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Webinar — Recent Trends in Student Politics in Sri Lanka

5 October 2026

About this Webinar This Muragala | CPPP webinar examines the changing landscape of university student politics in Sri Lanka. University…

ජාතික ජන බලවේග ආණ්ඩුව සහ බෞද්ධ සංඝ දේශපාලනයේ ප්‍රවණතා

3 October 2026

වර්ෂ 2022න් පසු කාලසීමාව තුළ, රාජපක්ෂ පාලනයේ බිඳවැටීම සහ 'අරගලය' හරහා ගොඩනැගුණු ජාතීන් අතර සහයෝගීතාවය නිසා දැඩි මතධාරී බෞද්ධ ජාතිකවාදී…

Muragala | CPPP Young South Asian Writers Initiative: Send in Your Pitches

26 September 2026

Muragala | Centre for Progressive Politics & Policy (CPPP) invites young writers (age 18-35) from South Asia (excluding Sri Lanka,…

Sri Lankan perspectives on women in politics and development at Women in Leadership conference at LSE, UK

21 September 2026

Muragala representative Kanaka Abeygunawardana recently participated as a panelist at the inaugural Women in Leadership: Accelerating Development Outcomes conference held…

Politics of Women’s Rights and Contradictions of International Intervention in Post-2001 Afghanistan

15 September 2026

Salma Abid 1. Introduction Few issues became as closely associated with the international project in post-2001 Afghanistan as the rights…

Hearing one’s own case: The one question the 22 Amendment cannot dodge

30 August 2026

Amid the political cacophony surrounding the proposed Twenty Second Amendment to the Constitution, which contains within it provisions to extend…

Artivism Issue 05: Call for submissions! Prisons and Society in Sri Lanka

23 August 2026

Theme: “Prisons and Society in Sri Lanka”. Accepted mediums: Poems, Short Stories, Zines, Comics, Photo-Essays, Drawings, Paintings, Memes, Conceptual Photos, Collages, Collaborative…

Speaking around and through menstruation: An exploratory study of Sinhala and English menstrual discourse in Sri Lanka

22 August 2026

Introduction Menarche is a socially significant event in many Sri Lankan (SL) communities, often recognised through public and semi-public rituals,…

Under the Palmyrah shade: How colonisation entrenched and reconfigured caste in Sri Lanka

19 August 2026

Whether it be the law of the Dutch or the railway system built by the British that greatly enhanced connectivity…

Panel on ‘Reframing the Global South’ at ISA’s South Asia in World Politics, Colombo

17 August 2026

Muragala | Centre for Progressive Politics and Policy (CPPP) participated in the first International Studies Association (ISA) conference held in…

Institutional reshuffles in government: What do they reveal about Sri Lanka’s democratic politics?

17 August 2026

Sri Lanka has had the world’s largest and smallest cabinet in history. President Mahinda Rajapaksa headed a jumbo cabinet, holding…

Artivism Issue 4 – Struggles and Politics of Being a University Student in Sri Lanka

3 August 2026

We are delighted to announce the winners of Muragala Artivism Issue 4 on the theme “Struggles and Politics of Being a…