June 7, 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 / Education / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #187 : Better Education through Examination Reforms

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Kathika #187 : Better Education through Examination Reforms
විභාග ක්‍රමයේ වෙනසක් මගින් වඩා හොඳ අධ්‍යාපනයක් | Jul 21, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqcQ2cXlY8Y
MODERATED BY : Dr. Sujatha Gamage
PANEL:
Dr. Darshana Samaraweera, Deputy Director General, National Institute of Education
Mr. Sanath Pujitha, Former Commissioner General, Department of Examination
Prof. Chandraguptha Thenuwara, Professor, University of the Visual & Performing Arts

Blog / Economy / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #186 : Electricity Reforms Essential to face the Economic Crisis?

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Kathika #186 : Electricity Reforms Essential to face the Economic Crisis?
විදුලිබල ක්ෂේත්‍රය නොහදා ආර්ථිකය හදන්න පුළුවන්ද? | Jul 14, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://fb.watch/tl3B8roF_5/
MODERATED BY : Mr. Saroj Pathirana
PANEL:
Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya, Energy Expert
Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, Founding Chair, LIRNEasia
Dr. Pradeep Perera, Energy Consultant

Blog / Kathika / Sinhala / Women

Kathika #185 : Recent Legislation to Empower Women

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85 : Recent Legislation to Empower Women
ස්ත්‍රීන් බලගැන්වීම සඳහා ගෙන එන නව පනත්වල ස්වභාවය සහ අපේක්ෂාවන් | Jul 07, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1009597090801795
MODERATED BY : Ms. Gayathri Nawarathne
PANEL:
Ms. Samadani Kirivandeniya, Managing Director, Sanasa International Company
Mr. Rohana Hettiarachchi, Chairperson, PAFFREL
Dr. Sujatha Gamage, Director General TVEC (Former) and Co-founder, Education Forum Sri Lanka

Blog / Economy / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #184 : Is Sri Lanka out of The Economic Crisis yet?

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Kathika #184 : Is Sri Lanka out of The Economic Crisis yet?
අර්බුදයෙන් ගොඩ ඇවිත් ද? කඩු තුඩෙන් ගැලවීමට කල යුත්තේ කුමක් ද? | Jun 30, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/489514023610779
MODERATED BY : Prof. Rohan Samarajiva
PANEL:
Dr. Thilina Panduwawala, Head, Economic Research, Frontier Research
Dr. Umesh Moramudali, Lecturer, Department of Economics University of Colombo
Dr. Mahesh Hapugoda, Senior Lecturer, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

Blog / Governance / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #183 : Way to Fully Implement The 13th.

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ika #183 : Way to Fully Implement The 13th.
13 වන සංශෝධනය සපුරා බලාත්මක කලහැකි මගක් තිබේ ද? | Jun 23, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1004083571379199
MODERATED BY : Ms. Gayathri Nawarathne
PANEL:
Mr. Austin Fernando, Secretary (Former) Office of the President
Mr. Shiral Lakthilaka, Attorney-at-Law (Video)
Mr. Dulan Dasanayake, Attorney-at-Law

Blog / Economy / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #182 : Solutions to Continuing Salary Issues in Government

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182 : Solutions to Continuing Salary Issues in Government
නිරන්තර වැටුප් ප්‍රශ්න වලට ක්‍රමික විසඳුමක් නැද්ද? | Jun 16, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/476160134946565
MODERATED BY : Dr. Sujatha Gamage
PANEL:
Mr. S. Ranugge, Former Chairman, Pay Commission
Mr. Ravi Kumudesh, Chairperson, Scholarly Institute of Medical Laboratory Professionals
Ms. Thamara Dayani, Trade Union Leader

Blog / Economy / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #181 : Economic Transformation Bill : Essential for Overcoming the Economic Crisis

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nomic Transformation Bill : Essential for Overcoming the Economic Crisis
අර්බුදයෙන් ගොඩ ඒමට ආර්ථික පරිවර්තන පනත පිටිවහලක් වේවි ද? | Jun 09, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1019507516469535
MODERATED BY : Prof. Rohan Samarajiva
PANEL:
Mr. Mangala Yapa, Chairman, Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI)
Mr. Dhananath Fernando, Chief Operating Officer, Advocata Institute

Blog / Foreign Affairs / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #180 : Current Global Trends and Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy

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Kathika #180 : Current Global Trends and Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy
නූතන ගෝලීය ප්‍රවණතා සහ ලංකාවේ විදේශ ප්‍රතිපත්තිය | Jun 02, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1612149096297220
MODERATED BY : Ms. Gayathri Nawarathne
PANEL:
Prof. Chaminda Abeysinghe, Senior Lecturer, University of Kelaniya
Mr. Shakthi De Silva, Lecturer, Royal Institute Colombo
Mr. Uditha Devapriya, Chief International Relations Analyst, Factum

Blog / Education / Kathika / Reconciliation / Sinhala

Kathika #179 : Reconciliation through Education

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Kathika #179 : Reconciliation through Education
අධ්‍යාපනය තුළින් සංහිඳියාව | May 26, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/710499871105854
MODERATED BY : Dr. Sujatha Gamage
PANEL:
Fr. Araliya Jayasundera, Principal, Trinity College
Ms. Visaka Thilakarathne, Old Girl’s Association, Museus College
Mr. Lal Dissanayake, Pricipal, Ananda College

Blog / Electoral Reforms / Governance / Kathika / Sinhala

Kathika #178 : Challenges of Election Monitoring in Sri Lanka

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Kathika #178 : Challenges of Election Monitoring in Sri Lanka
මැතිවරණ නිරීක්ෂණය වර්තමාන තත්ත්වය- අපේක්‍ෂිත ක්‍රියාමාර්ග හා අභියෝග | May 19, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/757878336377465
MODERATED BY : Mr. Saroj Pathirana
PANEL:
Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Founder & Executive Director, Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA)
Mr. Manjula Gajanayake, National Coordinator, Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV)
Mr. Sujeewa Gayanath, National Coordinator, PAFFREL
Mr. Ahmed Manas, Executive Director, CaFFE