Gishan Wijesundera

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[Gishan Wijesundera @gishwi]

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[Sajith Premadasa @sajithpremadasa]

From July 1, Sri Lanka widens the VAT net, raises rates, and tightens enforcement all at once.

SMEs dragged in. Financial services taxed higher. Digital economy captured. And Compliance burden increased.

This isn’t reform. It’s extraction.

You cannot tax an economy into growth. If businesses can’t breathe, they won’t survive or thrive.

And if they don’t survive what exactly will be left to tax?

[KITKAT @KITKAT]

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🇺🇸How US Special Forces Infiltrated Venezuela?

Stealth design F-35 used instead of F-16 to counter the radar system

Delta Forces rehearsed the mission until they could do it blind folded

How did they find him? Simple. The CIA tracked his 'Pattern of Life'—what he ate, what he wore, and exactly where he slept. They didn't just guess; they knew. Back in the US, Delta Force built an exact replica of his safe house, rehearsing the raid until they could do it blindfolded. And the blowtorches? Those were for the panic room. Intelligence knew Maduro slept behind bank-vault-style steel doors. The team brought heavy-duty thermal cutters to burn him out. But in the end, speed was their weapon. Operators breached the room so fast, they caught him before he could even lock the door."

[Chamith Wijesundera @chamithwije]

Someone please remind hadun how he mocked others. He should say sorry to them 1st before this statement. What an absolute fool he turned out to be. #srilanka #lka

[Sajith Premadasa @sajithpremadasa]

Had the privilege of meeting Hon. @nsitharaman in Delhi today. She spoke with great warmth about #SriLanka calling our nation “blessed with every resource and human talent.” Her words are a reminder that it’s up to us to leverage our position and realise our full potential. Grateful for her kind words and continued support to Sri Lanka. 🇱🇰🤝🇮🇳

[Sajith Premadasa @sajithpremadasa]

මේ දිපාවලි දිනයේ දී අප කළ යුත්තේ නපුර පරාජය කොට යහපත උදාව ආලෝකමත් කිරීම යි. ආලෝකය ලෙස අප සමාජගත කළ යුත්තේ යහපත් ප්‍රතිඵල මිස නපුරු සංකේත නොවේ. දීපාවලිය තුළ අපට කියා දෙන පාඩම දිනූ යහපත සමාජයට ගෙන යෑම යි. මෙම දීපවාලී සැමරුමේ දී අප වඩාත් උත්සුක විය යුත්තේ යහපත් සමාජයක පැවැත්ම සඳහා අසත්‍යයෙන් සත්‍යයට අවිද්‍යාවෙන් විද්‍යාවට සමාජය රැගෙන එන ආලෝකයක් වන වැඩ පිළිවෙල සඳහා කැපවීම යි.

கெடுதிகளை நீக்கி, நலவுகளை மோலோங்கச் செய்து, ஞான ஒளியை பிரகாசிக்கச் செய்வதையே நாம் இந்த தீபாவளி தினத்தன்று ஆற்ற வேண்டும். கெடுதியான அம்சங்களை விடுத்து நல்லடைவுகளை நாம் ஒளியாக சமூகமயப்படுத்த வேண்டும். நாம் வென்ற நன்மைகளை சமூகத்திற்குக் கொண்டு செல்வதே தீபாவளி நமக்கு கற்பிக்கும் பாடமாகும். இந்த தீபாவளி கொண்டாடத்தில், நல்லதொரு சமூகத்தின் இருப்புக்காக வேண்டி, சமூகத்தைப் பொய்யிலிருந்து உண்மையின் பக்கமும், அறியாமையிலிருந்து அறிவியலின் பக்கமும் கொண்டு வரும் ஒளியாக திகழும் வேலைத்திட்டமொன்றின் பால் அர்ப்பணிப்பது குறித்து நாம் அதிக அக்கறை கொள்ள வேண்டும்.

What we must do on this Diwali day is to conquer evil and usher in the dawn of goodness. What we should spread as light in society are good deeds, not symbols of evil. The true message of Diwali is to bring triumphant goodness into our communities. During this celebration, our greatest enthusiasm should be in dedicating ourselves to the mission of awakening the light that leads society from falsehood to truth and from ignorance to knowledge, so that a virtuous and enlightened society may prevail.

[Sajith Premadasa @sajithpremadasa]

Wishing Hon. @narendramodi a very happy birthday. May the year ahead bring you strength, health, and wisdom as you continue your journey of leadership. May it also be a year of peace and purpose in service of your people.

[Chamith Wijesundera @chamithwije]

Bunch of absolute jokers who fooled everyone who voted for them including the npp MPs who are in parliament right now. These guys fooled so many ppl for years and now have no clear answers for the questions asked. #srilanka #lka

[Gishan Wijesundera @gishwi]

❤️ @BMW_Welt @BMW

[Sri Lanka Tweet 🇱🇰 @SriLankaTweet]

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa visited former President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Prison Hospital, warning that social media predictions on court proceedings are dangerous and an insult to the judiciary. #SriLanka #LKA #Politics @sajithpremadasa

[India in Sri Lanka @IndiainSL]

24 Young Political Leaders from 14 parties of 🇱🇰 shared their takeaways from their recent visit to 🇮🇳 organised by @MEAIndia & @iccr_hq. Joined by HC @santjha, Hon. Leader of Opposition @sajithpremadasa, Hon MPs, leaders of various political parties and their youth wing members.

[Sajith Premadasa @sajithpremadasa]

Glad US cut tariffs to 20 % for Sri Lankan goods. Puts us with Vietnam and Bangladesh while India pays 25 %. We should aim under 15 % to give our exporters real lift. We should have a team of trade economists and lead negotiators to keep pushing.

[Sajith Premadasa @sajithpremadasa]

After weeks of hurling insults at the Opposition the Cabinet has now slammed the reverse gear and reopened applications to Sri Lankan day-scholars for the MBBS programme.

What happened in the meantime?
Hundreds of qualified students were left in limbo, scrambling for foreign placements, filing fundamental-rights petitions, and spending money their families could barely spare.

Parents endured a month of anxiety, not knowing whether to pay overseas deposits or wait for a government that kept moving the goalposts.

Ministers burned precious parliamentary hours defending a decision they anyway reversed.

Education decisions shape lives and careers. When policy is drafted on the back of an envelope and shredded at will, young people lose faith in the system. If the Government truly does not know what they are doing, or stuck in indecision, atleast don’t export that uncertainty to its people.

[NewsWire 🇱🇰 @NewsWireLK]

“Those who ridiculed my English have now become the laughingstock” – Sajith https://t.co/a7rqUV0Ej0

[Sajith Premadasa @sajithpremadasa]

388 Vesak pardons were cleared; yet a fraudster not on the list walked out. The President who promised transparency signed the order, so in the interest of transparency and system change, the President should not just pass the buck, but publish the full list in Parliament & audit the process. #Accountability #RuleOfLaw

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Habemus Papam! We have a Pope!

The Cardinals gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel have elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th Pope, who took the name Pope Leo XIV.

[Sajith Premadasa @sajithpremadasa]

ස්තුතියි • நன்றி • thank you ☎️✊

[Chamith Wijesundera @chamithwije]

Clean Sri Lanka ? 🤦🤦🤦 What a disaster...!!! #srilanka #lka