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Tharushi Weerasinghe

Colombo

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Journalist | Youth Advocate '24 @UNICEF_Srilanka | Mentor @hrb_magazine | Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 • Views are my own •

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  • Egypt foils Global March to Gaza; Sri Lankan activist among those deported

    2 weeks ago | sundaytimes.lk | Tharushi Weerasinghe

    View(s): By Tharushi Weerasinghe Thousands of international activists attempting to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza were blocked by Egyptian authorities on Friday as they tried to cross the Sinai with humanitarian aid and reach the Rafah border. “We were stopped in Ismailia, and our passports were taken from us at the checkpoints,” said Sasha Fathome, who had travelled to Cairo for the march.

  • Path cleared for Starlink’s entry into Sri Lanka, but prohibitive cost remains a major concern

    3 weeks ago | sundaytimes.lk | Tharushi Weerasinghe

    View(s): By Tharushi Weerasinghe Starlink, a satellite internet service provider developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, will become available in Sri Lanka following confirmation of further legal and user policy clarifications. Starlink offers faster internet speeds and lower latency than traditional satellite services, along with the ability to connect users in remote areas where ground-based infrastructure is limited.

  • Worker rights violations surface after NEXT factory shutdown

    1 month ago | sundaytimes.lk | Tharushi Weerasinghe

    View(s): By Tharushi Weerasinghe  Workers have been left in limbo following the abrupt closure of a sewing factory within the Katunayake Free Trade Zone, leading to the laying off of some 1,400 workers, some of whom have worked for almost two decades.

  • Bus passengers awaken to a nightmare, families mourn the dead

    1 month ago | sundaytimes.lk | Tharushi Weerasinghe

    View(s): Sri Lanka does not currently have an emergency preparedness plan for accidents in mountainous regions By Tharushi Weerasinghe in Kotmale  Commuter Sajith Dissanayake boarded the night bus from Kataragama, settling into the seat just in front of the back door. Once a month, he takes leave from the hotel where he works — and almost always boards the same bus home to Rikillagaskada. He was lightly dozing when, just before dawn, a loud bang jolted him awake.

  • As India, Pakistan go for truce: Pak passengers stranded in Colombo

    1 month ago | sundaytimes.lk | Tharushi Weerasinghe

    View(s): By Tharushi Weerasinghe The Department of Immigration and Emigration (DIE) has received reports of Pakistanis, largely transit passengers, being marooned in Colombo after all flights were cancelled owing to hostilities between Pakistan and India. While the numbers weren’t immediately available, Sri Lanka’s mission in Islamabad had flagged the presence of transit passengers whose visas are valid only for two days.

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