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Lawyers from the Bar Association of
#SriLanka
launched a protest today demanding the arrest of those instigated violence against peaceful protesters on May 09th.
#ProtestLK
#aragalaya
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#SriLanka
#GotaGoGama
protesters have launched a protest in front of
#MajesticCityComplex
in Colombo, against
@AdaniOnline
's renewable power project
#SriLankaEconomicCrisis
#PowerCrisis
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#SriLanka
will change laws to allow foreign universities to set up branches in the country,
#President
@RW_UNP
said in a revised budget for 2022.
#SLNews
#LKA
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#SriLanka
’s army has decided to vacate posts of over 16,000 military personnel on a budget proposed by President
@RW_UNP
as the island nation struggling to reduce government spending ahead of an
@IMFNews
deal.
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
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#SriLanka
’s inflation will come down to single digit levels by year end, helping bring rates down,
@CBSL
Nandalal Weerasinghe said but there was no public forecast on growth.
#SLNews
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
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The sad part is the people who ruined this country are still in power and it is the people who have nothing to do with this facing the burden of rebuilding the country - Peter D' Almeida at the Union's protest on Feb 08.
#SriLanka
#SLnews
#EconomicCrisisLK
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#SriLanka
's Bar Association rep weighs in on attack on
#GotaGoGama
by pro
@PresRajapaksa
mob.
"The police didn't lift a single baton against the thugs who came here. This is clearly a planned attack against ordinary people by the Police and Government." - BASL Lawyer
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If Sri Lanka allows elections to distract from the path of recovery, stabilisation and growth, the country will be hit by a fresh crisis far worse than any before, former central bank governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said.
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"Liquor is the highest tax earner in the country. In this paradise, we are closing bars after 11pm. We need to keep this country open 24 hours. People must have to have entertainment.” - Diana Gamage
#SriLanka
#SLNews
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
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"Yes to Renewable Energy, No to Gota- Modi-Adani corruption deal"
#SriLankaCrisis
#GotaGoHome2022
#PowerCutLK
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A visibly irate de Silva told parliament that Cabraal and the other Central Bank officials’ refusal to attend parliament as requested by the Committee on Public Finances was an insult to the legislature, the sole authority on matters of public finance.
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#SriLanka
has spent 225 million rupees to move all duty-free electronic shops at the Bandaranaike International Airport to the second floor to create a better order and ambience in the airport, officials said.
#SLNews
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
30
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Sri Lanka must abolish the all-powerful executive presidency and strengthen parliament without paving the way to a similarly dictatorial premiership while ensuring adequate checks and balances, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa said.
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A new Monetary Law Act?
Sri Lanka has unveiled a draft for a new Monetary Law Act which will give independence to the central bank.
#monetaryact
#banks
5
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Sri Lanka will not have access to an IMF Rapid Financial Instrument as a bridging facility until the govt presents a viable fiscal plan, and any no confidence motion must be delayed until broad consensus is established on the best way forward,
@RW_UNP
said
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#aragalaya
protestors inside the residence of the
#President
.
#ProtestLK
#aragalaya
#EconomicCrisisLK
#CountryToColombo
#GotaGoGama
#OccupyGalleFace
#GoHomeGota
#occupypresidentshouse
5
50
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“I say to
#China
and the
@ChinaEmbSL
that, as 22 million
#SriLankans
irrespective of ethnic or religious differences got together to say ‘Go home Gota’, don’t push us to a place where we will be saying ‘
#China
go home’,”
@ShanakiyanR
said.
#LKA
#SLNews
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Popular Sri Lankan culinary YouTube channel Apé Amma is the country’s highest-earning channel on the platform, according to a US survey.
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#LKA
Former Army chief Field Marshal Sarath Foneska ready to take the Presidency if the majority wants. He said he is already getting invitation from
@PodujanaParty
to nominate his name for the PM post.
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#SriLanka
"We aren't against renewable energy, we are against corruption"- Protester
#Adani
#SriLanka
#EconomicCrisisLK
#AlertSL
#Power
@CEB_lk
@AdaniOnline
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@MASumanthiran
says - "
@RW_UNP
became President on account of this protest and has formed a government on the back of the protest. Once you have sat and taken your positions you say this is illegal, then all that happened is also illegal. Then occupying the post is also illegal!"
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27
65
Protesters at Majestic City Colombo are marching towards the Ministry of Power demanding to stop the
@AdaniOnline
renewable power project.
#Adani
#SriLanka
#EconomicCrisisLK
#AlertSL
#PowerCutLK
@CEB_lk
1
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#SriLanka
’s public administration ministry will likely issue a circular allowing state workers to wear suitable attire of their choice to work, an official said.
#SLNews
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
5
13
62
#SriLanka
"Although we want
#FDIs
to get through this crisis, we don't want
@AdaniOnline
for their corruption and Human Rights violations..."
#Adani
#SriLanka
#EconomicCrisisLK
#AlertSL
#Power
@CEB_lk
@AdaniOnline
6
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#lka
"Three years after the
#EasterSundayAttacksLK
bombings that destroyed harmony among communities, Sri Lankans have come together to protest to oust the incumbent govt," protesters said.
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8
62
Protest currently under way outside the Mahinda Rajapaksa Nelum Pokuna Theatre, Colombo.
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If
#SriLanka
allows elections to distract from the path of recovery, stabilisation and growth, the country will be hit by a fresh crisis far worse than any before, former
@CBSL
governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said.
#LKA
#SLNews
#EconomicCrisisLK
6
17
61
#SriLanka
's
#FuelCrisisLK
hasn't stopped
#SriLankans
from attending the
#July09
protest in
#Colombo
. Protestors seen walking and hitching hike to the
#ProtestLK
, which anticipates over 60,000 protestors attending.
#OccupyGalleFace
#ColomboFort
#GoHomeGota
#Gotabaya
#Aragalaya
1
18
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#SriLanka
is on a disinflation path much earlier than expected by observers, which will also be borne out by November data,
@CBSL
Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said.
#SLNews
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
2
11
58
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has apologised to the Japanese government for the unilateral cancellation of a Japan-funded 1.5 billion dollar light rail transit (LRT) project.
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#SriLanka
car import relaxation will be linked to ending the practice of giving permits to special interest groups like civil servants, according to an International Monetary Fund program.
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Sri Lanka expects to raise an ambitious $4.5 billion from selling state-owned enterprises.
The list includes
@SriLankaTelecom
,
@LitroGasLanka
, Sri Lankan Catering, Airport Ground handling,
@HiltonHotels
.
#SriLanka
#SLnews
#EconomicCrisislk
0
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Injured Sri Jayewardenepura student Pasindu Hirushan is asking the Supreme Court to make University staff to enforce discipline to stop ragging
0
11
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Hundreds of Sri Lankans vented out their anger on
@GotabayaR
expressing displeasure on
#Rajapaksa
’s recent visit to a private
#Dubai
zoo in the United Arab Emirates.
#SriLanka
#SLNews
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
#Gotabaya
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"Earlier the people were with us but after they got gas and QR was implemented, they forgot about corruption and stolen lands and money, that is why we have no crowd. This is the problem with the Colombo crowd, they will only fight when they are inconvenienced"-Protestor
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#SriLanka
Investigations into the assault on peaceful demonstrators at Galle Face has shown top-level political interference that led to mob violence and the retaliatory attacks that followed, official sources said.
#ProtestLK
#EconomicCrisisLK
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Govt. invites private investors to start a public transport service with battery-driven buses.
#srilankanews
#government
#privateinvestors
#publictransportservice
#srilankagovernment
#electricvehicles
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#SriLanka
will end a guidance peg and will also end a surrender rule from next week allowing the rupee to trade more freely, but will buy dollars to build reserves,
@CBSL
Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said.
#SLNews
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
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Endorsing a view expressed by President
@RW_UNP
that
#SriLanka
must be developed into a hub of the Indo-Pacific region, main opposition
@sjbsrilanka
- MP
@HarshadeSilvaMP
called for an all-party government to “work towards creating this new
#SriLanka
.”
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#SriLanka
"We are thankful for
@IndiainSL
's support but there are deals within deals going on. We still call for transparency"
#Adani
#SriLanka
#EconomicCrisisLK
#AlertSL
#Power
#CEB
@AdaniOnline
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#SriLanka
's
#aragalaya
protestors write messages on the water cannon trucks.
#ProtestLK
#aragalaya
#EconomicCrisisLK
#CountryToColombo
#GotaGoGama
#OccupyGalleFace
#GoHomeGota
#OccupyPresidentsHouse
#PowerToThePeople
2
18
50
Group led by
#SriLanka
opposition
@sjbsrilanka
members protested in front of PM
@RW_UNP
's office at Flower road asking
@GotabayaR
to step down immediately as he and Ranil had failed to fix the economy.
@Hirunikaconnect
@RehanJayawick
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8
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“We are seeing the pressure on the rupee easing as a result of exports growing and imports contracting and we hope that trend will continue,” Weerasinghe said at a policy review meeting.
#SriLanka
#SriLankaCrisis
#LKA
#SLNews
@CBSL
0
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“If I was invited to be the President of the US or even the Prime Minister of the UK, I would not accept those positions but would choose to stand with my nation, my country,”
@sajithpremadasa
said.
#SriLanka
#SLNews
#LKA
36
8
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This is the second time this month that the church has appeared to backtrack on a hard-hitting statement attributed to the Colombo Archbishop.
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The leaking of a video of a former MP flashing a pet dog does not warrant a police investigation, but underscored the inadequacy of privacy laws, a top officer said Saturday.
#SriLanka
#SLNews
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
23
15
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$SriLanka's Iran-designed Uma Oya (River) project will irrigate 4,500 acres of new agricultural land, generate 290 Gigawatt hours of electricity and also provide drinking water. Iran president to declare open on April 24
1
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- The OIC is “concerned with the situation of Muslims in Sri Lanka"
- Urges govt to take swift action re: COVID-19 cremation
- OIC comprises 57 member states with a collective population of over 1.8 billion
- Visiting Pakistan PM to meet local Muslim MPs
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10
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“Since we are giving benefits to the migrant workers, the foreign remittance is increasing and our target is to achieve the $1 billion per month target at the end of 2023,”
@nanayakkara77
said.
#SriLanka
#SLNews
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
18
5
43
#SriLanka
's
#aragalaya
protestors have received information from the Court of Appeal, thus allowing the protestors to continue
#OccupyGalleFace
until August 10 2022.
@GotaGoGamaMedia
#GotaGoGama
4
15
43
Scenes outside the Viharamaha Devi Park, Colombo, where an anti-ecocide mural was taken down by CMC workers. The Wildlife Nature Protection Society (WNPS) told EN that they obtained permission for the mural from the CMC last week.
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13
44
President
@RW_UNP
bowed to the influential Bar Association of
#SriLanka
and rejected Public Security minister’s nominee for the new police chief, a source close to the president said.
#SLNews
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
7
6
44
A protest held outside the
@ChinaEmbSL
against opposition legislator
@ShanakiyanR
was likely the work of a paid group with little knowledge of
#SriLanka
crisis and pushing someone else’s racist agenda, the MP said.
#SLNews
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
#China
3
10
42
#SriLanka
has posted a balance of payments surplus of 211 million US dollars in January 2023, data shows, as the island’s intermediate regime central bank operated peg with complementary monetary policy.
#LKA
#SLNews
#EconomicCrisisLK
1
11
41
#SriLanka
has to monitor and regulate private tuition which has become a 65 billion rupee a year industry, State Minister of Higher Education, Suren Ragahavan said.
#SLNews
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
3
6
44
We have a bulky public sector, did you know we have one public sector employee for every 14 people in the country and there’s 22 million of us and counting in the island.
#SriLanka
#SLNews
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
3
21
44
#SriLanka
's Ambewela farms has seen strong progress since privatization and President
@RW_UNP
has asked for the firm to be given 30 acres of unused land to grow fodder.
#SLNews
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
2
5
42
Kaushali Kusumapala has been appointed Country Director for
#SriLanka
and the Maldives, becoming the first woman to hold the position, the company said.
0
3
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The opposition Jantha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is now engaged in a protest in Colombo Fort against alleged deforestation in Sri Lanka.
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10
42
#SriLanka
’s debt restructuring efforts were backed back by
#Japan
,
#France
, and other countries at an ambassador’s forum with
#President
@RW_UNP
, an official said.
#LKA
#SLNews
#EconomicCrisisLK
0
10
38
#SriLanka
’s foreign reserves grew 722 million US dollars to 3,483 million US dollars in May 2023 from 2,761 million US dollars in April, official data showed amid weak credit and better inflows.
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
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1
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#SriLanka
will build a Road Maintenance Fund by taxing fuel and charging a feel on the annual license fees of vehicles to maintain the country’s roads, an official said.
#SLNews
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
6
5
39
#SriLanka
’s Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) is in bringing down 30 wellness influencers and culinary influencer Luke Martin to promote the nation’s tourism with effect from February 14, its chairman said, after success in influencer Nas Daily’s posts.
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3
39
Decathlon, a
#France
-based a sportswear brand said it is closing stories in
#SriLanka
after an import ban imposed amid a currency crisis, made it impossible for the firm to operate in the country.
#EconomicCrisisLK
#SLNews
#LKA
3
20
35
The State need not engage in business as its mandate is to provide services such as education and maintain law & order, Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe said defending plans to divest government-held shares of seven state owned enterprises (SOEs).
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2
37
The State need not engage in business as its mandate is to provide services such as education and maintain law & order
#srilankanews
#imf
#law
#order
3
6
38
#GotaGoHome2022
Protesters who are agitated about the
@AdaniOnline
's renewable power project had a moment of silence in front of Ministry of Power to remember the death of a civilian who was at a fuel queue in Panadura.
#Adani
#SriLanka
#AlertSL
#PowerCutLK
@CEB_lk
3
25
35
Sri Lanka’s constitution could allow President Ranil Wickremesinghe to extend his tenure by almost a year due to a mistake in the constitution that has been overlooked since the 19th Amendment in April 2015.
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13
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'Doctors in Sri Lanka in general are likely to earn higher salaries than the average train commuter'
7
14
36
Buddhist monks protest demanding the President
@GotabayaR
and Prime Minister
@RW_UNP
to leave office. Today marks 98 days since the
#GoHomeGota
and
#OccupyGalleFace
protest.
#ProtestLK
#aragalaya
#EconomicCrisisLK
#OlcottMawatha
#Colombo
2
14
35
7
10
35
#SriLanka
’s defence and security establishment is taking up 48 percent of the budgeted state salary bill in 2023, an analysis by
@VeriteResearch
, a Colombo-based think tank, shows.
#SLNews
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
2
20
35
Sinopec has decided to double the capacity of the new refinery in Hambantota from the original proposal and investment, Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said.
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5
36
#SriLanka
plans to connect up to 2,800 MW of renewable energy into the national grid over the next three years.
“We can connect about 2,800MW to the existing grid, we cannot do it in a year. We have a three-year plan,"
@kanchana_wij
said.
3
6
35
Protest happening at Independence Square right now. The square is in complete darkness, masking the growing crowd.
0
7
34
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe have discussed a free trade agreement, a ferry service, an agricultural modernization program, and encouraging private investment opportunities.
0
5
35
#India
’s Foreign Minister
@DrSJaishankar
is visiting
#SriLanka
for debt re-structuring talks President
@RW_UNP
has said shortly after he had discussions with the Exim Bank of
#China
.
#SLNews
#LKA
#EconomicCrisisLK
1
5
35
#SriLanka
President
@GotabayaR
has called on experts to assist with solar power generation as an immediate solution to the country's power crisis.
14
3
33