August 30, 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 / Governance / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #218 : Independent Prosecutor’s Office (The purpose, Practicality & Get Justice)

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Kathika #218 : Independent Prosecutor’s Office (The purpose, Practicality & Get Justice)
ස්වාධීන අභිචෝදක කාර්යාලය – යෝජිත යාන්ත්‍රණයේ අරමුණ, ප්‍රායෝගිකත්වය හා යුක්තිය ඉටුකරවා ගැනීමට ඇති ඉඩකඩ | Mar 16 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/986068203482107
MODERATED BY : Ms. Gayathri Nawarathne
PANEL:
Mr. Darshana Kuruppu, Attorney at Law
Mr. Bhadraka Manamendra, Attorney at Law

Blog / Governance / Kathika / Sinhala / Uncategorized

Kathika #217 : Sri Lanka’s Policy on Migrants

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Kathika #217 : Sri Lanka’s Policy on Migrants
සංක්‍රමණිකයන් පිළිබඳ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රතිපත්තිය | Mar 09 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1376585026854134
MODERATED BY : Ms. Gayathri Nawarathne
PANEL:
Mr. Ruki Fernando, Advisor, INFORM Human rights Organization
Mr. Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe, Former Provincial Councilor

Blog / Kathika / Sinhala / Society

Kathika #216 : The problem of Unemployed Graduates

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Kathika #216 : The problem of Unemployed Graduates

රැකියා විරහිත උපාධිධාරීන්ගේ ගැටළුව (පැලැස්තර විසඳුම්වලින් ඔබ්බට) | Mar 02, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1566023300768239
OPEN DISSCUSSION MODERATED BY : Mr. Thushal Vithanage
PANEL:
Dr. Sujata Gamage, Co-Founder and Director General TVEC (Former), Education Forum Sri Lanka

Blog / Economy / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #215 : Budget 2025

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Kathika #215 : Budget 2025
මෙවර අයවැය | Feb 23 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1566023300768239
MODERATED BY : Mr. Lasantha de Silva
PANEL:
Ms. Rehana Thowfeek, Economist Independent
Dr. Thilina Panduwawala, Head, Economic Research, Frontier Research
Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, Chairman, LIRNEasia

Blog / Constitution / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #214 : Proposed changes for Provincial Council Act

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Kathika #214 : Proposed changes for Provincial Council Act
පළාත් සභා පනත සඳහා යෝජිත වෙනස්කම් | Feb 16 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1162626181897429
MODERATED BY : Dr. Sujatha Gamage
PANEL:
Mr. Shiral Lakthilaka, Attorney-at-Law, Independent
Mr. K. A. Thilakarathne, Former Secretary, North Central Provincial Council

Agriculture / Blog / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #213 : Farmers’ Grievance, Price of rice and the Future of agriculture

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Kathika #213 : Farmers’ Grievance, Price of rice and the Future of agriculture
ගොවි ජනතාවගේ මැසිවිල්ල වෙළෙඳ පොලේ සහල් මිල සහ කෘෂි ආර්ථිකයේ හෙට දවස | Feb 09 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/627202943192882
MODERATED BY : Mr. Thushal Withanage
PANEL:
Senior Prof. Buddhi Marambe, University of Peradeniya
Mr. Ananda Rajapakshe, President, Polonnaruwa Egg Rice Products and Services Association

Blog / Justice / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #212 : Ministry Oversight Committees – What, Where from and Whither

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Kathika #212 : Ministry Oversight Committees – What, Where from and Whither
අමාත්‍යාංශ අධීක්ෂණ කමිටු කුමක්ද? කොහෙන්ද? කොතැනටද? | Feb 02 , 2025
FULL VIDEO :
MODERATED BY : Mr. Lasantha de Silva
PANEL:
Prof. Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri, Department of History, University of Colombo
Dr. Sujatha Gamage, Director General TVEC (Former) and Co-founder, Education Forum Sri Lanka

Blog / Kathika / Sinhala / Society

Kathika #211 : Electricity bill will Increase or Decrease? ( PUCSL Recommendations and Responces)

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Kathika #211 : Electricity bill will Increase or Decrease? ( PUCSL Recommendations and Responces)
විදුලි බීල දැල්වෙයිද? නිවෙයිද? (මහජන උපයෝගීතා කොමිසමේ නිර්දේශ සහ ලැබෙන ප්‍රතිචාරයන්හී යුක්ති යුක්ත බව) | Jan 19 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1358239882078604
MODERATED BY : Mr. Thushal Vithanage
PANEL:
Dr. Pradeep Perera, Energy Consultant
Ms. Janaki Vithanagama, Former Secretary, PUCSL
Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, Founding Chair, LIRNEasia

Blog / Governance / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #210 : How should Sri Lanka manage Global power pressures?

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Kathika #210 : How should Sri Lanka manage Global power pressures
ජාත්‍යන්තර බලවතුන්ගේ බලපෑම් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව කළමනාකරණය කරගත යුත්තේ කෙසේද? | Jan 19 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/628376686316909
MODERATED BY : Mr. Harindra B Dasanayake
PANEL:
Dr. Thilina Panduwawala, Head, Economic Research, Frontier Research
Dr. Chulani Attanayake, Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore
Dr. George Cooke, Executive Director, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS)

Blog / Kathika / Sinhala / Society

Kathika #209 : Requirement and Path for the “Clean Sri Lanka”

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Kathika #209 : Requirement and Path for the “Clean Sri Lanka”
“Clean Sri Lanka” අවශ්‍යතාවය සහ ඒ සඳහා යොමුවිය යුතු ආකාරය | Jan 12 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1785461435535618
MODERATED BY : Mr. Lasantha de Silva
PANEL:
Mr. Avanthi Jayathilake, Managing Director, EML Consultants PLC
Dr. Sujatha Gamage, Director General TVEC (Former) and Co-founder, Education Forum Sri Lanka
Mr. Nimal Premathilaka, Waste Management Specialist