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🇱🇰 SRI LANKA HIT BY ISLANDWIDE POWER OUTAGE
🔌🪫Sri Lanka is experiencing a complete islandwide power interruption, with internet connectivity and mobile signals also reportedly affected.
⛓️💥A breakdown at the Upper Kotmale Power Station is suspected to have triggered the outage.
👉🏽LATEST: Energy Minister Anura Karunathilaka says power has been restored to a section of the country so far, with restoration of other areas currently underway.
❗️Rooftop solar panel owners have been requested to switch off their systems until further notice.
#lka #SriLanka
🐘❗️INJURED TUSKER KAVANTISSA SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES
Sri Lanka has lost Kavantissa, one of its most magnificent tuskers.
Shot in the leg, his condition deteriorated as wildlife vets fought to save him, with Thai veterinary expertise sought in a desperate final effort.
If elephants are woven into Sri Lanka’s identity, culture and heritage, shouldn’t finding a lasting solution to human-elephant conflict be a national priority, before we lose more of both?
#lka #SriLanka #Elephants
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An OpenAI artificial intelligence model bypassed access controls and gained unauthorised entry to both public and non-public files in an Australian government portal
No personal medical information was compromised
@AadhyaJunejaa and @AthaudaDasuni have more
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Sri Lanka’s High Court on Tuesday handed 220-year jail terms to 15 men convicted of direct involvement in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people u.afp.com/S94S
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Sri Lanka Easter Sunday Attacks: 15 Convicted, Sentenced to 220 Years
A Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar has sentenced 15 defendants to 220 years of rigorous imprisonment each for their involvement in Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist attacks.
The court also ordered the confiscation of the convicts’ movable and immovable assets, effective from September 22.
The attacks on April 21, 2019, killed 269 people and injured more than 500 others.
The court acquitted and released nine other defendants who had faced charges in connection with the attacks.
269 lives lost,
500+ injured,
23,270 charges filed,
2,309 witnesses heard and
Nearly 5 years in court
Verdict: 15 guilty, 9 acquitted
No legal ruling will ever fill the empty seats at family tables.
No gavel stroke can undo the terror of that April morning, or erase the scars carried by hundreds of survivors.
The tragic reality of Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter attacks is that they were preventable.
Prior investigations have proved the attacks were allowed to happen due to gross state negligence and a catastrophic failure to act on clear, prior intelligence.
A heavy price for political incompetence.
An important part of this tragedy we should NEVER forget.
#lka #SriLanka #EasterSundayAttacks
🚨 2019 Easter Attacks Trial : VERDICT
15 found guilty and 9 acquitted in Sri Lanka's 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks trial.
After nearly 5 years, 23,000+ charges, and over 2,300 witnesses, the Colombo High Court has finally delivered its verdict.
Sentencing to follow shortly.
⚖️🇱🇰 #SriLanka #EasterAttacks #lka
🇱🇰 TODAY IN SRI LANKA: 22nd Sep 2026
🏛️22nd Amendment: Speaker announces SC determination, says no referendum required.
- Retirement age for SC judges proposed to rise from 65 to 67, Court of Appeal judges from 63 to 65, with a special exemption to the six-year CJ term limit.
‼️Easter attacks: verdict due in landmark case against 24 accused on 23, 270 charges.
🪙Fitch upgrades Sri Lanka to ‘B-’ from ‘CCC+’, with a Stable Outlook, citing economic stabilisation and structural reforms.
#lka #SriLanka
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#InsideSouthAsia | Devastating flash floods have damaged dozens of hydropower plants in Nepal
India has stepped in to help avert blackouts, agreeing to supply up to 654 MW of electricity for 18 hours a day until December
@AthaudaDasuni has more
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#InsideSouthAsia with @AthaudaDasuni | Delhi building collapse: Who is to blame? 7 killed in Delhi building collapse
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Here's a refreseher:
There were 13 narrow-body planes to be phased out between 2014 and 2020 on expiry of their lifespan. On June 19, 2013, six A330-300 aircraft with seating for 300 were bought from Airbus during 2014/2015 on sale-and-lease back. On June 28 the same year, SriLankan signed to buy four A350-900s with seating for 330 directly from Airbus, to be delivered in 2020/2021.
And, on September 27, 2013, and November 12, 2014, SriLankan signed to acquire four more A350-900s on operating lease to be delivered in 2016/2017.
Soon, SriLankan was in dire financial straits. The group’s net loss which was US$ 47.1 million in 2015/2016 rocketed to US$ 90 million 2016/2016. It owed US$ 45mn to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and US$ 15mn to Airport and Aviation Services Ltd (AASL) by March 2016.
So bad was its financial situation that SriLankan could not pay the total base rent (the minimum amount of rent that is due under the terms of a lease) of US$ 174.96mn for the four A350-900 aircraft for 12 years at US$ 1.215mn per month per aircraft. They were to be delivered in 2016 and 2017.
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FORMER IGP FOUND DEAD
Sri Lanka’s former Inspector General of Police, C.D. Wickremaratne, has died in a suspected suicide after sustaining a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
He was appointed Acting IGP following the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks and became the country’s 35th Inspector General of Police in 2020.
#lka #SriLanka #SLNews
🇦🇺💸🇮🇳 A significant financial footprint on day one of the Melbourne summit.
AustralianSuper, the country’s largest pension fund has announced an AU$500 million investment into India's National Investment and Infrastructure Fund.
#lka #India #Australia
India welcomes the AU$500 million investment from AustralianSuper, announced by their Chief Executive, Mr. Paul Schroder this morning in Melbourne. This is yet another glimpse of the global confidence in India’s growth and reform trajectory. It also reflects the immense opportunities that our dynamic economy offers global investors.
@AustralianSuper
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🇮🇳🇦🇺 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Melbourne, kicking off his two-day visit to Australia.
Nearly 30,000 people are expected to attend a special community event to welcome the PM later today, highlighting the enthusiasm of the Indian diaspora in Australia.
#PMModi #Australia #IndiaAustralia
Landed in Melbourne, Australia. This visit will add vigour to the India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. I look forward to the talks with Prime Minister Albanese. I will also have the opportunity to interact with the Indian diaspora which is an important pillar of our partnership.
@AlboMP
🚨 NEGOMBO PRISON RIOT : TIMELINE
❗️Sun Jul 5 (Aft): Drug informant dispute brawl. (2 dead | 34 injured)
❗️Sun Jul 5 (Eve): Rooftop protest & roof collapse. (0 dead | 4 injured)
❗️Sun Jul 5 (Night): Armory cleared; forces suppress initial riot. (0 dead | 0 injured)
❗️Mon Jul 6 (Morn): Inmates storm prison hospital; attempt mass gate breakout.
❗️Mon Jul 6 (Aft): Security forces open fire to contain breakout.
25 Dead (20 inmates, 5 officers) | 100+ Injured.
❕Measures now underway to transfer inmates from the Negombo Prison to other prisons.
#lka #SriLanka #PrisonRiotSL
🚨 25 DEAD IN NEGOMBO PRISON RIOT 🇱🇰
The death toll from the riot at Negombo Prison has risen sharply to 25.
More than 100 individuals have been injured and admitted to hospital for treatment.
Among those killed are five prison officers.
Authorities in Sri Lanka are continuing investigations as security remains on high alert.
#lka #SriLanka #PrionRiotSL
🇦🇺 Another One ⚖️✨
I’ve been a little MIA while focusing on securing my legal license in Australia.
Finally Done and Admitted to the Australian Legal Profession. ✅
What a wild ride this was!
#lawyer #Australia #SriLanka #SriLankan – at Melbourne, Victoria
