Gamunu Paranavithana

#Journalist | Political_Analyst | Digital Online Marketing consultant in #SriLanka

[NewsWire 🇱🇰 @NewsWireLK]

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has launched an investigation into the recent Negombo Prison violence, while also probing reports of torture and ill‑treatment of prisoners transferred to other facilities. In a letter copied to the President and key ministers, the HRCSL expressed concern after its Rapid Response Unit was denied entry to Welikada Prison on July 7, stressing its legal mandate to inspect prisons at any time. The Commission directed the Commissioner General of Prisons to grant unimpeded access to HRCSL staff and fully cooperate with the ongoing probe.

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[NewsWire 🇱🇰 @NewsWireLK]

Amnesty International has called for an urgent, independent investigation into the deaths of two prisoners transferred from Negombo Prison following last week’s deadly prison violence.

In a statement issued on Thursday, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for South Asia, Babu Ram Pant, said reports of the deaths and allegations that transferred inmates had been subjected to torture and other ill-treatment were “deeply alarming.”

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[NewsWire 🇱🇰 @NewsWireLK]

The Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association has alleged that Rs. 7 billion in public funds are being wasted on the government’s new Metro Bus initiative.

Chairman of the Association, Gamunu Wijeratne, charged that the Metro Bus scheme is implemented by the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) under another name and warned it would further erode the country’s passenger transport system.

“It is because of the SLTB that passenger transport in Sri Lanka was destroyed. Now, by introducing Metro buses, this government is doing the same again. This is how the Treasury is being wiped out. This is a national crime,” Wijeratne said.

He argued that the new buses will not address systemic inefficiencies in public transport, but instead replicate past failures while draining taxpayer money. (Newswire)

[Jinath Premaratne @jinath]

Message from @RW_SRILANKA to be read in @sjbsrilanka May day rally
#lka #unp #sjb #MayDayIsSamDayfor

[Jinath Premaratne @jinath]

😂😂😂 I can't
#lka #kayiya

[Jinath Premaratne @jinath]

දෑක්ක ගමන් හිතුවේ උදේ පීලී පැන්න කෝච්චිය හවස් වෙද්දී හදලා කියලා.
පස්සේ දැක්කේ, උදේ පිලිපැන්න ඒකට හවස් වෙනම්ක් ඉදලා අමතර බස් එකක් දාන්න 😂🤦🏽‍♂️
#lka #npp #jeppo

[Jinath Premaratne @jinath]

❤️❤️❤️ Family

[Jinath Premaratne @jinath]

“JR ආවාම ලංකාවේ නැව් ටික ඔක්කොම විකුණලා දැම්මා” කියන කතාව share කරන කට්ටියට — පොඩ්ඩක් history එකත්, economics එකත් කියවලා බලන්න.

ඔව්, Ceylon Shipping Corporation එකට “ලංකා රාණි, ලංකා දේවි, ලංකා කල්‍යාණි, ලංකා කාන්ති, ලංකා ශාන්ති, ලංකා කීර්ති, ලංකා රත්න, තම්මැන්නා” වගේ නැව් තිබුණා. ඒක කවුරුවත් ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරන්නෙ නෑ.

හැබැයි ඒ නැව් විකුණා දැම්මේ එකම හේතුව J. R. Jayewardene කියලා කියන එක — දේශපාලන බොරු කතාවක්.

👉 ඇත්ත මෙහෙමයි:

• 1980 වෙද්දි ඒ නැව් බොහොමයක් already old, fuel ගොඩක් ගහන, maintenance cost වැඩි junk-level නැව්
• 1970s oil crisis පස්සේ ලෝක shipping market එක crash වෙලා freight rates වැටුණා
• 70 දශකයේ CSC එක political appointments වලින් නසපු, පාඩු ලබන ආයතනයක් වෙලා තිබුණා
• repair කරන්න dollar නැති රටක් වෙලා තිබුණා
• ලෝකය container shipping වලට යද්දි අපේ fleet එක completely outdated

• second hand ගත්ත outdared oil tanker “තම්මැන්නා” case එක
•tanker operate කරන්න:
•very high insurance
•high safety standards

👉 මේ තත්වේ:
නැව් තියාගෙන පාඩු කනවද?
නැත්නම් විකුණලා damage control කරනවද?

ඒකට answer එක economics — politics නෙවෙයි.

“සියල්ල විදෙස්ට විකුණලා යකඩ කරලා දැම්මා” කියන එකත් emotional propaganda එකක්. ඒ කාලේ ලෝකයේම රටවල් old fleets dump කරලා තිබුණා.

👉 තවත් බොරු එකක්:
“1985 පස්සේ ලංකාවට නැව් නැති නැව් සමාගමක්”
— බොරු. CSC එක අදටත් charter, logistics, agency services කරනවා.

📌 සරල කතාව:

story එක simplify කරලා political blame game එකකට දාන්න එපා.

📌 Real කතාව:
Bad management + global crisis + outdated assets = fleet sale

👉 Fake stories share කරනවට වඩා facts check කරන්න.
නැත්නම් මේක history නෙවෙයි — propaganda.

#lka #jeppo #unp

[Jinath Premaratne @jinath]

Bringing 10 buses is a big campaign for small Jeppo
#lka #npp

[Jinath Premaratne @jinath]

අනූරවයි, බිමලයි, හදුනයි මේ diploma එකට සම්බන්ධ කරවන්න.😂
#lka #sub #jvp #sajith

[Team Sajith @teamsajith]

‘දැය හදන, ඇය රකිමු' සමගි වනිතා දිනය. ☎️✊

#LKA #TeamSajith

[Jinath Premaratne @jinath]

SJB women’s day was a great success, they had to put screens outside Nelum Pokuna since there were more participants than expected
#lka #WomensDay #sjb

[NewsWire 🇱🇰 @NewsWireLK]

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has stressed that the Indian Ocean must remain a peaceful region and should not become part of any ongoing military conflicts.

Speaking to NDTV, Premadasa said the Indian Ocean has repeatedly been declared a peace zone and must continue to remain free from hostilities.

His comments come as tensions in the region escalate following the sinking of the Iranian warship IRIS Dena in international waters off Sri Lanka and the arrival of another Iranian vessel, IRIS Busheher, which has been allowed to dock in Trincomalee.

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[Harshana Rajakaruna @rajakarunahs]

අපි පඩි ගන්නේ නෑ කියලා කිව්වේ,කෙලින් ගන්නේ නෑ පක්ෂේ අරමුදල හරහා ගන්නවා.
රටේ මිනිස්සු මේවා විශ්වාස කලා.!

#HarshanaRajakaruna #SamagiJanaBalawegaya #SriLankaPolitics

[Samagi Jana Balawegaya @sjbsrilanka]

දිට්වා හේතු කරගෙන හදිසි නීතිය පනවන්නේ ඇයි?
ආණ්ඩුවට විරුද්ධව එන බලවේග පාලනය කිරීමටද?

[NewsWire 🇱🇰 @NewsWireLK]

Leader of the Opposition, Sajith Premadasa, met with the Rt. Hon. David Lammy, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, at the Office of the Leader of the Opposition in Colombo for wide-ranging discussions on democratic governance, trade expansion, and bilateral humanitarian cooperation.

[NewsWire 🇱🇰 @NewsWireLK]

“If you’re so confident that this government is popular, hold the provincial council elections,” Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa challenges the government over delays in conducting the polls despite claims that it holds a 65% approval rating.

[Jinath Premaratne @jinath]

Good questions by @sajithpremadasa . The officials couldn’t answer the questions. He pointed out normally you need 0.36 KG coal to generate 1KWpH, but with these new shipments it’s much higher.
#lka #sjb #sajith #srilanka #premadasa

[California Democratic Party @CA_Dem]

Let us remember and honor leadership that promotes unity, compassion, and a commitment to justice for all. #PresidentsDay

[Sajith Premadasa @sajithpremadasa]

CEB proposal to raise electricity prices by 13.56% for the second quarter is once again in direct violation of the electoral promise announced by AKD on election stage, which was to reduce electricity prices by 33%. When will AKD fulfill this promise without continuously lying to the people.