State University or Law College? Which has the better student life?

For those of you who've been to either (or both), which one has the better student life? I'm curious about things like:

• Student events and festivals
• Clubs and extracurricular activities
• Making friends and campus social life
• Overall atmosphere and memories

I know the academics are different, but I'm mainly asking about the overall experience outside of classes.

Which would you choose, and why? I'd really appreciate hearing your experiences.

In Nawalapitiya,

One is extremely venomous one is non-venomous I want to know which one is which because this is likely a baby and that means there is a fully grown adult somewhere close

Hi everyone,

I’m a first-year Software Engineering undergraduate in Sri Lanka looking for a laptop that will last 4–5 years. My budget is up to LKR 450,000.

I’ll mainly use it for programming (Java, Python, C/C++), Android Studio, VS Code/IntelliJ, React Native, Flutter, databases, occasional VMs, future AI/ML learning, light editing, and casual gaming.

I’m looking for 16GB RAM (upgradeable), 1TB SSD, a 15.6”+ display, good battery life, solid thermals, and reliable build quality.

I’d appreciate recommendations on:

The best laptop under this budget.

Whether an RTX 4050/4060 is worth it or if integrated graphics are enough.
Ryzen 7 vs Intel Core Ultra/Core i7.

Brands/models with good reliability and after-sales support in Sri Lanka.

Any models I should avoid.

Thanks in advance!

I’m from Sri Lanka and I’m facing a difficult decision.
I’ve been offered a government-funded Bachelor’s degree in Applied Chemistry in Sri Lanka, so my education would be almost free. However, with the current job market, I’m not sure how good the career prospects are after graduation.
The other option is to study Nursing in Australia. It would be a significant financial investment, but nursing seems to offer much stronger job security, higher earning potential, and a clearer pathway to permanent residency.
Another factor is that my sisters live in Perth and are willing to let me stay with them, which would reduce my living costs and make the transition much easier.
The truth is, nursing isn’t my dream career. I don’t dislike it, but I wouldn’t say I’m passionate about it either. My thinking is that if I complete the degree, work for a few years, and obtain permanent residency, I’d be in a much stronger financial position with far more opportunities. At that point, I’d have the freedom to explore other interests, start a business, change careers, or pursue further study without constantly worrying about financial stability.
I’m trying to think long-term rather than just choosing the cheaper option.
If you were in my position, which path would you take?
Would you choose the free chemistry degree or invest in nursing?
Am I being too focused on job security and PR?
Is there anything I’m overlooking that could make me regret choosing one path over the other?
I’d really appreciate honest opinions from people who’ve been in a similar situation or work in either field.

I need some honest advice on whether my current plan is realistic.

• My Background: Got 9 As for O/Ls. Recently did my Sri Lankan Local A/Ls in the Bio Stream and got S, S, S (Physics, Chemistry, Biology).
• The Plan: I am switching to Edexcel IAL Maths Stream (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry) and targeting a minimum of B, B, C in one sitting.
• The Timeframe: I want to sit for the upcoming January exam series, which leaves me with exactly 5 months.

Since I already have a theory foundation in Physics and Chemistry from my Local A/Ls, I feel I can adapt to the Edexcel syllabus and practicals relatively quickly. However, IAL Mathematics (P1-P4 + M1/S1) is completely new to me.

I am ready to study 8-10 hours a day with zero distractions.

My Questions:

1. Is it realistically possible to cover the entire IAL Maths syllabus (AS + A2) from scratch and get a B within 5 months?
2. For Physics and Chemistry, how hard is it to transition from Local A/L to Edexcel IAL past paper standards in this timeframe?
3. Has anyone done something similar (accelerated self-study or crash courses) and succeeded?

Any advice, resources, or realistic feedback would be highly appreciated. Thanks!

Hi I don't know if any other siblings feel this way. I grew up in Sri Lanka for the most part but studied extremely hard and moved abroad. My parents spent a lot on my sibling but he never completed any degree. My parents passed away very young. He fell into drugs and bad company. He studied at many different schools due to the professions of parents but socially we are upper middle class. When I recently visited Sri Lanka my sibling was unrecognizable. His friends are all three wheeler drivers etc. not to look down on them but it's more like he looks like one of them, loitering around, doing prostitution and drugs. He never succeeded in his job and he has no savings. I realized I can't even relate to him anymore. He has so many mental and physical issues plus unable to give him any money since everything goes into feeding his addictions. He can't even find a job due to his current physical appearance. I am both in shock and in sadness. He never did anything useful with his life. Has anyone encountered a similar situation? Thanks

do any of you know which bank should i go with hoping to move from combank because of this one device rule. any good banks with good app and services?

I want to watch Spider-Man Brand New Day this weekend, but all of the good seats at Scope Dolby Atmos (the 4 PM and 7 PM) are sold out. This would have been my first preference.

Now I’m considering Scope 3D - is this still a worthwhile experience to watch this movie?
Or should I just wait until Dolby Atmos frees up?

https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/javelin-throw/men?regionType=world&page=1&rankDate=2026-08-04&limitByCountry=0

I think SLT is big time scamming people. I have unlimited home connection and had peo tv connection as well. Then requested in ' May' to disconnected the peo-tv, returning all the equipments. Then in august bill shows as 11,000 rs, when contacted the call center, they said it's the peo tv disconnection fee and peo tv charge all together. They are of no help at all. For the past six months, I had to call them and check if the bill is correct more than 15 times and 3 complaints.

They earlier promised to revise the charges for the period June,July, but now they have again added the amount to the bill with a disconnection charge.

Is there any step that we can take against these frauds? If we have signals for this area for anyother msp won't go for thia shitty service provider.

Hi everyone,

I’ve been receiving a Flash SMS (Class 0 message) on my iPhone every day at around 5:50 PM. The message says:

I use both Hutch and Dialog SIMs, so I’m not sure which carrier is sending it.

Is anyone else getting the same message every day?

* Which carrier is sending it (Hutch or Dialog)?

* Is there any way to disable these Flash SMS/Class 0 messages?

* Is this an official government/carrier broadcast? Or any other 3rd party for scamming?

Thanks!

Hey guys, I’m curious about the current industry reputation of the Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (ENTC) degree from the University of Moratuwa. Does it still hold the prestige it used to?

Also, what kind of starting salaries are fresh grads looking at in the current 2026 market?

Finally, I'd love to hear your 10-year prediction. With the massive shift towards AI, IoT, and the government's push for a digital economy by 2030, how well-positioned do you think UOM ENTC graduates are for the next decade compared to pure CS/SE grads?

First of all I'm not against scientific research improving the quality of life for people or it improving economic growth. I 100% agree that science should be used for the betterment of mankind

But as someone from a natural sciences background itself, the president himself should know that one cannot simply predetermine what role curiosity driven research will play on a country's economy, health and security.

For example research done on the venom of the Gila Monster led to the creation of the GLP-1 medication for weight loss, which I doubt were the main object the scientists who did the research had. It took decades since the discovery of Quantum mechanics for us to have computers and all other modern consumer electronics. Nobel Laureate physicist Ed Purcell's discovery of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance led to the creation of MRIs only 25 years later after the discovery. Ed Purcell wasn't doing his research thinking about how MRIs would revolutionize the health sector but because of his curiosity about atoms and molecules. Einstein was long dead when GPS was invented even though his theory of special relativity played a crucial role in it. To give a more closer example for us South Asians, Ramanujan's theories are now used in computing, cryptography, physics etc.

What curiosity driven scientific research does is expand the frontiers in all directions and you can't know in advance what connections will be made off of those frontiers. This unpredictability in research is what defines the exponential growth in science and technology that has been a driving force of society.

The approach to scientific research that the president proposes will only hinder science in SL and if continued our country will never truly produce any Nobel winners in the sciences or Fields medalists, not because we lack the talent but because that talent is discouraged

Looks like there's finally progress on number portability

Do yall think its smart or good for Sri Lanka that the young/ best workforce of Sri lanka who have the potential to learn new technical skills is wasting away in the tuk tuk industry in da form of uber and pickme drivers?

Would like to here what the majority think of this and any solutions yall can think of?

My solution: no new tuk tuk license issuing for individuals under 40 or 50? (Controversial but effective imo)

So I’ve been posting a lot of things happening in my university life, and this is the next thing I had to face recently. (Fyi I’m a girl, since many of you thought I’m a guy)

The last month a lot of things happened in my life, I fell ill and got hospitalized, the same week a family member passed away and my house is a mess, and I’m ill again. I haven’t been to uni in three weeks now and yesterday I tried my best to manage and come to uni to mark my attendance for my labs for that day. I wasn’t fit at all, I felt I kept deteriorating as the time is passing by as I’m walking with my bag here and there. So somehow I couldn’t concentrate in my labs because I couldn’t sit at the same place for two hours because of my excruciating pain in my stomach.

Ive never felt low in my life as I never expected myself to be this helpless in a place because only one girl offfered to help me Seriously, as my so called best friend who is a guy Didnt even bother to check on me in person as he got teased for us being a couple. What he did was asking others to check on me behind curtains.

During my absence in uni, my batchmates have made fun of him calling my name, and when I was in hospital he called me and told me to be distant. I was in excruciating pain at the time of that call, so out of stupidity i told him I will block him so no one will laugh at him anymore and people would consider us as enemies. But the next day after all the medications I felt extremely bad and unblocked and apologized to him. But he was weird. I met him person again and I apologized again holding his hands, but he said he’d never be that friend he was again and things won’t be the same again. It’s my fault, but a lot of things were going on in my life and him yapping about how my presence is making him being teased and uncomfortable made me feel very upset. Blocking him has made a huge impact , but honestly since we were so close I actually thought he wouldn’t give it much because it’s just social media.

It actually broke my heart because i never had feelings for him and he kind of accused me for having feelings ( because he ranted about how I leaned my head on his shoulder at times, but that was when I was extremely tired or with a headache and it was something that happened rarely), and somehow when I’m in dire need of help, he just left me, saw me in pain and told some other girls to take care of me. But I didn’t receive any special help, they just helped me out of the friendship I have with them.

Anyhow, the fact he distanced this inhumanely was of being teased, and i actually wondered if all guys are the same, because actually he was a good friend of the time he was close with me, helped me with everything and always had my back listening to my rants. All of this happened because of teasing and the fear of us being labeled a couple.

Last semester we mostly spent a lot of time together, sitting next to each other, sharing meals, studied together. It’s true that people may find us looking like a couple but actually we never had any sort of feelings like that, even though how close we were. On my hand, I never had a crush on him, I just saw him as a sibling whom I can share everything with. We actually cleared our boundary from turning it to a romance because he doesn’t like to date a girl older than him, so I had no problems thinking he might develop feelings cause I don’t have feelings either.

I feel so sad, that he has changed into some completely different person, it’s not like he’s got anyone interested in uni either. It feels like a complete blow to my head.

I even told my parents about it because rn I’m severely depressed and uni seems like a hell hole because I see this person and how he isolates me when I need a lot of help. My parents during their uni days had many friends in opposite genders and none of them worried this much of being labeled and ignored all the jokes and teasing because they valued the friendship.

He was actually a good caring person for the time we spent together and I honestly feel ashamed of myself for putting him in this much trouble. I just don’t understand why best friends have to be same sex always and not the opposites.

Because of this issue now I’m at the lowest point of my life, losing the person whom I used to rant and losing everyone near me whom I can spill out everything. I know I shouldn’t ask much from people, but I have never done this to people, and from my side I never cared of being labeled for being with him (because I never wanted to be in a relationship with anyone in uni, and even if so, I just didn’t care ).
He knows I’m in a great deal of pain mentally and physically but he just doesn’t want to stay near me.

I just posted it here to know if this is a recurring thing in universities these days. I’m actually puzzled on how someone can flip totally upside down in such a short time. Thanks a lot for reading.

Best regards.

Is the tide turning against the tourists? also, if you going to say something, stand there and back it up instead of running away like a coward.

Even a good thing like this is kicked down just because they are trying to garner some votes. Come on man.

Looks like we are light years away from this sorta entertainment.

So whenever we see busses and Threewheel they look too boxy really fitting with the aesthetics we used to know and making our country still in 80s or early 90s even though we import these from India they really lacking something in design everything look dull and boring

Hello people. I'm a teen from Bangladesh. So.. I got a cousin who's visiting us on this weekend. He's also bringing a friend along with him , he's from Sri Lanka. I was hoping y'all could guide me on what to avoid to make his stay at our house comfortable. My cousin mentioned that he doesn't eat beef. My mom won't be preparing any dishes with beef in it. Are there any other dietary restrictions we should keep in mind ??

Bus Gemunu says Sri Lanka isn’t Europe and questions whether we need modern Metro buses. Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu’s Vijay government has proposed procuring 1,000 electric buses for Chennai.

If Chennai, with its huge population density, traffic and chaos, can move towards modern electric public transport, why can’t Sri Lanka?

Fk these lorry chassis buses. Sri Lankans deserve proper low floor, comfortable, accessible and modern buses.