I built @ParalegalLK - a search engine for Sri Lankan law. It has been live for the past 6 months and indexes ~23,000 Sri Lankan appellate court decisions as of now going all the way back to 1870s.
Search is free.
Now - Stateless Rohingya refugees in #lka protest outside UNHCR #lka. Expressing concern about UNHCR closing office without arranging permanent resettlement, stopping monthly allowances for food, housing, clothes etc. & other services.
the Australian government sponsoring railway signage in Colombo: ‘The train will surely get you home. Getting to Australia by boat will surely get you caught.’ In Sinhala/Tamil only in an otherwise trilingual sign.
Isn’t it crazy that when Beethoven composed Fur Elise he could not have comprehended how popular a vehicle reversing sound it would end up being in Sri lanka
“Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down.”
E.B. White, born on this day in 1899, on the key to writing for children and the writer's responsibility to all readers https://t.co/bB56tXtyno
Can you feel complete in a world full of judgement? Niluka shared her story on Friday the 30th of June. Watch #shhh the talkshow and let’s #talkabouttaboos.
An interdisciplinary study led by academics from the University has found workers who rely on performance-related pay (PRP) - often associated with the so-called ‘gig’ economy - are at higher risk of chronic stress, heart disease and poor mental health - https://t.co/Yvx5jE5bLq
I've been following @Mike_Affinity's tweets and other information about meals for school children and I have something to say, as a journalist who has covered this story. #SriLanka
Yara Shahidi stars in 'Peter Pan & Wendy' as the first Black actor to portray Tinker Bell. The Disney+ live-action movie also features girls, as well as Noah Matthews Matofsky, an actor with Down's Syndrome, as members of the Lost Boys https://t.co/R8YLlnEf6x
Thanuja is one of thousands of kidney patients in #SriLanka who are struggling to continue their medical treatment because of a shortage of drugs and equipment in hospitals.
Video by Roshan Gunasekare on the healthcare crisis: https://t.co/n95GwTFr7B