One of the happiest days for Sri Lanka 🇱🇰🏏
12 years ago today, Sri Lanka lifted the ICC T20 World Cup, defeating India in a historic final 🏆
A perfect farewell for Kumar Sangakkara & Mahela Jayawardene as they signed off their T20I careers with glory @OfficialSLC@KumarSanga2@MahelaJay@PereraThisara@Angelo69Mathews@malinga_ninety9
Golden Hat-trick for Sri Lanka’s Sprint Queen🏃♀️🇱🇰
Fathima Shafiya Yamick WON the 200m (23.58s) Gold Medal🥇 adding to her 100m (11.53s) 🥇 and 4x100m Relay 🥇 wins at the South Asian Athletics Championship 2025 in India Ranchi.
Congratulations 👏👏👏
if the action is wrong dont seek right in the reaction. People justifying the PC who assaulted a lawyer is not right. How can anyone be assaulted in courts premises? And a lawyer is not a someone in courts. This is wrong!!
#LKA
Refusing handshakes after the game is such an immature response from India. Cricket is the gentlemen's' game. It's about peace and unity, not politics.
Disappointing that no senior player had the backbone to do what’s RIGHT.
#INDvsPAK@BCCI
I was on doubt after seeing him batting at the 2nd match. He was just swinging the bat to each ball.
Today's a different story. So much matured and very much in control throughout the innings.
Very well done! 👏
What misuse? Ali Sabry says Presidents cannot separate official & private security
August 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Former Foreign Minister and President’s Counsel Ali Sabry has dismissed the allegations against former President Ranil Wickremesinghe as political vendetta, claiming that there is no misuse of public funds when a sitting president travels under official security and protocol.
Sabry noted that every president, including the incumbent, is entitled to police and security protection regardless of whether the travel is for official duties or personal reasons.
“A sitting president doesn’t have a public and private life when it comes to his security, health, and protocol when he travels. That is true for the incumbent President as well. When he campaigned for the NPP during the General Elections and Local Government elections, how did he travel? Wasn’t he protected by the police and security forces? He should be, because he is our president, whether he is my favorite or not,” he argued.
He pointed out that Wickremesinghe had not claimed vehicle permits, had returned to his private residence instead of using state housing, and had even willed his house to his alma mater.
“A person who had not claimed a single vehicle permit, who had gone back to his own house when he could have claimed housing, and who has willed his residence to his alma mater—do you think such a person would misuse Rs. 16.6 million? Most, if not all, of that amount was spent on transportation, accommodation, and allowances for his essential staff during a transit from the UN General Assembly. Oh come on, get a better case to charge him,” he said.
“Let’s assume he is not entitled—then ask him to reimburse the amount spent. Sometimes these things happen when there is a borderline or uncertainty. This is pure political vendetta and revenge just to keep up with an election promise. I, as a lawyer, will never say someone is above the law. But when you decide to prosecute someone who turned around the country from bankruptcy in just two years, at least find a better case to fabricate,” he added.
Sabry further highlighted Wickremesinghe’s visit to Japan for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s funeral, which led to high-level talks and paved the way for Japan’s support in debt restructuring and a US $84 million emergency grant to Sri Lanka in December 2024.
“This is pure political vendetta. We must get out of this vicious cycle of manufacturing cases and allow institutions to prosecute independently when an offense is actually disclosed,” Sabry said. (Newswire)
Please urgently release Ranil Wickremesinghe!
I join the many leaders in Sri Lanka, South Asia and around the world calling for the immediate release of Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 former President Ranil Wickremesinghe. We are all concerned for his health during detention.
Ranil was the leader who stood up to save Sri Lanka when the nation reached rock bottom of economic and political disaster in 2022.
The accusations against Ranil are without merit. Even if they were true, they will not constitute any criminal or even unacceptable behavior in Europe.
I give full support to the Sri Lankan Governments campaign against corruption, but please focus on real issues!
Sooo…… @anuradisanayake’s man claims Ranil Wickremesinghe will be remanded for 14 days. If what he says happens, that would mean this guy Suda either controls the CID and judiciary or knows someone who does….. he is not doing any good to the image of the NPP Government
When countries like Sri Lanka are given a platform, it is more than symbolic. We are expected to speak for a region, for the Global South. We have done that well in recent years by balancing power blocs, speaking clearly on policy, and never sounding like a client state.
From last year.⬇️
Social activist Dan Priyasad has been shot at the 'Laksanda Sevana' apartment complex in Meethotamulla, and has been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital, reports Hiru
A political boomerang 🎓!
Asoka Ranwala once led protests against SAITM, labeling it a "fake degree campus," and played a key role in its closure. Now, facing allegations about his own degrees, he has resigned as Speaker. - @uniworldnews#SriLanka#AsokaRanwala#LKA#SAITM