targets?" asks @UmeshMoramudali himalmag.com/podcast/umeshm…

More than 600 civil society organizations from around the world have signed a manifesto that outlines key demands for a strong #PlasticsTreaty that shall end plastic pollution. 📣 Read the Manifesto: breakfreefromplastic.org/manifesto-plas… #BreakFreeFromPlastic #INC52 #BeatPlasticPollution

“What happened to the race-baiting trolls of 2018–2019?” They did not vanish into thin air, they are just dormant. With rising chauvinism and platforms cutting back on moderation, we risk a second wave. Monitor! Report!! Stay alert!!! Attn: @sanjanah @aselawaid @NalakaG…