Arguably, 2024 could be the most significant year for elections in recent memory. Last December, Time Magazine reported that globally, more voters than ever in history will head to the polls in 2024, with at least 64 countries (plus the…
The Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (the “MMDA”) is a law compiling the bulk of Muslim family law applicable to all Sri Lankan Muslims. It includes provisions relating to Muslim marriages and divorces and was enacted in 1951. The MMDA…
In the year 2023, the widespread growth of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools globally became a notable phenomenon. This led to the swift evolution and reshaping of the content creation landscape, driven by the widespread accessibility of numerous generative AI…
The economic crisis brought severe challenges to all the citizens of Sri Lanka leading to mass scale protests across the country. Sri Lanka’s economy came to a standstill in 2022 when the country had to default on its debt payment…
මාර්ගගත ක්‍රමවල සුරක්ෂිතභාවය පිළිබද පනත් කෙටුම්පත සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන සාකච්ඡාව අලුත් වටයකින් ආරම්භ වී තිබේ. පනත් කෙටුම්පත ජනවාරි 23 වැනිදා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරන බව මහජන ආරක්ෂාව පිළිබඳ අමාත්‍ය ටිරාන් අලස් මහතා ජනවාරි මස මුල් සතියේ දී පැවැසීය. කුමන පීඩනයක් එල්ල වුවත්…
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2021 ජනවාරි 04 පහත අත්සන් කරන සිවිල් සමාජ සංවිධාන සහ පුද්ගලයන් වන අපි ශ්‍රී ලංකා වෛද්‍ය ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ සුප්‍රකට බලධාරී පුද්ගලයන් හා සංවිධාන විසින් කොවිඩ් 19 ආසාදිතයන්ගේ මෘතදේහ භුමදානය කිරීම අනුමත කරමින් පසුගියදා කරන ලද ප්‍රකාශය සාදරයෙන් පිළිගනිමු . එබැවින් එකී…
A conversation with a representative from the LGBTQ+ community 1. COVID 19 has popularised statements like “stay home, stay safe”, but obviously this is not the case for everyone in this country. What are some ways in which staying home…
Incident 1: Convicted murderer, death row inmate, Premalal Jayasekara was given permission by the Appeals Court on the 7th of September to attend sittings in Parliament. He was convicted of murder by the Court on 30th July, a few days…
A JOINT COMMUNIQUE BY PEOPLE’S ACTION FOR FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS (PAFFREL) AND HASHTAG GENERATION TO FACEBOOK INC. The below is a joint communique by People’s Action for Free and Fair Election (PAFFREL) and Hashtag Generation with observations from the…
Analysis: Covid-19 Response by Country Here is an analysis done by our social media analyst Prihesh Ratnayake on the responses by 113 countries to the COVID 19 pandemic. There have been many analyses produced on the Coronavirus Outbreak and the global response…
சிரின் அப்துல் சரூர் கடந்த வருடம் உயிர்த்த ஞாயிறு தினத்தன்று நிகழ்த்தப்பட்ட மிலேச்சத்தனமான தாக்குதலால் அப்பாவிகளின் உயிர்கள் காவூகொள்ளப்பட்டு இன்றுடன் வலிமிகுந்த ஒரு வருடம் நிறைவடைகின்றது. நாள் புலர்ந்து நாண்கு மணி நேரத்தினுள் ஐஎஸ் பயங்கரவாதிகள் எண்மர் ஆடிய குரூர வெறியாட்டத்தினால் கத்தோலிக்கஇ கிறிஸ்தவ வழிபாட்டாளர்களும் சுற்றுலாப் பயணிகளும் உள்ளிட்ட 269 அப்பாவிகளின் உயிர்கள் பறிக்கப்பட்டு…
This photograph was sent by one of the victims’ families and they requested that this photo be shared By Shreen Abdul Saroor Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Easter Sunday attacks, in which eight IS terrorists senselessly murdered 269 Catholic…
Let’s have a quick look at what got attention in March, 2020. The Hashtag Generation team has been monitoring social media for a while and there has rarely been a dull day! While social media is limited to the digital…
