July 16, 2025

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 / Electoral Reforms / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #233 : How can a Provincial Council Election be Realistically held in the Near Future?

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Kathika #233 : How can a Provincial Council Election be Realistically held in the Near Future?
පළාත් සභා මැතිවරණය ගැන ආණ්ඩුවේ ස්ථාවරය යථාර්ථයක් කරගැනීම සඳහා ගත යුතු පියවර | Jul 13 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/737392185549446
MODERATED BY : Mr. Shan Wijetunga
PANEL:
Mr. Mahinda Deshapriya, Former Chairman of Election Commission of Sri Lanka
Mr. M. M. Mohamed, Information Officer, Election Commission
Dr. Nimalka Fernando, Attorney-at-Law, Democratic People’s Movement

Blog / Kathika / Sinhala / Society

Kathika #232 : Proposed Electricity Act

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Kathika #232 : Proposed Electricity Act
යෝජිත විදුලිබල පනතේ ගුණාගුණ | Jul 06 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/2149640712114841
MODERATED BY : Prof. Rohan Samarajiva
PANEL:
Dr. Pradeep Perera, Energy Consultant
Mr. Ashoka Abeygunawardena, Electrical Engineer
Mr. Dhananath Fernando, Chief Operating Officer, Advocata Institute

Blog / Economy / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #231 : Trump Tariffs and the Sri Lankan Economy

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Kathika #231 : Trump Tariffs and the Sri Lankan Economy
ඇමෙරිකානු බදු හමුවේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ආර්ථිකය – රැකියා සහ විකල්ප | Jun 29, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1782049279041468
MODERATED BY : Mr. Harindra B Dasanayake
PANEL:
Dr. Anura Ekanayake, Chairperson (Former), Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Anton Marcus, Joint Secretary, Free Trade Zones and General Services Employees Union
Dr Nimalka Fernando, Human Rights Lawyer

Blog / Kathika / Sinhala / Society

Kathika #230 : Readiness for a National Media Policy

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Kathika #230 : Readiness for a National Media Policy
ජාතික ජනමාධ්‍ය ප්‍රතිපත්තියක් සඳහා ඇති සූදානම | Jun 22, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/750928521213776
MODERATED BY : Mr. Saroj Pathirana
PANEL:
Mr. Wijayananda Rupasinghe, Senior Lecturer, University of Kelaniya
Dr. U.A.T. Udayanganie, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo
Mr. Nuwan Liyanage, Journalist

Blog / Constitution / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #229 : Present status of the Right to Information Commission

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Kathika #229 : Present status of the Right to Information Commission
තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ කොමිසමේ අද තත්වය | Jun 15, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/721432054099407
MODERATED BY : Mr. Lasantha de Silva
PANEL:
Mr. Nalaka Gunawardena, Media Analyst, Dreamer in chief, Alien Communications
Mr. K.W. Janaranjana, Attorney-at-Law and Ediitor in Chief, Anidda News Paper
Ms. Tharika Hewage, Attorney-at-Law

Blog / Electoral Reforms / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #228 : Why and How We should Expedite Provincial Council Elections

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Kathika #228 : Why and How We should Expedite Provincial Council Elections
පළාත් සභා මැතිවරණය ගැන මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් වෙතින් එන යෝජනා | June 08, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/699573772801543
MODERATED BY : Prof. Rohan Samarajiva
PANEL:
Mr. Shanakiya Rasamanickam, MP
Mr. Dayasiri Jayasekara, MP

Blog / Education / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #227 : Minimizing the Distortion of Primary Education by the Scholarship Examination

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Kathika #227 : Minimizing the Distortion of Primary Education by the Scholarship Examination
පහේ ශිෂ්‍යත්ව විභාගයෙන් ප්‍රාථමික අධ්‍යාපනය විකෘති වීම වළක්වන්නේ කෙසේද? | June 01, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/680855761505667
MODERATED BY : Dr. Sujatha Gamage
PANEL:
Mr. R. Weerasinghe, Assistant Zonal Education Director, Vavuniya – South
Mr. E. M. A. Ekanayake, Primary Subject Resource Contributor, Ukuwela Education Division
Ms. G. M. C. N. Pathiraja Menike, Principal, Meegoda Dharmaraja Vidyalaya

Blog / Kathika / Sinhala / Society / Uncategorized

Kathika #226 : Using Section 120 of the Penal Code to Suppress Ideas

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Kathika #226 : Using Section 120 of the Penal Code to Suppress Ideas
දණ්ඩ නීති සංග්‍රහයේ 120 වගන්තිය අදහස් මර්දනය සදහා යොදා ගැනීම | May 25, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1336161687447951
MODERATED BY : Ms. Gayathri Nawarathne
PANEL:
Mr. Sudarshana Gunawardena, Former Chairman, Independent Television Network
Ms. Bhagya Senevirathne, Attorney at Law
Mr. Shehan Malaka Gamage, Social Activist

Blog / Children / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #225 : How to Secure Children’s Rights

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Kathika #225 : How to Secure Children’s Rights
ළමයින්ගේ අයිතිවාසිකම් තහවුරු කරන්නේ කෙසේද? | May 18, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1235579221611916
MODERATED BY : Ms. Gayathri Nawarathne
PANEL:
Ms. Sajeewani Abeykoon, Attorney-at-Law, Legal Aid Commission
Ms. G. M. C. N. Pathiraja Menike, Principal, Meegoda Dharmaraja Vidyalaya

Blog / Electoral Reforms / Kathika / Sinhala / Uncategorized

Kathika #224 : Results of Local Government Elections and Future of Councils

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Kathika #224 : Results of Local Government Elections and Future of Councils
පළාත් පාලන මැතිවරණයේ ප්‍රතිඵලය සහ සභාවන්හි ඉදිරි පැවැත්ම | May 11, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1290254992438477
MODERATED BY : Ms. Gayathri Nawarathne
PANEL:
Mr. K.W. Janaranjana, Attorney-at-Law and Ediitor in Chief, Anidda News Paper
Mr. Dharmasiri Nanayakkara, UN Consultant at Nil