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Dori: follow the connectionsDori maps how people, organisations and court cases in Sri Lankan public life are connected. Every connection cites a published source, and claims that no court has upheld are marked as allegations. The maps need JavaScript to draw.

Easter attacks: The 2019 Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka: the inquiries, court rulings and 2026 convictions that followed, the allegations aired in 2023, and the 2026 arrest of former intelligence chief Suresh Sallay. Dashed links are allegations or arrests that no court has upheld. 75 entries, 98 connections, sources to 2026-10-14.

The Rajapaksa family: Family ties, offices held, court rulings and police inquiries involving Mahinda, Basil, Shiranthi, Namal, Yoshitha, Rohitha and Shasheendra Rajapaksa, as reported between 2017 and 2026. Dashed links are arrests, charges or inquiries that no court has upheld. 42 entries, 69 connections, sources to 2026-10-18.

Presidents since 2019: How the presidency passed from Gotabaya Rajapaksa to Ranil Wickremesinghe to Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the inquiry into Wickremesinghe that followed, and the opposition led by Sajith Premadasa. Dashed links are arrests or inquiries that no court has upheld. 25 entries, 31 connections, sources to 2026-09-30.

Politicians and investigators: Ministers, party leaders and senior police officers who recur in Sri Lanka’s corruption and Easter attack investigations, with the cases and claims reported about each. Dashed links are claims, charges or arrests that no court has upheld. 247 entries, 370 connections, sources to 2026-10-14.

Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara: The Sri Lankan monk’s organisation, court cases and political appointments, as reported by news outlets and rights groups between 2014 and 2026. 24 entries, 24 connections, sources to 2026-10-18.

The LTTE war, 1983 to 2009: How the war between the Sri Lankan state and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam unfolded: from the Thirunelvely ambush and Black July in 1983, through the Indian intervention, the attacks of the 1990s and 2001, the 2002 ceasefire and its end, to the defeat of the LTTE in May 2009. It links to the leaders on the government side who appear in the other maps. Dashed links are attributions and accusations that no court has upheld. Findings of the United Nations are not yet included. 30 entries, 41 connections, sources to 2026-10-06.

The Treasury bond cases: The Central Bank Treasury bond prosecutions: the commission of inquiry findings reported by Daily FT, the people and company named in the cases, the effort to bring former Governor Arjuna Mahendran back from Singapore, and the Supreme Court’s June 2026 ruling that sent a bond case back for trial. Reports differ on the auction dates behind the cases, and the entries say where they do. Dashed links are findings of inquiries, accusations and charges that no court has upheld. 13 entries, 19 connections, sources to 2026-06-02.

The 2022 economic crisis: How the 2022 economic crisis shows up in the published record: the April 2022 suspension of external debt payments, the IMF arrangement approved in March 2023, the Supreme Court’s November 2023 ruling on who was responsible, and the president’s departure in July 2022. It links to the Rajapaksa family and Presidents maps. The debt restructuring itself and the protests are not yet mapped in detail. 15 entries, 12 connections, sources to 2023-11-14.

Disappearances and wartime killings: Unresolved killings and disappearances from the war years and their aftermath, as the cited reports describe them: the 2006 killing of five students in Trincomalee, the 2006 killing of 17 aid workers in Muttur, the 2011 disappearance of two activists in Jaffna, the Office on Missing Persons, and the mass graves at Mannar and Chemmani. It links to the Attorney General and the other maps. Dashed links are accusations and inquiry findings that no court has upheld. Who is buried in the graves has not been established in the cited reports. 16 entries, 14 connections, sources to 2026-09-29.

War accountability at the UN: What the United Nations has reported and decided about the final stages of the war and about accountability since: the 2011 Panel of Experts report, the government’s rejections, the 2013 Channel 4 documentary and the Council resolutions of 2015 and 2025. The panel’s findings are the panel’s, as Human Rights Watch reports them; no court has ruled on them. Not yet included: the 2015 UN investigation report, the 2020 withdrawal from the 2015 resolution and domestic inquiries. 14 entries, 15 connections, sources to 2025-10-07.

Communal violence and state force, 2013 to 2019: Recent episodes of communal violence and the use of force against protesters, as the cited reports describe them: the 2013 shooting at Rathupaswala and its 2024 acquittals, the Gintota violence of 2017, the February and March 2018 attacks in Ampara and Kandy district, and the anti-Muslim attacks after the Easter bombings in May 2019. It links to the Gnanasara and Easter attacks maps. Dashed links are accusations, arrests and inquiry findings that no court has upheld. 15 entries, 12 connections, sources to 2025-03-02.

Attacks on journalists and media, 2009 to 2026: The January 2009 attacks on Sirasa TV, Lasantha Wickrematunge, Upali Tennakoon and Poddala Jayantha, the disappearance of Prageeth Eknaligoda and where the cases stood in 2025 and 2026, as CPJ and News 1st report them. It links to the Politicians and Gnanasara maps through Wickrematunge and Eknaligoda. Who carried out the 2009 attacks is not established in the cited reports. Dashed links are investigations and charges that no court has ruled on. 12 entries, 10 connections, sources to 2026-10-16.

Disasters, 2004 to 2025: The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and Cyclone Ditwah in November 2025, as Sri Lankan and international outlets report them. Death tolls are given with who reported them and when; claims by officials and critics are attributed to them. 6 entries, 5 connections, sources to 2025-12-07.

Colombo Metro bus service, 2025 to 2026: How the Metro bus service came about, who runs it, its September 2026 launch on seven routes, the plans for Kandy and other cities, and the October 2026 collisions with private buses, as Sri Lankan outlets report them. Launch plans are attributed to the officials who gave them, and the police claims about the collisions are allegations; no finding is reported. 15 entries, 20 connections, sources to 2026-10-15.

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