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Sun rise from Arugambay, Sri Lanka. ❤️ #SriLanka

Some moments from today. #Arugambay #SriLanka

Under our criminal law, the police can only arrest someone if specific conditions are met. E.g. a 'reasonable' complaint; 'reasonable suspicion' of an offence. (all found in s.32 of the Criminal Proc Code). Just having a complaint is not sufficient. 1/

When Government is the cause of problems, creating distractions may be easier than implementing solutions... #SystemChange #මේකදසිස්ටම්චේන්ජ්?

Interesting, I was just talking about the Jehovah's Witnesses case (Swarna Manjula's case) with some friends today. This is what the Late Prasanna Jayawardena J had to say about conditions for an arrest.

On May 28, stand-up comedian Nathasha Edirisooriya was arrested for allegedly making comments disrespectful to #Buddhism How did the #lka newspapers report the incident in their headings? 🧐 Swipe ▶️ to find out!

There’s some really exciting stuff to see at the National Archives in Colombo, which is marking International Archives Day with some important exhibitions and discussions on June 9th. Check it out! Sri Lanka National Archives #lkahistory

🗓️ මේ 2023 මුල. 🔴 බදු වැඩි කරත්, සිගරට් බදුවලින් රජය අපේක්ෂා කරන ආදායම හොයාගන්න නම් හැකියාවක් නැහැ. ඒ ඇයි? #NoTobacco #SriLanka

🇱🇰 ආදායම් හොයාගන්නට තියෙන මාර්ගයක් ගැන මීට වඩා අවධානයක් යොමු වෙන්නට වුවමනා නැතිද? 🔴 මෑතක දී, සිදුවුණු සිගරට් බදු වැඩිවීම ප්‍රමාණවත් නොවන්නේ ඇයි: bit.ly/3oHszaM 🔴 සූත්‍රයක් මත තීරණය විය යුතු සිගරට් බදු. පර්යේෂණ වාර්තාව මෙතැන: bit.ly/3N4ErNt #NoTobacco

I wrote this story 15 years ago (thanks to encouragement by ⁦⁦Dr. Sanjana Hattotuwa⁩) recalling 23July1983. Will the “Aragalaya generation” purge #SriLanka of the toxic social attitudes and structures of politics & law enforcement, that created "black July"? groundviews.org/2008/07/30/%e2…

After all the hikes i have experienced over the past years, this view remains the most breathtaking one i've encountered , and it happened 6 years ago. #kehelpathdoruwa #Knuckles #throwback #Hike #mountains

The Camel’s nose(+head) is now under the tent (of our democracy)… If it is not pushed back, this ruling of the Speaker will be the death knell on separation of powers (b/w judiciary and parliament) in #SriLanka dailymirror.lk/top_story/Upro…

Past President of the bar association Saliya Pieris explaining the same point (as in quoted tweet) on democracy and actions of the speaker, captured in this video youtu.be/bwCRRQF6J3g The link above is to the comments in Sinhala, the video below is with English commentary.

Out of 14 countries that carried out domestic debt restructuring in the last 25 years. #SriLanka stands alone in targeting social security funds while excluding banks and private creditors. For more, visit: bit.ly/44p1Miu

Today parliament, not heeding analysis, will pass a bill putting a tax gun to the head of EPF trying to force “voluntary” bond exchange. The monetary board would be wrong to accept it. Shld it not make the analytical basis public and open to PRIOR _external_ scrutiny first?

The monetary board (Mb) and CBSL is in a highly conflicted place. The CBSL cannot be a neutral advisor on the calculations on the decision for EPF. Making the data transparent, seeking external advice +publishing prior, protects the MB from future charges of irresponsibility.

🎯The Constitutional Council plays a vital role in recommending, considering and approving key appointments to certain commissions and government institutions. ▶️Swipe to learn more about the duties and functions of the council in our "Inside the Chamber series".

On 10 Feb, PublicFinance.lk published research findings which showed that #SriLanka has the highest electricity charges in South Asia. Today, PUCSL announced electricity tariffs will be reduced by 21.9%, despite CEB initially proposing a reduction of just 3.34%.

🎯SLPP MPs Dayasiri Jayasekara and Charitha Herath, and SJB MP S.M. Marikkar, resigned from the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) today (19 March). The 3 MPs follow MP Eran Wickramaratne, who resigned yesterday. ▶️Swipe to see who the remaining members of COPE are.