Sri Lankan cricket coach Sumith Fernando dies after an alleged player altercation over drinking water, sparking shock across cricket.
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Sri Lanka's Lotus Tower was illuminated in the colours of the US flag on Friday to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, commemorated as #Freedom250. 🇱🇰🇺🇸
What they did was to bring a crane and load two carriages onto two lowbed trailers and bring them from Kandy to Peradeniya. 😆
Minister acting like as if they opened the CMB Kandy railway line back. 🤦🏽♂️
#lka#jeppo#npp
Actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay is likely to become the next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, with his party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) emerging as the single largest force in the ongoing vote count.
TVK is currently leading in over 110 seats, putting Vijay within striking distance of the 118-seat majority required to form a government on its own in the 234-member Assembly.
However, if the party falls short of that mark once final results are declared, Vijay may need the support of smaller parties to secure a working majority.
Parties such as the Pattali Makkal Katchi and the Indian National Congress are seen as potential kingmakers, with their backing likely to play a crucial role in government formation in a hung assembly scenario.
With narrow margins in several constituencies still in play, the final outcome remains fluid. But as it stands, Vijay is firmly on course to lead the next government—either with a clear majority or with post-poll support. (Newswire)
🚨 EXIT POLL: Actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam projected to win 98–120 of 234 seats in Tamil Nadu, according to Axis My India.
M. K. Stalin’s Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam seen at 92–110.
⚠️ Exit polls are projections, not results.
ST has informed me now that he is not able to present himself at the Committee on Public Finance tomorrow to discuss the issues regarding the missing USD 2.5m. This is unacceptable as the Constitution of #SriLanka places full control of public Finance with Parliament and by standing order COPF is DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE for OVERSIGHT on DEBT REPAYMENT among many other important matters. Thus, him being summoned is not an act of discretion but a constitutional duty of the Committee. He has to answer questions by the committee. And he had the opportunity to put the ‘record straight’ if by any chance he was being wrongly accused. But why is he running away? What is there to hide? As the incumbant ST he has a responsibility. He must fulfil that responsibility or if he cannot, he must give it to someone who can. This is also personal to him since he is the first ever politician to occupy this important civil service position; he sat as an MP of the JVP/NPP government and even as a member of our Committee till the day before this appointment. This high handed act shows total lack of respect for the parliamentary system of checks and balances that is so critical post-crisis [that is why the COPF is chaired by a member of the opposition since the 2022 meltdown]. It is a kick in the face of the promised ‘system change’ the people of this country voted for. It is also a breakdown of the undertaking to @IMFNews on governance. His excuse is that President will address Parliament next week and he can come by thereafter. That is not acceptable and unrelated.
Sri Lankan President @anuradisanayake wrote the ground name as Keththarama, not the correct name R. Premadasa on his FB post,
since that’s the name of current opposition leader @sajithpremadasa’s father, who built the ground.
This is the hypocrisy to the maximum…
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