February 4, 2026

Kathika

Kathikava is a series of webinars carried out by the National Movement for Social Justice every Sunday from 5-7 pm (IST). These have been conducted almost every Sunday since November 29, 2020 on contemporary topics with contributions from experts or stakeholders related to each topic. The topic, the list of panelists and a full video of each is made available here.

Blog / Constitution / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #260 : How can an effective Prosecutor’s Office be Implemented?

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Kathika #260 : How can an effective Prosecutor’s Office be Implemented?
යෝජිත අභිචෝදක කාර්‍යාලය ඵළදායී ලෙස යථාර්ථයක් කරගත හැක්කේ කෙසේද? | Feb 01, 2026
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/879011011773363
MODERATED BY : Mr. Shan Wijetunga
PANEL:
Mr. Srinath Perera, Former Senior Additional Solicitor General & President’s Counsel
Prof. Dinesha Samararatne, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo
Prof. Deepika Udagama, Chair Professor, Law and Head, Department of Law

Blog / Governance / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #259 : Public Aspirations and Local Governance in a Changing Context

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Kathika #259 : Public Aspirations and Local Governance in a Changing Context
නව සන්දර්භය තුළ පළාත් පාලන ආයතන සහ මහජන අභිලාෂ | Jan 25, 2026
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/862944706501860
MODERATED BY : Dr. Sujatha Gamage
PANEL:
Mr. S. M. M. Musharaf, Chairman, Pottuvil Local Council
Mr. Upul Nishantha, Former Mayor, Matara Municipal Council
Mr. Lasantha Deepal, Member, Katana Local Council

Blog / Governance / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #258 : The Future of the Right to Information Commission

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Kathika #258 : The Future of the Right to Information Commission
තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ කොමිසමේ අනාගතය | Jan 18, 2026
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/901142435748735
MODERATED BY : Mr. Lasantha de Silva
PANEL:
Mr. Sunanda Deshapriya, Senior Journalist and Free Media Movement (FMM)
Ms. Achala Senevirathne, Attorney-at-Law
Mr. Rahul Samantha, Journalist

Blog / Defence / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #257 : “Is the Protection of the State from Terrorism Act misleading?”

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Kathika #257 : “Is the Protection of the State from Terrorism Act misleading?”
ත්‍රස්තවාදයෙන් රාජ්‍යය ආරක්ෂාකිරීමේ පනත ” ඉඟුරු දී මිරිස් ගැනීමක්” ද? | Jan 11, 2026
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/842698911789803
MODERATED BY : Ms. Gayathri Nawarathne
PANEL:
Mr. K.W. Janaranjana, Attorney-at-Law and Ediitor in Chief, Anidda News Paper
Mr. Mark Schubert, Attorney-at-Law
Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, Founding Chair, LIRNEasia

Blog / Kathika / Sinhala / Society

Kathika #256 : National Physical Plan measures to Reduce Mountain Disaster Risk

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Kathika #256 : National Physical Plan measures to Reduce Mountain Disaster Risk
කඳුකරයේ ආපදා හානි අවමකර ගැනීම සඳහා ජාතික භෞතික සැලසුමෙන් පෙන්වා දෙන ක්‍රියාමාර්ග මොනවාද? | Jan 04, 2026
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1888180468454196
MODERATED BY : Prof. Rohan Samarajiva
PANEL:
Prof. Jagath Munasinghe, University of Moratuwa
Mr. Bharath Arulsamy, Vice President, The Democratic People’s Front (DPF)
Mr. Shahan Thennakoon, Urban Planner

Blog / Governance / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #255 : Impact of the Auditor General controversy on Public Sector Financial Transparency

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Kathika #255 : Impact of the Auditor General controversy on Public Sector Financial Transparency
විගණකාධිපති තනතුර ආශ්‍රයෙන් පවත්නා මතභේදය රාජ්‍ය අංශයේ මූල්‍ය පාලනයේ විනිවිදභාවය කෙරෙහි ඇතිකල හැකි බලපෑම | Dec 21, 2025
FULL VIDEO :
MODERATED BY : Mr. Shan Wijetunga
PANEL:
Mr. Sampath Elapatha, Chairperson, Sri Lanka Audit Services Association
Ms. Chathumali Kaluarachchi, Attorney at Law
Mr. Harsha Gunasena, Chartered Accountant

Blog / Education / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #254 : Post-Disaster School System Recovery and Reform

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Kathika #254 : Post-Disaster School System Recovery and Reform
ආපදාවෙන් පසු පාසල් පද්ධතිය වඩා හොඳින් ගොඩ නගන්නේ කෙසේද? | Dec 13, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1194792442835013
MODERATED BY : Dr. Sujatha Gamage
PANEL:
Mr. R. M. P. Ratnayake, Former Provincial Director of Education, Uva Province (Replaced by Mr. Sepala Kuruppuarachchi)
Mr. Sirimewan Podinilame, Former Zonal Education Director

Blog / Kathika / Sinhala / Society

Kathika #253 : Should Disaster Relief be limited to State Mechanisms?

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Kathika #253 : Should Disaster Relief be limited to State Mechanisms?
ආපදා සහන සැලසීම රාජ්‍ය යාන්ත්‍රණය තුළින් පමණක් සිදුවිය යුතුද? | Dec 07, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/842698911789803
MODERATED BY : Prof. Rohan Samarajiva
PANEL:
Mr. Sunil Kannangara, Former Chief Government Agent
Mr. Upul Nishantha, Former Mayor, Matara
Mr. Nishantha Prithviraj, National leader, Citizens Group Deshodaya

Blog / Kathika / Sinhala / Society

Kathika #252 : Key Population Composition Trends from the 2024 Census

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Kathika #252 : Key Population Composition Trends from the 2024 Census
2024 සංගණන වාර්තාව අනුව ජන සංයුතියේ වෙනස්වීම් තුළ අවධානයට ලක්විය යුතු ප්‍රවනතා | Nov 23, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/2320818715087500
MODERATED BY : Ms. Gayathri Nawarathne
PANEL:
Prof. K. Karunathilake, Department of Sociology, University of Kelaniya
Prof. Indralal de Silva, Department of Demography, University of Colombo
Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, Founding Chair, LIRNEasia

Blog / Electoral Reforms / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #251 : Election Expenditure Act Amendments

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Kathika #251 : Election Expenditure Act Amendments
මැතිවරණ වියදම් නියාමන පනතට සිදුකල යුතුව ඇති සංශෝධන | Nov 16, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/26042094055391140
MODERATED BY : Ms. Gayathri Nawarathne
PANEL:
Mr. Sujeewa Gayanath, National Coordinator, PAFFREL
Mr. M. M. Mohamed, Information Officer, Election Commission
Mr. Manjula Gajanayake, National Coordinator, Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV)