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Ranga Sirilal retweeted
Sir @anuradisanayake!
Assume you're accusing them because you do have concrete evidence of such activities. As the president of country, please instruct relevant authorities to proceed with the legal actions immediately. we; as public, would like to see some actions. Thank you!!!
President @anuradisanayake accuses two television networks of involvement in the drugs trade. He does not name them, but says one has been particularly linked to narcotics for some time, while the other is being funded by drug lords. #BadullaSpeech
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#SriLanka's National System Operator has asked rooftop solar owners to switch off their systems to help restore the grid, after a nation-wide cascading failure during a very sunny Saturday. monetabrief.com/news/sri-lan…
Ranga Sirilal retweeted
Should the Venerable Maha Nayaka Theras in Sri Lanka focus on campaigning for a more lenient dress code for convicted monks, or on strengthening Vinaya (discipline) within the Sangha (clergy)?
5%Campaign for leniency
83%Strive to improve vinaya
7%Both equally
5%Neither
130 votes • Final results Ranga Sirilal retweeted
Arrives in Court.
ALERT: Ex-first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate's court after nearly seven hours of questioning at the @CIABOC_SriLanka office.
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This is a good breakdown of a politicians assets declaration, this kind of analysis is important to combat corruption. Just FYI the Anti Corruption amendment Bill of 2026 would make such analysis a criminal offence [Clause 11(2)] monetabrief.com/news/sri-lan… (1/4)
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In case you forgot: Gnanasara was stripped of his saffron robes in 2018, too, when he was jailed for contempt of court. He has conveniently forgotten that he had worn jail jumpers before. Worse still, people are reporting his claims without fact-checking them. Sadhu, sadhu.
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. @RajapaksaNamal declared assets far in excess of the bribes he is alleged to have taken. His and his wife’s jewels alone are worth over Rs 100m. Dowry substantial. Foreign travel paid for by Limini’s father, yet NR advanced Rs 30m to his f‑i‑l monetabrief.com/news/sri-lan…
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DAYLIGHT ROBBERY: Sri Lanka has set an inflation target of 5% for the next 3 years. @anuradisanayake has given @CBSL licence to erode Sri Lankans’ savings at up to 5% a year. AKD should have removed the clause allowing CBSL salaries and pensions to be adjusted above inflation.
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Asked whether he knew about the abduction of journalist Keith Noyahr, Rajapaksa said he did not, although he remembered hearing the name.
The families of the two students are seeking to establish a military link to their disappearance, prompting the questioning of #SriLanka ex-President Rajapaksa. Some relatives staged a silent protest outside the Colombo court while he was testifying. monetabrief.com/news/sri-lan…
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NO GAS: Two MPs of the Gas Cylinder coalition – Ravi Karunanayake and Faizer Musthapha – and SJB MP Nayana Wasalathilaka were absent during today’s vote on the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution and the Judicature Act. Musthapha had proposed the 22nd Amendment in December!
ALT Nayana
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The US prosecuted three men almost a year before they were indicted in Sri Lanka over the Easter Sunday attacks, which killed 279 people, including 5 US citizens. The first SL criminal trial ends Tuesday, with the 24 accused likely to get death penalty.
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The Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar is widely expected to hand down capital punishment to those who are likely to be convicted Tuesday out of the 24 suspects charged with #SriLanka’s worst single terror attack against civilians.
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Senior DIG Ajith Rohana who was accorded a farewell parade on Sept 8, ahead of his retirement on Sept 11, had asked for a one-year service extension. It has been denied.
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Remember how @GotabayaR smuggled Karuna (Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan) to London on a diplomatic passport under a Sinhala name in 2007? His subsequent arrest and imprisonment in the UK came on a tip-off from Suresh Sallay, then at SL mission in Paris. Source: B report to MC.
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Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, founder of Colombo-based Centre for Policy Alternatives was presented with its inaugural Freedom Award by Advocata Institute, a #SriLanka-based freemarket think tank.
The award recognized his efforts in advancing the rule of law and civic freedoms of Sri Lanka citizens. monetabrief.com/news/paikias…
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#SriLanka's main minority Tamil political party backed the prosecution of opposition legislator Namal Rajapaksa on a bribery charge, saying that had the government acted earlier, the Rajapaksa clan might not have been able to appear in public. monetabrief.com/news/sri-lan…
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#SriLanka is planning to give tax incentives for 50 factories around the island to create rural employment, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said.
A tax incentive package would be present in the upcoming budget to set up the factories over the next three years after discussing with the International Monetary Fund.
"We have to create rural jobs," President Dissanayake told a rally. "We will start a discussion with the IMF. They do no like some tax holidays. monetabrief.com/news/sri-lan…
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"When we took office and inspected, we saw that they paid money to Sinhala extremist groups and Muslim extremist groups from the exact same account" - #SriLanka President.
"They gave them money and unleashed them like dogs to bite each other. They started ethnic clashes. Didn’t they? Why? To create clashes in Dambulla, Akurana, Digana and Mawanella. They set up these extremist groups on both sides," he said. monetabrief.com/news/sri-lan…
Ranga Sirilal retweeted
🚨 PUBLIC SAFETY WARNING: DOGS BECOMING A MAJOR THREAT! 🛑🐕
A horrifying incident highlights a growing danger in our communities, as a child's life was recently put in severe peril due to a dog.
Both stray dogs and carelessly managed pet dogs have now become a major public threat. It is high time the authorities pay immediate attention to this escalating crisis! ⚠️
#SriLanka #LKA #PublicSafety #StrayDogs #AnimalControl #ChildSafety #SriLankaNews #NewsUpdateSL #NewsCenter
Ranga Sirilal retweeted
. @RajapaksaNamal could be held in custody until the conclusion of his bribery trial, even though the magistrate initially remanded him until September 18. Read the details, including provisions of the Anti-Corruption Act applied in the case: monetabrief.com/news/why-sri…
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#SriLanka's tourist arrivals in August 2026 were down 3.3 percent from a year as the Indian Ocean nation as the sector struggles to show growth in the wake of the US-Iran war. monetabrief.com/news/sri-lan…
