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The GSMB’s first-come, first-serve licensing system means that companies are able to lock large areas of prospective land under exploration licenses for decades, and never actually mine. examiner.media/over-470-licen…

Issue #35: Rupee's wild ride 🧵

Sambasivam Satheeskumar, a Malaiyaha Tamil journalist was threatened & intimidated by police officers attached to Hatton & Bogawantalawa police stations in the central highlands of Sri Lanka, while he was covering an arrest of a murder suspect on Saturday (23).

The Police had acted irregularly and delayed arresting Pallegama Hemarathana, the Atamasthana Adhipathi, who is suspected of child rape. @goawaygoogle traced the events from the initial complaint for @ExaminerLK Thread 👇🏽

Brandix has decided they won’t publicly defend themselves until the Human Rights Commission report is published. “It will show if we did anything wrong,” Brandix representatives said. examiner.media/polices-inquir…

The police had kept the NCPA out of the loop. While the investigations were ongoing, the NCPA was not informed. The authority first learned of the child’s story on April 22nd through a helpline complaint — not from the police. examiner.media/police-delayed…

On earlier court dates, no separate legal counsel appeared on behalf of the child — this led to outrage on social media. But today, about 50 lawyers were seen at the court, offering to take on the case. Asith Siriwardena and six other lawyers are now appearing on behalf of the child. examiner.media/police-delayed…

Just out: Pallegama Hemarathana, the chief prelate of Anuradhapura's eight sacred Buddhist sites suspected of raping a 14-year-old girl, received bail from the Anuradhapura Magistrate's Court today. Our Headline investigation will be out in a few hours.

Converted some of my observations of recent legal developments into a short piece of writing. The continued armament of the Sri Lankan law with features of authoritarian power does not bode well for people in Sri Lanka. Resistance requires seeing it. ft.lk/opinion/New-la…

“There were papers that held the Sinhala line very strongly. We didn’t do that, we wanted to be balanced.” said Siri Ranasinghe, Lankadeepa’s retired editor. examiner.media/the-south-stil…

Battle argues that the LTTE’s dependence on the Tamil diaspora transformed its relationship with the Tamil population in the North and East. Persuasion gave way to coercion. This led to a loss of legitimacy among the Tamil population in the North and East. examiner.media/was-the-lttes-…

“Since the beginning of the year, over 850 foreigners have been arrested across eight districts. According to the police, most are from India, followed by China, Vietnam, and Cambodia.” @alphonsus_mimi examiner.media/scam-centre-ar…

When @dbsjeyaraj visited Sri Lanka in 2013 after being in exile for 25 years, he granted me this interview, published in Daily FT. He wanted to come back again so badly but it was not to be and now he is gone, days before his birthday on 21 May. Read here: facebook.com/share/p/18YYxW…

The government isn’t sure how much the railways’ assets are worth. The Treasury’s records indicate railway assets are worth 907 billion rupees, while the railways reported its assets at 495 billion rupees. examiner.media/why-can-sri-la…

A shareholder of NDB this week filed a derivative action in the Commercial High Court of the Western Province against the leadership of the bank and its external auditors, Ernst & Young, following the internal fraud that resulted in a loss of approximately Rs 13.2 billion.

Veteran diplomats expect continuity rather than change in India’s policy towards Sri Lanka. But it’s an opportunity for Sri Lanka to “reset” and “re-engage” so that critical issues can be handled, says Prasad Kariyawasam, a former high commissioner in Delhi. examiner.media/vijays-histori…

As debates on industrial policy revive, Nyerere’s legacy offers a critical archive of both the promise and limits of socialist development. africasacountry.com/2026/05/the-re…

There are hundreds of tellings of the Ramayana, but the Sri Lankan one is forgotten. examiner.media/sri-lankas-for…

One of the most popular Sinhalese erotic stories on Wattpad is “Hemadoli”. This romance, between a cricketer and a ruggerite from Kandy, has over 800,000 views and around 50,000 likes. examiner.media/sinhala-smut-l…

Like what? Everyone from Hans Wijayasuriya to SLCERT to ICTA to Immigration to Mobitel already know. They were informed in October 2025.