Hiranyada Dewasiri

Journalist

Opinions are personal. The personal is political.

[Parthiban Shanmuganathan @thisisparthiban]

Another skeleton was found today when excavation work led by archaeologist Prof. Raj Somadeva resumed at #SriLanka’s 2nd largest mass grave after a 3 week break. So far, 262 bodies including those of children have been identified from the work carried out in Chemmani for 67 days.

[The Examiner @ExaminerLK]

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.

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[Hiranyada Dewasiri @goawaygoogle]

@shenukalles @nHiRanZ @_Garisha_ News 1st says system imbalance caused by high supply of solar power. Has asked Solar owners to switch systems until 3pm.

[The Examiner @ExaminerLK]

The Examiner read the latest investment notes from four investment banks, and spoke to economists and bankers to understand what happened. They primarily attribute the rupee’s sudden collapse to a loss of confidence in the “stability” narrative.

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[The Examiner @ExaminerLK]

With the rupee’s rapid fall, banks even stopped buying and selling dollars to each other.

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[The Examiner @ExaminerLK]

In the three decades it’s been in existence, the GSMB issued 471 industrial mineral exploration licenses. Not one has led to an active mine exporting minerals.

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[Pamodi Waravita @purpleskiiess]

Of note here @alphonsus_mimi’s investigation into abuse in the catholic schools system in March,where she found these numbers: “488 complaints of abuse were made against Buddhist monks between 2018 and 2022. In the same period, 13 complaints were lodged against Catholic priests.”

[Tommy Siegel @TommySiegel]

perhaps my favorite New Yorker reject of the year so far

[The Examiner @ExaminerLK]

One worker at the Avissawella factory where Paramasivam died says that she avoids drinking water so that she won’t have to waste time going to the restroom. She alleged that similarly, workers avoid sick room visits even if they aren’t feeling well.

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[The Examiner @ExaminerLK]

Some companies grant incentive bonuses if a line collectively meets its target. These can account for a substantial chunk of workers’ take home salaries. Some attendance bonuses too are granted if the entire line comes to work.

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[The Examiner @ExaminerLK]

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.

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[The Examiner @ExaminerLK]

“From the VIP parking lot near the final gate to enter the bomaluwa temple, the girl walked directly into the residential quarters where the Chief Prelate of Atamasthana resides.”

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[The Examiner @ExaminerLK]

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.

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[The Examiner @ExaminerLK]

According to the NCPA submissions the victim’s mother took money from Hemarathana on the same day she dropped her to the monk. The monk paid her 100,000 rupees according to the mother’s statement. She had said, “Puthe, I am taking this money because of our poverty.”

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[The Examiner @ExaminerLK]

The child identified the Atamasthana Adipathi’s residence and room where the crime took place. “This is the bed I was taken onto.”

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[The Examiner @ExaminerLK]

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.

[The Examiner @ExaminerLK]

The police spokesman said there was “no trafficking” element in the recent Sri Lankan raids. However at least 13 Chinese nationals were tricked into coming to Sri Lanka on the pretext of high-paying jobs. They were subject to corporal punishment if they tried to escape.

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[The Examiner @ExaminerLK]

The naming of the commemorative event has become a site of this contestation. Mahinda’s Vijayagrahanaya (ultimate victory) became Yahapalanaya’s National War Heroes Day. Then when the junior Rajapaksa, Gotabaya, came to power, it relapsed to Vijayagrahanaya.

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[The Examiner @ExaminerLK]

Issue #33: Scam centre arrests double, China shares intelligence 🧵

[The Examiner @ExaminerLK]

Korean-inspired BL literature blew up on Sinhala erotic Telegram channels. BL doesn’t trap women in unequal and oppressive power dynamics. Both lovers are intent on giving pleasure to each other, as opposed to taking it on a one-way street.

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