June 9, 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 / Kathika / Sinhala / Society

Kathika #137 : Towards a Sustainable Reconciliation in a Post-war Sri Lanka

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Kathika #137 : Towards a Sustainable Reconciliation in a Post-war Sri Lanka
පශ්චාත් යුද සමාජයක තිරසාර සංහිඳියාවක් උදෙසා ගත යුතු මග හා අභියෝග | July 16, 2023
FULL VIDEO : https://www.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1094137725305501
MODERATED BY : Mr. Sunil Jayasekere
PANEL:
Ven. Moragaswewe Vijitha Thero. Senior Lecturer (Grade II), Department of Buddhist Philosophy
Mr. S.Thavarasa, Former Provincial Councillor and Member of Parliament
Mr. Shiral Lakthilaka, Attorney-at-Law Independent

Blog / Governance / Justice / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #136 : How Just is the Attempt to Reactivate Expired Local Authorities?

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Kathika #136 : How Just is the Attempt to Reactivate Expired Local Authorities?
පළාත් පාලන ආයතවල පැවති පාලනය යළි සක්‍රීය කිරීමේ උත්සාහය යුක්ති සහගත ද? | July 09, 2023
FULL VIDEO : https://www.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/982377972733382
MODERATED BY : Ms. Suwanthi Weerasekara
PANEL:
Dr. Sujatha Gamage,Director General TVEC (Former) and Co-founder, Education Forum Sri Lanka
Mr. Kesara Lal Gunasekara Councillor, SLFP Municipal Council, Dehiwela-Galkissa
Mr. Gamini Jayaweera, Social Activist

Blog / Economy / Kathika / Society / Tamil

Kathika #135: Restructuring Local debt: How will it affect you?

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Kathika #135: Restructuring Local debt: How will it affect you?

දේශීය ණය ප්‍රතිව්‍යුහගත කිරීමේදී ඔබට ප්‍රශ්නයක් වේද? පිළිතුරක් හොයනවාද? | July 02, 2023
FULL VIDEO : https://www.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1622858188237685
MODERATED BY Prof. Rohan Samarajiva
PANEL:
Dr. Umesh Moramudali, Lecturer, Department of Economics University of Colombo
Ms. Rehana Thowfeek, Economist Independent
Mr. Dhananath Fernando, Chief Operating Officer, Advocate Institute

Blog / Economy / Kathika / Sinhala / Society

Kathika #134 : Aswesuma – The New Social Security Net

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thika #134 : Aswesuma – The New Social Security Net
දරිද්‍රතාවයේ උත්සන්න වීම සහ අස්වැසුම වැඩසටහන | Jun 25, 2023
FULL VIDEO : https://www.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/279647537902544
MODERATED BY : Mr. Harendra B Dissanayake
PANEL:
Mr. B. Wijayarathne, Chairman, Welfare Benefit Board (WBB)
Ms. Gayani Hurulle, Senior Research Manager, LIRNEasia
Tharaka Amarasinghe, Project Manager and Statistician, LIRNEasia

Blog / Kathika / Sinhala / Society

Kathika #133 : Consumer Rights Forgotten or Deliberately ignored?

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Kathika #133 : Consumer Rights Forgotten or Deliberately ignored?
පාරිභෝගික අයිතිවාසිකම් අමතක කරලාද-නොතකා හැරලාද? | June 18, 2023
FULL VIDEO : https://www.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1467344070753487
MODERATED BY: Mr. Sunil Jayasekere
PANEL:
Mr. Asela Sampath, Activist, Consument Rights
Mr. Lalith Dharmasekara, Chairman, All-island Three wheeler drivers Association
Ms. Suwanthi Weerasekara, Business Development Manager, Sri Lanka Insurance

Blog / Constitution / Kathika / Sinhala / Society

Kathika #132: Electronic Media and Broadcasting Media Commission

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Kathika #132: Electronic Media and Broadcasting Media Commission
විද්‍යුත් මාධ්‍ය හා විකාශන නියාමන කොමිසම | June 11, 2023
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1065566691497100
MODERATED BY: Mr. Sunil Jayasekere
PANEL:

Prof. Charita Herath MP, SLPP and Former Chairperson of COPE Committee on Public Enterprises Parliament of Sri Lanka
Prof. Rohan Samarajiva Founding Chair LIRNEasia
Mr. Lasantha de Silva, Secretary, Free Media movement

Blog / Education / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #131 : Practical Alternatives to the Present Examination System

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ka #131 : Practical Alternatives to the Present Examination System
විභාග ක්‍රමයේ වෙනසක් සඳහා ප්‍රායෝගික විකල්ප | June 4, 2023
FULL VIDEO : https://fb.watch/lfC4-bVqqh/
MODERATED BY : Dr. Sujatha Gamage
PANEL:
Ms. Badra Withanage, Director of Education, Ministry of Education
Mr. Chandrasiri Athukorala, Commissioner of examinations, Department of Examinations
Ms. G.M.C.N.P. Menike, Principal, Meegoda Dharmaraja Vidyalaya

Blog / Justice / Kathika / Sinhala / Society / Uncategorized

Kathika #130 : Judiciary,Delay in Law (What could be done about delays in judiciary)

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Kathika #130 : Judiciary,Delay in Law (What could be done about delays in judiciary)
අධිකරණය, නීතියේ ප්‍රමාදය (වේලාවට තීන්දුවක් දෙන්න බැරි අධිකරණය ගැන කල හැක්කේ කුමක්ද?) | May 28,2023
FULL VIDEO : https://fb.watch/kZiKYPsLr7/
MODERATED BY : Prof. Rohan Samarajiva
PANEL:
Ajith P.Perera, Minister of State (Former)
Ms. Amitha Priyanthi

Blog / Constitution / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #129: Why is it so difficult to bring about a new Constitution?

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නව ව්‍යස්ථාව අද නොවේ හෙට: එහෙම වෙන්නේ ඇයි? | May 21, 2023
https://www.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1344939622753360
MODERATED BY: Mr. Harendra Dissanayake
PANEL:
Mr. DEW Gunasekera, Member of Parliament (Former)

Mr. Lal Wijenayake, Senior Advocate

Prof. S. Wijesandhiran, Department of Economics, University of Peradeniya

Blog / Health / Kathika / Society

Kathika #128: Protecting Patients’ Rights in Sri Lanka

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Kathika #128: Protecting Patients’ Rights in Sri Lanka
ලංකාවේ රෝගීන්ගේ අයිතිවාසිකම් ආරක්ෂා කරන්නේ කෙසේද? | May 14, 2023
05.00-07.00 PM via zoom
FULL VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1021491035954664
MODERATED BY: Dr. Sujatha Gamage
PANEL:
Dr. Lanka Jayasuriya Dissanayake, Chairperson, Indira Cancer Trust
Dr. Chankya Jayadeva, Attorney-at-Law
Mr. Ravi Kumudesh, Chairperson, Scholarly Institute of Medical Laboratory Professionals