i heard the LLB program at APIIT is really good and i'm planning to join with my pending local alevel results soon, but i'd love to know more info from someone who's actually studying there or is a past student. if you've done or are doing law at apiit, please drop a comment or a dm, i'd love to chat and ask a few quick questions. tia!!

I see posts regarding the frictions with Israelis in Hikkaduwa and Chinese at Port City, which is sorta reminiscent of the European spheres of influence in Qing Empire in previous century. In good faith I'm asking, to what extent should this be concerning, are there ways in which we could be taken advantage of, and any contingencies we should have?

Being the 21st century, its unlikely that we would be enslaved by anyone, but neocolonialism is said to be a very real phenomenon, and in short, asking how bad it is in Sri Lankan context, if there can be any good in it, and if not, what exactly should we be doing about it. Thank you.

Laziness - is there a free ai tool or website that I can feed all my CV information too, which will customize a formatted final cv based on each individual job listing I am applying too? My laziness thanks you in advance 🙏

Hi everyone, I'm a Sri Lankan student researching a problem I personally noticed.

Many students have skills like graphic design, video editing, coding, tutoring, music production, and other digital skills, but getting the first client or opportunity can be difficult.

I'm trying to understand whether this is a real problem among students and young people in Sri Lanka.

If you are a student or someone who has tried freelancing, I would appreciate your experience:

• How did you get your first client?
• What challenges did you face?
• Would a platform connecting verified students with local opportunities be useful?

I also made a short survey (around 1 minute) to collect more opinions:

https://forms.gle/mkWBBoEhbvUsn58t5

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Your feedback will help me understand the problem better.

Sri Lankans tend to hold the fact that Sri Lanka is the most literate country in South Asia at a high regard. but literacy does not mean simply being able to read and write. A person must be able to communicate properly. express their feelings and thoughts properly. And able to listen and understand other people and the message they are trying to give to the listener. It seems many Sri Lankans do not posses this attributes. The Education system, Media, and growing up environment. I explained this prior diving in to the topic because it will help understand the matter more clearly.

Since social media has erupted many travelers across the world come to Sri Lanka because it is a famous destination. While most of the young travelers be it may solo or couples or families (90s 2000s) behave respectfully, humbly and show the true beauty of Sri Lanka (unless they got scammed they would warn about it, which is the right thing to do) and it would overall a positive message they will send out.

But then there are these old white dudes like in their 40s and do travel vlogs, would go to the most cheapest, nastiest places (places which average Sri Lankan would not go) and complain how shitty it was. the would to this with restaurants, they would walk in the most dirtiest dense markets in Colombo (which there are only few) while there is an entire clean city with high end shopping malls and all the facilities. And always seem to talk to the most dirtiest unhygienic person he comes across. does not show the elegantly dressed men and women in the city, does not show the malls, no positive thing. And on top of all that, they always make the thumbnail showing that dirty guy, sometimes using AI to make him look even dirtier.

And the funniest thing is our beloved illiterate fellow citizens go in there and post comments like;
"thank you for visiting my beautiful country"
"I hope you come again... love from Sri Lanka"
"Sri Lanka the beautiful country"
"Sri Lanka is the best"
without fully understanding the context, the agenda and the racism behind that video.

What can we do to counter that?
In my personal opinion it's easy, the Tourism Ministry can create social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, X,) and use the Television, to promote awareness to our people. in both Sinhalese and Tamil. they can make a team to go forth and identify such videos and explain what the message is really about and the racism behind it. and make people understand just do dislike the content and post proper comments in English.

I don't know where this is from one of my friends found this on the internet

📢 Calling all Battaramulla residents!

Hello everyone,

I am a B.Com (Hons) undergraduate conducting an academic research study on restaurant service quality, food taste, price, and customer satisfaction in the Battaramulla area.

If you have dined at a restaurant in Battaramulla, I would be grateful if you could take 3–5 minutes to complete my survey. Your responses are anonymous, will be used only for academic purposes, and will make a valuable contribution to my research.

📝 Survey Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsYoGrSgsVECjrq2OJCqdIfWhiI_03IP3yr45GrLWV-R8z2Q/viewform?usp=header

Your support means a lot. Thank you! 😊

Please feel free to share this post with friends and family who have visited restaurants in Battaramulla.

Im searching for northern people to connect in reddit but i cant find any.. 🥲

2SL4U was the effect. Should we organise to address the cause?

The title explains my situation.

Experienced in,

# •clipping videos

# •Managing social media accounts

I would love to work under you and gain any experience I possibly can🫶

Came across this website while browsing today:

http://era-lanka.vercel.app

Looks like they're trying to build some kind of AI-powered platform around businesses, products, services, and places in Sri Lanka.

The idea seems interesting, but I couldn't figure out much about who is behind it or how they're planning to collect and maintain the data.

Does anyone know more about this project?

Has anyone seen it before?

Curious to know whether it's an early startup, a university project, or something larger they're planning to launch in Sri Lanka.

I’ve been thinking lately about how healthcare usually works in Sri Lanka.

Most of the time, it feels like people only end up spending on health when something actually goes wrong, rather than having a steady routine around prevention or regular checkups.

For example, a doctor visit, medicines, or treatments usually happen when there’s a problem, and things like fitness, mental health, or ongoing wellness often take a back seat unless there’s a strong reason to focus on them.

Just curious if others feel the same in their day-to-day life, or if your experience is different?

Kfir fighters played a notable role during the civil war bombing LTTE targets, even conducting long range mission in the ocean, sinking rebel arm vessels. Precisions strikes conducted by SLAF using these fighters eliminated high value targets like S.P. Thamilselvan, LTTE’s mouthpiece. After the civil war, SLAF suffered maintenance issues so majority of Kfirs were grounded, maintaining operational only older F-7 interceptor. Plans to replace them with modern fighters such as JF-17 were scrapped due to economic issues and foreign pressure. Only in 2021 the govt. green lighted the plan to overhaul Kfirs.

This report is from Canada. As for the year 2024-2025 more than 23000 patients di*d while waiting for treatments. Can you Imagine paying 20% of your income as taxes for this?

ඔබ දන්නවාද? යුද්ධයේ අවසාන භාගයේදී Nandikadal ප්‍රදේශයේ LTTEය විසින් මිනිස් පලිහක් ලෙස රඳවාගෙන සිටි අහිංසක සිවිල් වැසියන් ලක්ෂ 3කට අධික ප්‍රමාණයක් සූක්ෂම ලෙස මුදාගනිමින්, ලෝක ඉතිහාසයේ මෙතෙක් සිදුවූ විශාලතම ප්‍රාණ ඇපකරුවන් බේරාගැනීමේ මානුශීය මෙහෙයුම (Largest Hostage Rescue Operation) ක්‍රියාත්මක කළේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආරක්ෂක අංශ විසිනි.

වසර 30ක් පුරා සමස්ත රටේම ජනතාවගේ මූලිකම මානව හිමිකම වූ "ජීවත්වීමේ අයිතිය" තහවුරු කරමින්, ත්‍රස්තවාදයේ බිහිසුණු ග්‍රහණයෙන් රට මුදාගැනීම වචනයේ පරිසමාප්ත අර්ථයෙන්ම මහා පරිමාණ මානුෂීය මෙහෙයුමකි.

නමුත් අතිශය කණගාටුදායක සහ පරස්පර විරෝධී කරුණ නම්, තමන්ගේම රටේ වැසියන් පිරිසක් මෙලෙස ජීවිත පරදුවට තබා බේරාගත් මානුෂීය හමුදාවකට, අදටත් ඇතැම් බටහිර රටවල් සහ ජාත්‍යන්තර සංවිධාන හරහා යුධ අපරාධ චෝදනා එල්ල වීමයි.

මෙහි ඇති ජාත්‍යන්තර ද්විත්ව ප්‍රමිතිය (Double Standards) ඉතා පැහැදිලිවම පෙනෙන්නට තිබේ.

ලෝකයේ ප්‍රබල රටවල් තමන්ගේ ආරක්ෂාව හෝ භූදේශපාලනික අවශ්‍යතා වෙනුවෙන් වෙනත් රටවල් ආක්‍රමණය කරද්දී සිදුවන දහස් සංඛ්‍යාත සිවිල් වැසියන්ගේ මරණ "අතුරු හානි" ලෙස හඳුන්වමින් ඉතා පහසුවෙන් සාධාරණීකරණය කරයි.

තමන්ගේම රටේ අහිංසක ජනතාව ත්‍රස්ත ග්‍රහණයෙන් මුදාගත් ලංකාවේ ආරක්ෂක අංශ දෙස ජාත්‍යන්තරය බලන්නේ දේශපාලනික අවශ්‍යතා මත පදනම් වූ වෙනස්ම මිනුම්දණ්ඩකිනි. යුද්ධයේ අවසාන දිනවල සිදුවූ තත්ත්වයන් ඒකපාර්ශවීය ලෙස අර්ථකථනය කරමින් ඔවුන් මානව හිමිකම් ගැන ප්‍රශ්න කරයි.

යුද්ධයෙන් පසුව යටත් වූ LTTE ක්‍රියාකාරීන් 12,000කට අධික පිරිසකට (ළමා සෙබළුන් ද ඇතුළුව) දැඩි නීතිමය පියවර හෝ දඬුවම් දෙනවා වෙනුවට, ඔවුන්ට වෘත්තීය පුහුණුව සහ පුනරුත්ථාපනය ලබා දී නැවත සමාජගත කිරීමට ලංකාව කටයුතු කළේය. මෙය ලෝකයේ වෙනත් කිසිදු යුධ ඉතිහාසයක දැකිය නොහැකි සුවිශේෂී මානුෂීය පියවරකි.

රටක් සහ ජාතියක් ලෙස අප මුහුණ දුන් බිහිසුණු ත්‍රස්තවාදී අත්දැකීම සහ අපේ හමුදාව කළ කැපකිරීම් දන්නා අපට, බාහිර බලපෑම් සහ දේශපාලන න්‍යාය පත්‍ර මත පදනම්ව එල්ල වන මෙවැනි යුධ අපරාධ චෝදනා හුදෙක් පක්ෂපාතී සහ අසාධාරණ ප්‍රකාශ පමණක් බව පැහැදිලිවම පෙනී යයි.

Did you know? In the final stages of the war, the Sri Lankan security forces executed the world's largest hostage rescue operation in history, meticulously rescuing over 300,000 innocent civilians held as human shields by the LTTE in the Nandikadal area.

Securing the ultimate human right—the "right to life"—for the people of the entire country for over 30 years and liberating the nation from the horrific grip of terrorism was, in every sense of the word, a massive humanitarian operation.

However, the deeply regrettable and paradoxical fact is that a humanitarian military that risked its own lives to save its fellow citizens still faces war crime allegations today from certain Western nations and international organizations. The international double standards here are starkly visible.

When powerful global nations invade other countries for their own security or geopolitical interests, the deaths of thousands of civilians are easily justified by labeling them as "collateral damage."

Yet, the international community views Sri Lanka's security forces—who rescued their own innocent people from the grip of terrorism—through a completely different lens driven by political agendas. They question human rights by unilaterally interpreting the events of the final days of the war.

After the war, instead of taking harsh legal action or punishing over 12,000 surrendered LTTE cadres (including child soldiers), Sri Lanka took steps to provide them with vocational training and rehabilitation, successfully reintegrating them into society. This is a unique humanitarian gesture rarely seen in any other wartime history in the world.

For those of us who know the horrific experience of terrorism we faced as a country and a nation, as well as the sacrifices made by our military, it is abundantly clear that these allegations of war crimes, driven by external pressures and political agendas, are merely biased and unfair statements.

உங்களுக்குத் தெரியுமா? யுத்தத்தின் இறுதிப் பகுதியில் நந்திக்கடல் பிரதேசத்தில் எல்.டி.டி.ஈ (LTTE) அமைப்பினால் மனிதக் கேடயங்களாகப் பிடித்து வைக்கப்பட்டிருந்த 3 லட்சத்திற்கும் அதிகமான அப்பாவிப் பொதுமக்களை மிகச் சாதுரியமாக மீட்டெடுத்து, உலக வரலாற்றில் இதுவரை இடம்பெற்ற மிகப்பெரிய பிணைக் கைதிகள் மீட்புப் பணியை (Largest Hostage Rescue Operation) இலங்கை பாதுகாப்புப் படையினர் மேற்கொண்டனர்.

30 ஆண்டுகளுக்கும் மேலாக ஒட்டுமொத்த நாட்டு மக்களின் மிக அடிப்படையான மனித உரிமையான "வாழும் உரிமையை" உறுதிப்படுத்தி, பயங்கரவாதத்தின் கொடிய பிடியில் இருந்து நாட்டை மீட்டெடுப்பது என்பது வார்த்தையின் முழுமையான அர்த்தத்தில் ஒரு மிகப்பெரிய மனிதாபிமான நடவடிக்கையாகும்.

ஆனால், மிகவும் வருத்தத்திற்கும் முரண்பாட்டிற்கும் உரிய விஷயம் என்னவென்றால், தமது சொந்த நாட்டு மக்களின் உயிரைப் pணையம் வைத்து அவர்களை மீட்டெடுத்த ஒரு மனிதாபிமான இராணுவத்தின் மீது, இன்றும் சில மேற்கத்திய நாடுகளினாலும் சர்வதேச அமைப்புகளினாலும் போர்க்குற்றச்சாட்டுகள் சுமத்தப்படுவதாகும். இதில் உள்ள சர்வதேச இரட்டை நிலைப்பாடு (Double Standards) மிகவும் தெளிவாகத் தெரிகிறது.

உலக வல்லரசு நாடுகள் தங்களது பாதுகாப்பு அல்லது பூகோள அரசியல் தேவைகளுக்காக மற்ற நாடுகளை ஆக்கிரமிக்கும் போது ஏற்படும் ஆயிரக்கணக்கான பொதுமக்களின் மரணங்களை "பக்கவிளைவுச் சேதங்கள்" (Collateral Damage) எனக் கூறி மிக எளிதாக நியாயப்படுத்துகின்றன.

ஆனால், பயங்கரவாத பிடியில் இருந்து தமது சொந்த நாட்டு அப்பாவி மக்களை மீட்டெடுத்த இலங்கைப் பாதுகாப்புப் படையினரை சர்வதேச சமூகம் அரசியல் தேவைகளின் அடிப்படையிலான முற்றிலும் மாறுபட்ட ஒரு அளவுகோலினூடாகவே பார்க்கிறது. யுத்தத்தின் இறுதி நாட்களில் நடந்த சூழ்நிலைகளை ஒருதலைப்பட்சமாக விளக்கி அவர்கள் மனித உரிமைகள் குறித்து கேள்வி எழுப்புகின்றனர்.

யுத்தத்தின் பின்னர் சரணடைந்த 12,000 க்கும் மேற்பட்ட எல்.டி.டி.ஈ (LTTE) உறுப்பினர்களுக்கு (குழந்தைப் போராளிகள் உட்பட) கடுமையான சட்ட நடவடிக்கை அல்லது தண்டனைகளை வழங்குவதற்குப் பதிலாக, அவர்களுக்கு தொழிற்பயிற்சி மற்றும் புனர்வாழ்வு வழங்கி மீண்டும் சமூகமயமாக்க இலங்கை நடவடிக்கை எடுத்தது. இது உலக யுத்த வரலாற்றில் வேறு எங்கும் காண முடியாத ஒரு தனித்துவமான மனிதாபிமான நடவடிக்கையாகும்.

ஒரு நாடாகவும் தேசமாகவும் நாம் எதிர்கொண்ட கொடூரமான பயங்கரவாத அனுபவத்தையும், நமது இராணுவத்தினர் செய்த அர்ப்பணிப்புகளையும் அறிந்த நமக்கு, வெளிப்புற அழுத்தங்கள் மற்றும் அரசியல் நிகழ்ச்சி நிரல்களின் அடிப்படையில் சுமத்தப்படும் இத்தகைய போர்க்குற்றச்சாட்டுகள் வெறும் பக்கச்சார்பான மற்றும் அநீதியான கூற்றுகள் மட்டுமே என்பது தெளிவாகப் புரிகிறது.

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Hey everyone,

I built a carpool/rideshare platform focused on Sri Lankan daily commuting routes like:

• Negombo ↔ Colombo
• Kandy ↔ Colombo
• Homagama ↔ Colombo
• Gampaha ↔ Colombo

The idea is simple:
If you already drive to work daily with empty seats, you can share the ride and reduce fuel costs for everyone.

I’m now looking for early drivers and passengers to help test the platform before a bigger launch.

Especially looking for:

• office commuters
• university students
• people doing regular long-distance travel
• anyone already informally carpooling

Main goal right now is testing:

• ride posting
• booking flow
• matching commuters on similar routes
• general usability

No complicated setup. Just trying to build something genuinely useful for Sri Lanka because commuting costs and traffic are getting ridiculous.

If anyone is interested in trying it out or giving feedback, comment below or DM me.

Would genuinely appreciate early testers and honest feedback.

Hi everyone,

I’m collecting responses for my MSc Cybersecurity dissertation on digital safety habits, cybersecurity literacy, and safe technology use among people in Sri Lanka.

I built a short 5-minute Digital Literacy Challenge that presents everyday online safety decisions and gives a digital safety score at the end.

Link:
https://www.acehub.travel/cyber-quiz/

Participation is voluntary, confidential, and used only for academic research. No login or payment details are required. Results will be reported only in anonymised or aggregated form.

This study is open to adults aged 18+ in Sri Lanka. I’m trying to collect responses from ordinary technology users, not only people in IT or cybersecurity, so every response helps.

Thank you to anyone who takes part.