I write with @HarindraBD to @epw_in on "One Year of the NPP in Sri Lanka: Realising the Anti-corruption Dividend'": https://t.co/YHCDnM2tZX The full article can be also downloaded at

I write with @HarindraBD to @SouthAsiaVoices on key political developments in Sri Lanka for 2025. We argue that the dominant narrative of economic stabilization is facing a political stress test by the recent disaster. https://t.co/Pur7kFmPtR

As the news circulates about unidentified groups becoming active in parts of the North and East, the communities there must be strengthened, and social trust actively rebuilt. Citizens deserve reassurance through proactive, transparent measures that uphold law and order. Strong,

When Everyone refused to tour Sri Lanka in 1996. With Australian captain Mark Taylor saying, “Dying for a cricket match is stupid.” Wasim Akram led Pakistan and India combined XI stepped in and Showed the World Sri Lanka is safe.

Muragala Artivism Issue 1 'Screen as Alternative: Politics of Digital Spaces in Amplifying Solidarities & Anxieties in Sri Lanka' is live. Read how artistivists engage with digital spaces to reflect on solidarity, resistance & anxiety in Sri Lanka here:

Sadly comic that the athletes who made #SriLanka proud are practically invisible. But we shouldn't single-out @SagalaRatnayaka - as the whole country suffers this disease. Visit any ministry website, and you'll only see photos of the Minister, not what the ministry does.

"වසරක් පිරුණු ආණ්ඩුව සහ ‘ජජබ ලාභාංශය’ සාක්ෂාත් කර ගැනීම” යන ලිපිය මේ සතියේ අනිද්දා පුවත්පතෙහි පළ විය. NPP රජයේ පළමු වසර පිළිබඳ විශ්ලේෂණයක් පිළිබඳ වැඩිදුර පහත සබැඳියෙන්: https://t.co/BrPlcjhaLI @HarindraBD

Officials being afraid to make decisions is reminiscent of the Yahapalanaya days. Every decision was bumped up to a cabinet paper so there were weeks where 90 cabinet papers were discussed in a 60 minute meeting.

Eviction, Rule of Law, Social Justice

Letter sent according to the decision taken at the #ITAK Central Working Committee to HE ⁦@anuradisanayake⁩ requesting for a meeting to address the #Tamil_National_Question since no steps seem to have been taken in that regard although promises were made in his #manifesto.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka's NPP Government: From System Change to Structural Compliance The National People’s Power (NPP) in Sri Lanka rose to power amid the 2022 economic crisis and widespread protests, gaining mass support by framing corruption as the root cause, and securing a 2/3

Good read. For me the most interesting points: 1. The NPP’s anti-corruption drive ended up justifying IMF neoliberal reforms. 2. A party elected for “system change” largely continued old policies. 3. Elections shifted from ethnic divides to “corrupt vs. anti-corrupt”

A co-authored report with @HarindraBD titled "Sri Lanka’s NPP Government – From System Change to Structural Compliance", commissioned by the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri), is now published and can be downloaded at https://t.co/6oveVSlIxx

@Muragala_CPPP invites creative works exploring how digital spaces shape political expression in Sri Lanka! Theme: “Screen as Alternative: Politics of Digital Spaces in Amplifying Solidarities & Anxieties in Sri Lanka” Deadline: 20 Oct 2025 Send to: contact@muragala.lk

Join us on Zoom on Sunday 21st September for a dialogue on the impact of recent aid cuts on politics, grassroots movements & minority rights in Sri Lanka co-hosted by @Muragala_CPPP & SPICE! 🗓 Sunday, 21 Sept 🕔 5 PM SLT | 7:30 PM SGT 📍 Zoom (RSVP at https://t.co/dQJ1VSjmGo)

The conference was organized by the Dacca Institute of Research and Analytics (daira). The dialogue brought together a wide spectrum of academics, policy specialists, and political actors. https://t.co/bBRvmDDZry

Prof Manuratne and Dr @Rajni_Gamage were part of a panel on “Cross-country Experience: Uprising and the Aftermath”. The panel included Dr Mirza Hasan, BRAC University, Dr Dipak Gyawali, Former Water Minister of Nepal; Prof Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, Kyung Hee University, Korea.

".@HarindraBD, a Colombo-based analyst, says the NPP has successfully transformed Sri Lanka’s “axis of polarisation” from the “national” question about the status of Tamils to one defined by popular resentment of a corrupt elite." https://t.co/DzgSA4DK32

How do democracies distinguish between a president's official acts and private conduct? My article compares presidential immunity in the U.S. and Sri Lanka, showing how different institutional frameworks balance executive accountability and stability.

The session was moderated by Prof Asif Shahan, University of Dhaka. The panel compared popular protests in countries such as Sri Lanka & Bangladesh, & reflected on how effectively the post-uprising periods addressed and fulfilled the demands that had emerged during the protests.