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@elonmusk
Elon, Hi, My country Sri Lanka just defaulted.
3 Billion would save us, 20B will transform us. For 40 we will make you the King.! Pick something and invest your money here. You won't be disappointed. 20 Million amazing people will forever be greatful.!
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✈️: Sri Lankan Airlines from profit to Rs. 401 billion loss
⭕️The yr was 2007, Mahinda Rajapaksha wanted to fly back home from London with his 35-member entourage in a single ✈️.
The ✈️was fully booked.
@flysrilankan
CEO from
@emirates
, Peter Hill said, No. The rest is history.
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Sri Lanka's 🇱🇰 Thehas Rithmitha Kiringoda has been crowned 🏆 the Under 09 Open Champion at the World Schools Chess Championship 2023 held in Rhodes, Greece!
Thehas, a grade 4 student of Ananda College, competing against 61 players from around the world, emerged victorious in
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If Biden were to win Georgia and Wisconsin where he is trending up, he will have exactly 270 electoral votes..! Exactly the number of electoral votes to win the presidency.! It's 2020.
#ElectionNight
#Elections2020
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🇱🇰 Sri Lanka's Team for Paris Olympics 2024! 🇫🇷
1. Viren Nettasinghe 🏸
2. Ganga Senevirathne (🏊♀️- Women's 100m backstroke)
3. Kyle Abeysinghe (🏊 - Men's 100m freestyle)
4. Tharushi Karunarathne (🏃♀️ - Women's 800m)
5. Nadeesha Lekamge ( Women's Javelin Throw)
6. Aruna Darshana
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People are waiting for hours in the queues to get rationed petrol at Rs. 338, but at the same time, the 225 are getting unlimited supply from a dedicated shed in Narahenpita at a special rate of Rs 121 per litre.! And we wonder why CEYPETCO incurs heavy losses.!
#SriLankaCrisis
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Way to go, Tharushi! 🎉 Heartiest Congratulations..! ❤️🔥
18-year-old Tharushi Karunarathne clinched gold 🥇 in the Asian Games women's 800m. She has become the 1st to win an Asian Games gold Medal for Sri Lanka in athletics in 21 years.
#SriLanka
#AsianGames
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In the IMF report, it is stated that Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 highway construction costs are significantly higher than the global average, in fact, they are 3x the global average.!
The reason: ⭕️ closely connected individuals using opaque processes to obtain cabinet approval for these
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This is how our elected officials respond to constructive criticism, well thought out suggestions & asking for transparency in this country.
@kanchana_wij
has become the first person that we know of to block
@Numberslka
on Twitter.
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What CEB wants,
✅️ Competitive bidding
❌️ Renewable Energy
What the govenment & the minister want,
❌️ Competitive bidding
✅️ Renewable Energy
What Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 needs,
✅️ Competitive bidding
✅️ Renewable Energy
#PowerCutLK
#SriLanka
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A person who recovered Rs. 17.8 million in the president's house was arrested by the Sri Lanka police.
The sad thing is nobody is interested in how could president
@GotabayaR
come to the possession of cash that is ~178 times his salary.
#SriLankaProtests
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IMF has very strong words about the Corruption in Sri Lanka's Inland Revenue Department and the Customs.
"There is virtually no culture of integrity observed [in IRD & Customs], with corruption allegedly found at every level – including top management. " - Writes IMF
"There is
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US 🇺🇸to Ukraine 🇺🇦 for War: $ 40 Billion
US 🇺🇸 to Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 for Food: $ 20 Million
Just so you know, 1 Billion = 1000 Millions
The world is invested in crisis, hatred and war Not in kindness, empathy and relief.
#USA
#SriLanka
#UkraineRussiaWar
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You don't like Ranil as the PM? wants somebody else? don't worry,
🇱🇧 Lebanon had 4 PMs in 5 years
🇦🇷 Argentina had 6 Presidents in 18 months
🇬🇷 Greece had 7 PMs in 4 years
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka will be no different. Your guy will get a chance.
#SriLankaCrisis
#SriLanka
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It's almost impossible to summarize everything wrong with SL politics in less than 1 minute. But
@sajithpremadasa
was able to pull off the impossible a few years back.
Imagine all those sacrifices of
#Aragalaya
end up bringing him to power to implement a "system change" 🥹
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Biggest Loser of
#July9th
Dhammika Perera who once used to be the SL's wealthiest man somehow ended up paying Rs. 1150 Million to the GOV for a Ministerial portfolio which only lasted 16 days.
That is more than 700 Lakhs per day.!
#SriLankaProtests
#SriLanka
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🇱🇰
@CSBL
Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe has been rated among the top central bankers in the world by Global Finance magazine.!
⭕️ The Central Banker Report Cards, published annually by Global Finance since 1994, grade the strategies of central bank governors from 101 countries.
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= Rs. 180. Sri Lanka's 🇱🇰 beloved Highland Chocolate Milk:
Once a premium product within everyone's reach, now a symbol of inflation.
#SriLanka
#Inflation
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📊 Results: Numberslk's second pre-election poll:
⭕️NPP's Anura Dissanayake is the continue to be the frontrunner, while incumbent President Ranil W has surged past Sajith Premadasa to take second place in Sri Lanka's 🇱🇰 upcoming presidential election.
🧭 AKD - 43%
🐘 Ranil
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Charith N. Silva's 'Wild Cookbook' YouTube channel, with 4.69M subscribers 📊, has now surpassed the Sri Lanka Cricket to become the most subscribed YouTube channel 🏆.
It's wonderful to see a young creator 🎥 claim this title over numerous corporate giants. Congratulations,
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Adani Wind Plant Deal: Sri Lanka to Lose 100x More Than the infamous Bond Scam Over 20 Years
⭕ Yesterday, the CEB published the bids received for the 50MW wind power plant in Mannar, which they have called for competitive bids on a 20-year Build, Own, and Operate (BOO) basis.
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Excited about the next 40,000MT diesel shipment? Sure someone is.
According to Min.
@kanchana_wij
it cost $ 66.5 MILLION. ($ 26 M more than the normal $ 41M shipment.)
Someone is set to profit in Billions(Rs) for this deal. Can't find words to describe this level of corruption.
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Sri Lanka 🇱🇰, surrounded by the Indian Ocean, was photographed from the International Space Station(ISS) as it orbited nearly 260 miles above on April 20th 2024.
Image Credit: NASA
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🩺 KDU launches Sri Lanka's first privatized MBBS degree program for local students.
⭕ Course fee: Rs. 12.5 million.
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Taxes, Economy, Sri Lanka & the Endless Cycle of Debt
Sri Lanka has decided to increase the Value Added Tax (VAT), this time by 3%, from 15% to 18%. Against this backdrop, it's worth listening to this clip from the hit TV show "The West Wing".
This is Senator Arnold Vinick, a
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🚨 Fuel Situation
⛽️ In Stock: 9,000MT diesel, 6,000MT petrol
🚢 Next Ship: At best 3rd or 4th of July (highly unlikely, even minister is not sure)
⭕️ Daily Consumption: Diesel - 6,500MT Petrol - 6,000MT
#SriLanka
must survive min 2 weeks with 1 day of fuel. Honestly scared.
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During Mahinda's reign, the number of public servants increased from 3 lakhs to 1.5 million. He even bragged about it in the name of "Strengthening the Public service".
⭕️ Now as a result the GOV is paying 86% of its tax revenue on the salaries & pensions of the GOV employees.
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Sri Lanka's India Problem
⭕️ Sri Lanka had over 120 runs to defend in ~40 overs when Mash ran himself out. Sri Lanka's new field -> only 4 in the circle + a slip. Plenty of gaps, no pressure.
⭕️In this World Cup, every team including the Netherlands 🇳🇱—is setting much more
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Way to go, Tharushi! 🎉 Heartiest Congratulations..! ❤️🔥
19-year-old Tharushi Karunarathne clinched the gold🥇 in the Women’s 400m event with a timing of 52.48 seconds(PB) at the Taiwan Athletics Open – 2024.
Taiwan Athletics Open is a bronze-level tournament on the World
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With GOTA's resignation
#SriLankaDollarChallenge
is trading among SL $ earners. If SL can get 1000 Million in July it would be like an early IMF package.!
Sir Lanka used to get $ 500M per month as workers' remittances but
@CBSL
tanked it to 250 with wrong economic policies.
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It seems like the current
@officialSLC
President, Shammi Silva, basically asked the
@ICC
to suspend Sri Lanka Cricket basically to save his own skin. Should these people continue to run
#SriLankaCricket
?
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🚉 Say Goodbye to Long Ticketing Queues: Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 Railway Introduces E-Ticketing for Commuter Trains
⭕ Sri Lanka's CGR introduces the Pravesha platform for easy online ticket purchases.
⭕ Commuters can buy tickets at and pay via credit/debit card.
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3D Elevation Map of Sri Lanka's Land Cover 🇱🇰
Awesome work by Sasikala Maduwanthi 👏👏
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World experienced decadence of Phillipines president Ferdinand Marcos during 1986 and after 36 years, His son became the president.! History could repeat in Sri Lanka with
@RajapaksaNamal
. And it won't take 36 years here. Stay alert.!
#SriLanka
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It took 231 years for the US 🇺🇸 to elect their first female Vice President.
In Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 We elected the World’s First Female Prime Minister In 1960, just 12 years after independence from British.
Yet the Western world is lecturing us on gender equality. 🤷♂️
#USElection2020
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🏛️ Once upon a time, the Inland Revenue Department had a brilliant idea to boost tax revenue by actually offering something in return for compliant taxpayers: Taxpayer Privilege Cards. It's time to resurrect this project.
🎫 Quick access to government services, priority quotes,
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💵 Taxes & MPs: How MPs in Sri Lanka Reduced Their Tax Liability from Rs. 76,000 to Rs. 17,000
⭕️ The following payslip belongs to a Member of Parliament (MP) for the month of January 2023. He paid a total of Rs. 76,566.72 as APIT(PAYE) tax for the month.
⭕️ However, on
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Tharushi Karunarathne, Remember the name!
Shattering a 25-year-old record at the Asian Athletic Championship, 18 year old Tharushi Karunarathne clinched gold 🥇 in the women's 800m run with an outstanding timing of 2:00.66.!
⭕️ After Damayanthi Darsha's silver 🥈 at 200m in
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🏴: Miss England contestant Melisa Raouf becomes the 1st in the pageant’s 94-yr history to compete without makeup. ❤️🌹
🇱🇰: With miss Melisa's inspiration SL may have to hold the entire pageant without makeup since the importation of makeup & cosmetics has been banned by
#govSL
.
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UNP (249, 435) < Sajith (305, 744)
Sajith has more preferential votes than total number of votes got by UNP.
#LKAElections2020
#LKAParliament
#lka
#SJB
#UNP
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From Mihin Lanka to Mathara Train.!
Former Mihin Lanka CEO who ran the company to bankruptcy costing Rs. 17 Billion to the gov now has to take the train because his former directors
@GotabayaR
& PB Jayasundara ran the whole country to bankruptcy in 2022.
#SriLankaCrisis
Took the train from Matara to CMB today. It was excellent. On time,clean and comfy.Rather than looking for fuel which costs Rs. 17k to go to Matara and back, the Train is the solution, 1300/- one way. Well done Railways.
@SLRailwayForum
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The WSO2, one of the largest software firms in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by EQT Partners, one of the largest private equity firms in the world.
⭕ The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but according to
@TechCrunch
,
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Famous Sri Lankan model Piumi Hansamali, with 2.5M Instagram followers, is under investigation regarding her wealth after she purchased a Range Rover previously used by
@GotabayaR
.
⭕️ The CID has launched an investigation into Lollia Skin Care (Pvt) Ltd, reportedly Hansamali's
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Rs. 30,000 for a graduate, Rs. 50,000 for a security 🤷
⭕ Instead of applying for a position that requires a degree as a qualification, the same person could apply for the security position at Open University Sri Lanka for a 66% higher salary.
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Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 & International Airports ✈️
⭕ Sri Lanka has 3 operational international airports: BIA, Maththala, and Palali.
⭕ BIA handles virtually all the flights. Mattala has a 3500m runway capable of handling an Airbus A380 (the largest passenger aircraft in the world).
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Sri Lanka's 🇱🇰 University of Colombo is now offering MBBS degrees 🧑⚕️ to foreign students for $62,500 for the five-year course.
⭕️Attracting more foreign students is a long-overdue development that could raise the standard of the course, improve university rankings, boost the
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After battling for his life for 15 months in ICU care, Generational talent Jackson Anthony has passed away.
Actor, director, producer, singer, screenwriter, television host, novelist, columnist, lyricist, historian, and traveler, Jackson Anthony was a true renaissance man. His
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Duty-Free Vehicle Permits for MPs 🚗
⭕️116 MPs have requested the government to issue duty-free vehicle permits, proposal is reportadly now on president's desk if approved which would make them eligible for tax exemptions in millions on imported vehicles.
⭕️Top public servants,
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⚠️ Alarming decision! Sri Lanka cabinet decided to raise the permissible limit of aflatoxin for internationally recognized food supplements & children's supplements like Triposha.
🆕 New Limits:
1. 5 ppb for type B1 Aflatoxin (most toxic)
2. 10 ppb aflatoxin (total)
⭕️ EU
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How Good Are Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 Doctors in Exams?
⭕Written: BEST in the World
⭕Practical: WORST in the World
PLAB exam data shows
⭕ PLAB Test: Conducted by GMC, it assesses intl. medical graduates' skills & knowledge to practice medicine in the UK 🇬🇧.
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✅️ May 9th, 2022 - MR Out
✅️ July 9th, 2022 - GR Out
People have finally decided to kick the Rajapakshas out of power. Is this the end of the Rajapaksha Dynasty?
#SriLankaProtests
#SriLanka
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July 09, 2022 protests will go down in history as Sri Lanka's largest yet.! Early estimates suggest more than 1 million protesters are in the streets of Colombo.! 🇱🇰
#SriLankaProtests
#SriLanka
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McDonald's, the world's leading fast-food chain, has temporarily halted operations in Sri Lanka.
⭕️The company terminated its franchise agreement with its local partner Abans Pvt Ltd, citing a lack of adherence to McDonald's strict food and beverage quality standards.
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⭕️ Ewis was paid Rs. 644m to build an inventory management system for SPC. Took 7 yrs to build it, but it doesn't even work!
⭕️ SPC still pays Rs. 60m/yr for maintenance.
⭕️ A system upgrade adhering to SPC's requirement will reportedly cost Rs. 7 billion.
This is criminal.!!
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🚨 World record 🇱🇰🏏
Countries that managed to all out their opponents in ODIs most consecutive times.
1. 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 13* (July 2022 - Aug 2023*)
2. 🇦🇺 Australia 10 (2009 - 2010)
3. 🇿🇦 South Africa 10 (2013 - 2014)
4. 🇵🇰 Pakistan 9 (1996-1997)
5. 🇳🇿 New Zealand 7 (2015)
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@stats_feed
It's Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 a jewel of an island nation, consistently ranks among the top travel destinations in the world.
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Mother's Pride ❤️
18-year-old Indian 🇮🇳 chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa finished as runner-up in the 2023 FIDE World Cup. 🏆 He lost to world number one Magnus Carlsen in the final in tiebreaks.
⭕️ Praggnanandhaa had beaten Carlsen 3 times in recent months, but the
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🚨 TIN & TAX Update 🇱🇰:
1. 🔞 All individuals 18 years or older must obtain a TIN (Tax Identification Number) from Jan 1, 2024.
2. 💰 Income over Rs. 1.2M annually? You must register for Income Tax.
3. 📝 Fail to register? Risk a penalty up to Rs. 50,000 by the Inland Revenue
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🚨Everyone is praising the government's decision to dismantle the airport cab mafia by bringing in PickMe and Uber. But let's not jump to conclusions— What they've actually done is, inducting
@PickMeLK
into the very mafia they claimed to be fighting against.!
⭕️According to the
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Curse of 69 finally hits Ananda!
Gota leaves the country & the Presidency as his alma mater Ananda College looses a Big Match after 69 years.!
#SriLanka
#SriLankaCrisis
#BattleOfTheMaroons
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Now, it's cheaper to fly to Mumbai from Katunayake than to take a Taxi ride to Jaffna.
#SriLanka
#FuelCrisisLK
#SriLankaCrisis
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Almost a decade ago (2013-2014),
@dialoglk
introduced a Prepaid Travel Card known as the "Touch Travel Card." This card was designed with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, enabling users to conveniently pay for their transport fares.
⭕️ Initially, it was operational in
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Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 Needs Presidential Debates: Lessons from the US
⭕ Last night's presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump for the 2024 US 🇺🇸Presidential election highlighted the importance of debates in presidential elections.
⭕ The debate confirmed concerns about
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This is how
@VFSGlobal
is handling Sri Lankan Visa's,
"Some of you may remember the Sri Lanka visa saga a few weeks ago. Well whilst mine has long been approved, each day I've been getting other tourists visas emailed to me complete with full names, address and passport info.
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Tharushi Karunarathne, Remember the name!
🥇 Asian Athletics Championship ✅
🥇 Asian Games ✅
18-year-old Tharushi Karunarathne clinched gold 🥇 in the Asian Games women's 800m finals with a timing of 2:03.20.!
⭕️ After Damayanthi Darsha's gold🥇 at 400m in Busan 2002,
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#BREAKING
: Gold smuggling MP arrested at BIA by Sri Lanka Customs
⭕ Puttalam District 🌷MP Ali Sabri Raheem was taken into custody by SL Customs on arrival at Bandaranaike International Airport while in possession of 3.5kg of undeclared gold. (value: approx Rs. 65 million)
⭕
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No APIT from IRD? This is the March 2023 payslip of one of the top executive-grade employees of the Inland Revenue Department.
⭕️No advanced personal income tax has been deducted from him. Strange! Are they exempt from it?
⭕️ If someone else were to draw this salary, they would
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Israel 🇮🇱 & Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 Western hypocrisy
⭕️This is an accurate take by Sam Harris on the "usage of human shields" in war. Israel 🇮🇱 shows no regard for civilians in the Gaza Strip or in Palestine 🇵🇸 during their assaults; there are many reasons for that. However, this is the
Sam Harris articulating why "using human shields" versus "being deterred by them" tells you "everything you need to know about the moral imbalance between Israel and her enemies."
TRANSCRIPT:
The truth is that everything you need to know about the moral imbalance between Israel
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Taxing Alcohol & Tobacco is a tricky business. Increasing taxation drives users towards less safe options while lowering taxes leads to more consumption.
⭕ According to a 2015 study by the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol, the direct and indirect economic costs of
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🏏 Sri Lanka Cricket announced yesterday that the team sponsor for the Sri Lankan men's cricket team for the Asia Cup 2023 is 1XBAT.
🤔 What is 1XBAT? It's a company that doesn't even exist! What does exist, however, is 1XBET, a sports betting platform.
🎭 So, why are they
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Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 gets around 6% of its electricity from solar - one of the highest shares in the region.
⭕ This is still low compared to leaders like Australia 🇦🇺 (15%) and some EU nations 🇪🇺 (8-10%). With its sunny climate & proper incentives, SL has the potential for much more.
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Recently The Sectoral Oversight Committee on Energy and Transport has directed the officials to make it mandatory to have GPS technology when issuing route permits to passenger buses.
in Sri Lanka, this is a misguided priority that provides little tangible benefit to passengers.
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4000 Rs/hour x 8 hours x 20 = Rs. 640,000
Monthly income = Rs. 640,000
Marginal Tax rate should be 36%.
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What Happens If No Candidate in the Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 Presidential Elections Secures Over 50% of the Votes?
1. All candidates except the top two will be eliminated from the race.
Now, the 2nd and 3rd preference votes on the ballots of eliminated candidates come into play.
2.
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🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Government:
⭕ Barely manages to pay its employees
⭕ Not in a position to increase salaries to match inflation
⭕ Sells lands to find funds to pay salaries
⭕ Justifies not filling 1500+ vacancies in key revenue-generating agencies due to an ill-thought-out strict
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🚨 Expressway Toll Booth Cashier Corruption Sri Lanka
⭕ Cashiers are stealing 10-20% of toll fees, Secretary to the Highways, Ranjith Subasinghe told the COPE.
⭕ Tolls collected surged when the military operated the booths during a cashier strike, highlighting
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Despite the Ministry of Finance recommending against increasing the salaries of government employees due to the ongoing economic crisis, the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has decided to increase the salaries and allowances of its employees by 27% - 70%.
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Why are doctors leaving?
Consider a doctor who received a salary of Rs. 250,000 in January 2022.
⭕️Taking inflation into account, his salary should have been adjusted to Rs. 382,542.24 by August 2023.
⭕️However, in August 2023, after taxes, he only receive Rs. 229,000.
When
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Sri Lankan Government's Electric Car 🚗 for Migrant Workers scheme seems to be working well for Sri Lanka's economy, but not in the way it was intended.
⭕️ The dollars parked outside Sri Lanka by uber-wealthy Sri Lankans now come into Sri Lanka in the form of Luxury electric
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🏏🔥 195* (139) - Chamari Athapaththu! An innings for the ages!
Her incredible innings led Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 to a remarkable win against South Africa by chasing down the mammoth total of 301, a score never before chased down in women's cricket before.
#SLvsSA
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Keheliya Rambukwella, the current Minister of Environment (Cabinet) and former Minister of Health in Sri Lanka, was arrested and remanded. According to PC Nalinda Indrathissa, this marks the first time in Sri Lankan history that a minister has been charged with a criminal
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📈Impact of Inflation: If you drew an Rs. 100,000 salary in January 2022, it's now (March 2023) only worth Rs. 43,121 due to inflation.
⭕️Inflation (YoY) may come down to single digits by December but the impact it already had on your salary is mostly permanent.
Check out our
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🩺 120 Students Selected for First Batch of KDU Private MBBS Degree
⭕️ KDU received 956 applications for the paid MBBS course.
⭕️ Course fee: Rs. 12.5 mil
⭕️ 120 students have selected
⭕ Z scores of the selected: 1.8895(AAB) - 1.5270(ABC) A/L Bio.
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Sandaru Sathsara, Sri Lankan 🇱🇰Comedy Singer renowned for his unique comedic singing style, now ranks among the world's Top 100 comedy artists according to Chartmetric.!
⭕ Chartmetric evaluates artists using a weighted average across 16 streaming and social platforms.
🥳
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Despite raising petrol prices by a record 82 Rs. Sri Lanka's Energy Minster
@kanchana_wij
said goSL is still incurring 1 Rs. loss from 92 petrol.
Today people of Anuradapura decided to give the Rupee back to Kanchana by Introducing "කංචනගේ පිං කැටේ" (Kanchana's Collection box).
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🚨Major Issue with your Feb-Mar Electricity Bill 💡
⭕️Until this week, CEB failed to incorporate the new tariff reductions, which were supposed to take effect from March 5th, into their billing invoice system. As a result, CEB has potentially issued millions of bills using the
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📊 Interesting stats on marriages and divorces in Sri Lanka:
⭕️ Daily marriages: 468
⭕️ Daily divorce filings: 300-400
⭕️ Divorces granted: a mere 9 per day!
👨⚖️Sri Lanka's fault-based divorce laws and lengthy court process make divorces extremely difficult, almost impossible.
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Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 WIN! 🎉 🏏 History rewritten! Sri Lanka Women clinches the series 2-1 against England Women 🏴.
Before this series, Sri Lanka had never beaten England in T20s in 10 previous meetings.!
A momentous day for Sri Lankan Women's Cricket! Congratulations.!! 🔥❤️
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🔐 Online Safety and the need for personal data protection go hand in hand.
⭕ For years, Sri Lankan supermarkets have employed loyalty card systems. However, a new trend among Sri Lankan clothing retailers raises serious concerns about consumer privacy. These stores now refuse
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📊 NPP's Economic Relief Promises: Are They Viable?
⭕ VAT Removal: AKD vows to remove VAT on food, healthcare, and school supplies if elected.
⭕ Electricity Bill Reduction: Promises a one-third reduction in electricity bills.
⭕ VAT on Books & Medicine + Services: Books and
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Sri Lanka have overthrown an executive president with absolute powers with no bloodshed, no deaths.
#Aragalaya
will go down as one of the greatest people's revolutionary movements in the world's history.! An extraordinary triumph by the Sri Lankan people.! 💪🇱🇰
#SriLankaProtests
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The
@CBSL
Governor confirms a 5-day bank holiday from the 29th, officially to carry out a domestic debt optimization plan.
⭕️ Online banking & ATMs will operate as usual.
⭕️ The Governor has provided assurance that bank deposits and interest rates won't be directly impacted by
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Customs explains to the Weighs and Means Committee how vehicle importers created a scheme to import high-end EVs by misusing the EV permit granted to migrant workers.
⭕️119 vehicles were imported, 75 were by one company. All are high-end vehicles, including BMWs & Porsches.
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🩺 KDU's LKR 12.5 million per degree MBBS program attracts nearly 1,000 applications - State Minister of Defense, Premitha Bandara Tennakoon
⭕ 956 total applications
⭕ 868 from local A/Ls & 88 from London A/Ls
⭕ Graduates from KDU will receive government appointments as
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Remember Her? Her name is Kayleigh Fraser. Her Visa has been cancelled & she was asked to leave the country by the 15th of August.!
This is very little to do with her visa conditions, it's political payback for expressing her views in favour of
#Aragalaya
.
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A new tax? NO.
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#SriLanka
always had an embarkation/departure tax (50$ - 60$). You might not notice it since it's included in your departure air ticket fee.
⭕️ Believe it or not more than 30% of the gov's income from tourism comes from this very tax.
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