Thilanka Niroshana

Just a simple guy.

[Thilanka Niroshana @thilanka]

Donated blood for the 23rd time

[Thilanka Niroshana @thilanka]

@nuuuwan Hindu

[Thilanka Niroshana @thilanka]

Well yeah. But most importantly tax concessions for batteries used for solar power storage. Otherwise no solution for daylight exceeds solar power in the grid.

[Kelum Samarasena @kelums]

At least cut the vat down to ZERO on solar panels....We might see our hydro power in short supply due to poor inter monsoon( possibly monsoon as well). We must be far more concerned than we are..

[Thilanka Niroshana @thilanka]

@nuuuwan I have the same model.

[EconomyNext Sri Lanka @economynext]

Sri Lanka hopes the renovation of the oil tank farm in the island nation’s Eastern port district of Trincomalee, with an India, UAE, Sri Lanka tri-partite agreement, could be a long-term solution for the fuel shortage.
https://t.co/RcGX7KM1NW

[Nuwan I. Senaratna @nuuuwan]

🆕 #Dataset Alert!🚨

⚖️ 10,000+ (~4GB) Judgements from the Court of Appeal of 🇱🇰 #SriLanka, from https://t.co/ZisXSiQ2pf.

https://t.co/Ae9cpXsJah

Includes:
- 📊 Metadata
- 📑 PDFs (English Only)
- 📝 Raw Text
- 🤗 HuggingFace format

🔄 Updated daily.

💡 Perfect for legal research, NLP, data science & #OpenGov projects.

#SriLanka #OpenData #LegalTech #NLP

[Thilanka Niroshana @thilanka]

@gotravelyourway Sri lankan

[Thilanka Niroshana @thilanka]

@MarketNewsLK DOCK

[Asela Waidyalankara @aselawaid]

Multiple sources have confirmed receiving a malicious SMS message indicating a potential #DataBreach. While the full impact is yet to be assessed, the incident may suggest a compromise of the SMS gateway and potential exposure of the underlying mobile number database. #CyberSecurityLK

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This 57-foot Vesak Lantern in Sri Lanka

[Thilanka Niroshana @thilanka]

@AbramsMarcD @PunadiyaX @grok https://t.co/M8UzbGfoNM

[Thilanka Niroshana @thilanka]

@unusual_whales @grok is this true?

[Thilanka Niroshana @thilanka]

Donated blood for the 22nd time.

[Numbers.lk @numberslka]

LNG on Paper, Diesel in Reality: 350MW Sahasdhanavi CEB's newest power plant deal

⭕ CEB signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the 350 MW Sahasdhanavi Combined Cycle Power Plant, meant to be LNG-based, built by Sahasdhanavi Ltd on a build, own, operate & transfer (BOOT) basis.

⭕ Despite its LNG label, the plant will run on diesel initially, with a future upgrade planned. This mirrors the Sobadhanavi 1 plant, touted as Sri Lanka's first LNG facility, which President Ranil Wickremesinghe opened before the 2024 elections and still runs on diesel.

⭕ The reality is Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 currently lacks operational LNG infrastructure, including a terminal, regasification facility, storage tanks, or connecting pipelines. There is no concrete, realistic operational plan or timeline for building this infrastructure. They exist on paper, but with continued delays, very little has been done to date to build the infrastructure. It's a miracle if these can get running on LNG within the next 5 years.

⭕CEB got the approval for the project basically with presenting cabinet paper with wrong numbers, PUCSL warned Cabinet was misled on project costs, stating outdated figures were used:

- Diesel prices at Rs.111/litre (actual price: ~Rs.285/litre)
- LNG at $10/MMBtu (realistic 2025 market rate: ~$17/MMBtu or more)
- Exchange rate at Rs.195/USD (current rate: ~Rs.300/USD)

⭕ Based on real market data, PUCSL estimates CEB will pay Rs. 72+ per kilowatt-hour (kWh), significantly higher than the claimed Rs. 20. (Ref: PUCSL letter, April 3, 2025).

⭕ If CEB is willing to pay Rs.72/kWh for diesel electricity, why couldn't they offer better proposals for battery-backed solar power at Rs.56/kWh for peak-time usage? It would have the additional benefit of allowing a percentage of current daytime generation to be moved to peak time, contributing to a much more stable grid in the day time.

⭕ Political parties may trade power in Sri Lanka, but behind the scenes, the 'Diesel Mafia' continues its stranglehold on energy policy, ensuring fossil fuels remain dominant while clean energy solutions are methodically sidelined and suppressed.

#SriLanka #Energy #CEB

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

VIDEO: Sri Lanka's women-run hotel breaks down barriers.

A new Sri Lankan hotel on the shores of Lake Kandalma has a unique selling point --its staff are exclusively women. The Amba Yaalu Hotel, which opened in January, is the first of its kind in the country and is designed to promote women in a tourism sector where men hold up to 90% of hotel jobs

[Thilanka Niroshana @thilanka]

@NewsWireLK Congratulations @nimilamalee

[Thilanka Niroshana @thilanka]

@619Sniper619 agent name @thinir resistance

[Thilanka Niroshana @thilanka]

Good work, agents!

[චීන පටස්  🇱🇰 💙 @619Sniper619]

The Resistance 🇱🇰 battled the Enlightened yesterday at Galle during the +Alpha Shard Skirmish!

#Ingress #Prime #Galle
#ResLK #SouthernResistance #SniperSL619
#SnipersDiary
#ස්නයිපර්

[Thilanka Niroshana @thilanka]

@619Sniper619 Ow. Indala hitala. 😊

[Thilanka Niroshana @thilanka]

@BasnayakeM @Chathurangaab @anuradisanayake @Dr_HariniA Didn't you listen to the voice cut? It's what they said.