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Spotted whilst browsing academia edu: Jessica Annette Albrecht's "Transgender Kali".

"This article explores the relationship between Kali worship and
transgender (primarily trans feminine) identities in Sri Lanka."

www.academia.edu/143833974/Tr...
Transgender Kali -a Sri Lankan transreligious goddess
This article explores the relationship between Kali worship and transgender (primarily trans feminine) identities in Sri Lanka, a Buddhist-majority country where Kali is often viewed as a demon rather...
www.academia.edu
December 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article...

"In the end, the joy of helping someone else to save lives makes that tiredness fade," Mr Sahan wrote in a Facebook post on Monday, after putting in long hours at the community kitchen in Wijerama and other relief sites.
Cyclone Ditwah: Flood catastrophe awakens volunteerism in Sri Lanka
Fishing boats deliver relief supplies to flooded suburbs as community kitchens churn out food aid.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
"“This is not just a natural disaster, it’s a human-made crisis,” said Rianda Purba from the Indonesian Environmental Forum, an activist group."

apnews.com/article/indo...
More than 1,300 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand as rescue efforts intensify
Emergency crews are racing to reach survivors and recover bodies after catastrophic floods and landslides in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia.
apnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
island.lk/cabinet-nod-...

This seems like such an oddly specific thing for the government to be caring about. Is it because of the number of Sri Lankans going to work in Italy? Surely there can't be that many Italians coming to Sri Lanka and needing to drive.

#SriLanka
Cabinet nod for renewed agreement with Italy on mutual recognition of driving licences
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the signing of a renewed agreement with the Italian government on the mutual recognition of driving licences, updating a pact that lapsed in 2021. The revised agr...
island.lk
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Shout out to a paper published earlier this year 🙌
This paper discusses how Bilingual Education policies in Sri Lanka has influenced identities of teachers and students therefore their impact on education in general and social harmony.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Bilingual education and identity politics in post-war Sri Lanka
Multilingualism is widely celebrated as a quality that education should promote for purposes of peacebuilding, inter-cultural understanding and the fostering of transferable skills. But the experie...
www.tandfonline.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
island.lk/elephant-pop...

“Sri Lanka has one of the lowest proportions of tuskers in Asia due to historical poaching pressure,” the official noted. “Any upward movement is positive, but these increases remain fragile. Protection must be strengthened, especially in poaching-prone regions.”
Elephant population rises to 7,451, but experts urge caution
Sri Lanka’s minimum wild elephant population has increased to 7,451, according to the latest data released yesterday by the Ministry of Environment. The figures—compiled using census data from 1993, 2011, and the 2024 countrywide survey—point to an overall rise of 1,572 elephants compared to 2021. However, the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) said the numbers […]
island.lk
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Even #small things can have big consequences. A worker bee (Asian rock bee, Apis dorsata) on her exposed nest in Sri Lanka, holds a drop of water on her tongue. Like mammalian sweat, the heat taken away by evaporation helps keep things cool. #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #bees
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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How many Elephants in Sri Lanka : Latest Data revealed

https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/278116/

Sri Lanka’s elephant population has recorded a notable increase, according to the latest figures released by the Ministry…
How many Elephants in Sri Lanka : Latest Data revealed - United Kingdom News Beep
Sri Lanka’s elephant population has recorded a notable increase, according to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Environment, with the minimum
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November 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
'As one senior administrator noted, “You cannot build Parliament in a wetland and then be shocked when the wetland comes to Parliament.”'

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Cobra in Speaker’s Office sparks questions over Parliament’s long-ignored ecological risks
A cobra’s unexpected appearance inside the Speaker’s Office this week has triggered renewed scrutiny over long-standing lapses in ecological planning and biosecurity at Sri Lanka’s most important admi...
island.lk
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM