SangeethKalu

Journalist I Narrator I Voice Artiste l Vocalist I Copy Writer I @StateIVLP alumnus : “Only personal views and re-tweets are not endorsements.”

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

.@flysrilankan former CEO Kapila Chandrasena was found dead at the home of his brother-in-law on Pedris Road, Colombo 3. He was released on bail on Tuesday, but a court ordered his re-arrest yesterday after prosecutors alleged he had bribed his sureties to post bail.

[Kristalina Georgieva @KGeorgieva]

Thank you Song Hwee Chia of @Temasek for the insightful discussion today on the impact of the ongoing war in the Middle East on Asia's economy. I look forward to further collaboration between our organizations in the lead up to our Annual Meetings in Thailand, this year.

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

Picture perfect: Ex-Navy chief Wasantha Karannagoda’s enema -- sorry, enemy -- ex- army boss Fonseka (R) was seated next to him at today’s Independence Day event. Karannagoda had murder charges dropped under @GotabayaR in 2021, but sanctioned by the US and UK over war crimes.

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

ALERT: US President Trump says Venezuelan President Maduro captured and flown out of Venezuela.

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

This video released by the Transport Ministry shows Minister @BimalRathnayake 's entourage inspecting worksites on the Kadawatha–Meerigama Expressway, due for completion by end-2027. Best wishes, but garlands and objects hanging from rear-view mirrors breach the Motor Traffic Act

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

Currency notes in independent Sri Lanka do not feature living persons, except @PresRajapaksa, whose image appeared on a Rs 1,000 commemorative note in 2009. It tried to mimic the famous Iwo Jima image of US troops --and even mixed up the soldiers’ boots. One brown, other black!

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

WARNING: Serious safety concerns have been raised over the new Suzuki Fronx (also sold as the Toyota Taisor). Popular in Sri Lanka for its relatively low price, the car has triggered warnings in Australia over rear seat belt failures and poor crash-test results.

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

Australia’s budget carrier, Jetstar, @JetstarAirways is to operate Melbourne – Colombo flights from August 2026. One-way fares start from AUD 315. https://t.co/9dbR4nbhUN.

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

Maldives raises nearly a million dollars to help Sri Lanka's cyclone victims.

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

Water levels in Colombo have peaked and in other areas the floodwaters are receding, according to the Irrigation department.

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

These video shared by the Sri Lanka Air Force is of a Pakistan Air Force Harbin Z-9 helicopter being used today to rescue marooned people at Kolonnawa, Wellampitiya and Gampaha areas and an Indian Mi17 taking food for flood victims in Kotmale and evacuating children and the sick.

[Newsfirst.lk Sri Lanka @NewsfirstSL]

UPDATE: Mahindananda Gets 20 Years, Nalin Fernando 25 in Corruption Verdict

Details: https://t.co/iDwv9Cycyc

#news #newsfirst #news1st #newsupdate #newsfirstEnglish #latestupdate #Mahindananda #NalinFernando #CorruptionVerdict

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

Ex-Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage sets a record as the highest-ranking member of successive Rajapaksa cabinets to be jailed for corruption—20 years for misappropriating Rs 44M to buy carrom and draught boards for MR’s failed 2015 re-election bid.

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

Irony of 47 storeys and 458 rooms: it takes a Marxist-led government to push the sale of Canwill Holdings, the company behind the partially built Hyatt Colombo. The JVP/NPP administration is kicking off its privatisation drive with the Canwill sale.

[ABC News @ABC]

BREAKING: White smoke appears from the Sistine Chapel, signaling a new pope has been elected.

Watch ABC for live coverage. https://t.co/boci62JFy1

[SangeethKalu @SangeethKalu]

White smoke erupts from the chimney at #SistineChapel as the new Pontiff is selected. 133 cardinals have voted to select the successor of Pope Francis.

[SangeethKalu @SangeethKalu]

#India launches #operationsindoor by a missile on 9 targets in #Pakistan and Pakistan occupied #JammuAndKashmir. India identifies the targets as “terrorist infrastructure”.

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

ALERT: Criminal investigators have made a breakthrough in their investigations into the Easter Sunday bombings. They have arrested a former top Tamil politician from the Eastern Province who had links with the key suicide bomber, Zahran Hashim. Expect a bigger arrest soon.

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

ALERT: @AdaniOnline pulls out of a 484MW wind power plant in Mannar after the @anuradisanayake administration sought to renegotiate the US$ 0.0826 per kilowatt power-purchase deal. Only last month, @gautam_adani said they want to invest $1bn in renewables in Sri Lanka.