K Don Vimanga

[Kithmina Hewage @khewage1]

Rs 10bn = USD 30mn

Here's just a small sample of things you could buy with that money (based on a quick Google search):

👉🏾 10 high-end MRI machines
👉🏾 2 specialized pediatric cardiac wings similar to Little Hearts
👉🏾 10 regional hospitals
👉🏾 75,000 - 100,000 laptops for low-income students

Every rupee wasted on perpetually loss-making SriLankan Airlines comes at the cost of the health and education of Sri Lankan citizens!

[Eng. Mangala P.B. Yapa @MangalaYapa]

ලංකාවේ ආර්ටිකය සහ සංවර්ධනය ගෝලීය වෙළඳපොල සමඟ අවිච්චින්නව සහසම්බන්ධ බව තේරුම් ගැනීමම වැදගත්; බදු වැඩිකර සහ නාස්තිය වලකා, භාණ්ඩාගාරයේ රුපියල් සංචිත වැඩි කරගත් පමණින් සියල්ල නොවිසඳෙන බව. අපනයන සහ ඍජු විදේශ ආයෝජන වැඩිකර ගැනීමට ගෝලීය වෙළඳපොල තුල තරඟකාරිත්වය ගැන අවධානය දීමේ අවශ්‍යතාව.

[Eng. Mangala P.B. Yapa @MangalaYapa]

Heartfelt congratulations @ShiranFdo! All the best!

[Ray Dalio @RayDalio]

https://t.co/p6JrkCnXZG

[Milton Friedman Quotes @MiltonFriedmanW]

Milton Friedman: “I am not a conservative. I’ve never been a conservative. Hayek was not a conservative.”

“We are liberals in the true meaning of that term: concerned with freedom. We are not liberals in the current distorted sense—those liberal with other people’s money.”

[Rohan Samarajiva @samarajiva]

CEB reforms back on track. Congratulations to all whop worked on this.

But would be nice to see the final texts of the policy and the plan.

https://t.co/2pROxMgQLJ

[NewsWire 🇱🇰 @NewsWireLK]

They walked into the shelter with nothing but the clothes they were wearing. Many had lost their homes, memories, and everything they owned.

Yet last night, they danced.

A simple musical evening was organized for families who had been stranded for days. For a few hours, they didn’t have to think about the floodwaters, the missing documents, or the broken walls waiting to be rebuilt.
They clapped, they sang, and they moved — not in celebration, but in strength.

Sometimes, resilience looks like a smile in the middle of heartbreak.
Sometimes, survival sounds like music

[Meera Srinivasan @Meerasrini]

#SriLanka: An initial assessment by the UN’s relief coordination office said over 15,000 homes have been destroyed, more than 200 roads remain inaccessible, several bridges damaged; rail network and national power grid have been affected.

#CycloneDitwah

https://t.co/mYuucmQr1e

[Azzam Ameen @AzzamAmeen]

A heartbreaking loss for our nation. 🇱🇰💔

Wing Commander Nirmal Siyambalapitiya, the pilot of the Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter, has died in the crash that occurred during disaster relief and rescue operations in Wennappuwa.

A brave officer who served with courage and selflessness until his final moment.

Sri Lanka mourns a true hero. 🙏🏻

[Niall Ferguson @nfergus]

"While the world fixates on Donald Trump’s populist cocktail of reciprocal tariffs and big, beautiful deficits, @JMilei is delivering a man-made miracle that should gladden the heart of every classical economist and quicken the pulse of all political libertarians." 1/5

[Daniel Alphonsus @danielalphonsus]

Our government is broke. Like India, we need private investment in infrastructure.

[Umesh Moramudali @UmeshMoramudali]

This was my take on potential officers for the post of Secretary to the Treasury when the gov. was planning to appoint Mr.Hulangamuwa as the ST. My take remains as it is today, and I believe these officials would be better suited for the role of ST than Mr.Suriyapperuma.

[Umesh Moramudali @UmeshMoramudali]

Vehicle importers are getting scared of EVs coz it disrupts the speculation-based vehicle market. Speculation-based growth is bad for any economy, whether it is vehicles, real estate, or anything, because it doesn't add to the production capacity or productivity of the economy.

[Dinidu de Alwis @dinidu]

Keheliya isn't just corrupt, he's actually evil.

[Daniel Alphonsus @danielalphonsus]

If only we loved light rail and low-rise busses half as much #MCC #LRT

[UNDP Eurasia @UNDPEurasia]

The Aral Sea was once thriving—now it’s a symbol of environmental crisis. But local communities are turning the tide, planting resilient saxaul trees that reduce wind speed by 20% in just one year.

🌊➡️🌳 See how via @UNDPKaz: https://t.co/1gGayfCGPa

[Rishi @Rishi_BM]

Harshana Suriyapperuma yet again tried to lie and mislead the public in parliament and was called out by @HarshadeSilvaMP 👏

Lies, lies and more lies everyday in every layer of this government! They got shame despite being exposed each time!

[Rishi @Rishi_BM]

HDS @HarshadeSilvaMP claims major blunder in the proposal to purchase power from Sahas Danavi Combined Cycle Power plant.

This is incompetence at another level. HDS’s question is very valid. Were they smoking something??!!

Govt proposes to purchase power at Rs 20 per unit from Sahas Danavi & based on same reduces price for solar to Rs.14.46 per unit.

However, PUCSL points out major flaw in the calculation. Govt has underpriced LNG & Diesel cost & the exchange rate is taken at Rs.195!!! Further the govt has not so far used LNG, so the actual cost of a unit is Rs.72!

[Dr Chandana Wickaramasinghe @DrChandanaWick]

"Ragging Killed Her: The Forgotten Story of Rupa Rathnaseeli"

In 1975, she entered the University of Peradeniya with pride, becoming the first from her poor village in Maha-Edanda to make it that far. But within a week, her life was destroyed—not by failure, but by ragging.

She was ordered to strip her gown by seniors in Ramanathan Hall. She refused. That night, fearing what would come next, she jumped out of her second-floor window to escape.

Rupa became paralyzed for life. Her dreams died on the concrete outside that dorm.

For 22 years, she lived in a wheelchair—isolated, forgotten, abandoned by the same system that had promised her opportunity. She wrote to President Jayewardene in 1985. She begged for help.
A one-time grant was given. Promises of a home, support, and a monthly allowance followed. None were fulfilled.

She tried to sew from home to survive. She failed. Her body was broken. Her spirit was shattered.

In 1997, Rupa rolled her wheelchair to the garden well behind her house. And then, she rolled herself in.

That’s how her story ended.

No arrests. No justice. No public reckoning.

Rupa’s death was the first documented suicide in SriLanka directly caused by university ragging. And it should have ended the culture of abuse. It didn’t.

To this day, students are still being harassed, beaten, violated—all in the name of “tradition.”

Rupa didn’t die because she was weak.
She died because we let her down.
Her story must not be buried with her. Say her name.
Rupa Rathnaseeli.

Let it echo through every classroom, every dorm, every hallway where abuse hides behind silence.

Ragging is not culture. It is cruelty. And it kills.

Credits: The Sunday Times.

#Justiceforcharith #charith
#RupaRathnaseeli #StopRagging #EndCampusViolence #SriLanka #lka #StudentSafety #AntiRaggingNow #SystemicFailure

[Nalaka Gunawardene @NalakaG]

Typical of state-owned #lka power monopoly @CEB_lk: Having neglected upgrading national electricity grid for a decade, it now tries to blame rooftop solar producing small-holders for grid instability. CEB has always been anti-renewables. So what #SystemChangeLK? None seen here!