Chaminda D Wasala

[Merl Syrex Chandana @merl_syrex]

The next time World Rankings are updated, Rumesh should be at the 2nd place.

1st place is still tough in the short term. Julian Weber (Germany) currently tops the rankings with 1360 points. Even if he wins the Doha Diamond League on Friday (19th), he will need to throw 93.28m to get to top the World Rankings.

With a 93.28m + DL win, his Doha performance score is:

1291+140=1431

New five-score total (this is how rankings work):

1431+1421+1333+1314+1306=6805
6805/5=1361

Topping the World Ranking will probably have to wait. Diamond League Finals might be the meet to target.

This is assuming he is NOT going to surprise us with a 93+ MONSTER. He might ;)

[Kavi Senu @KaviSenu]

මේ තරුණයා මෙච්චර අසරණ කරපු වැරදිකරුවන්ට දඩුවම් දිය යුතු නැද්ද?
වැරැද්දක් නැත්තම් ඇයි බය කියලා මේ අහිංසක තරුණයා අහනවා. #srilanka #පාස්කුවින්දිතයෝ
#negombo #ANURAKUMARADISSANAYAKE

[hIRU @lahirunirmala]

අවුරැදු 500 ගියෙ නෑ 😏

[Ranga Sirilal @rangaba]

Despite govt claims that no importer had prior knowledge of the customs duty surcharge, it is clear that the $23m worth of LCs opened a day before the surcharge was highly unusual, considering the daily average is $8m. @murtazaj suggests backdating by 2 days to solve the problem.

[TotalNewsWorld @turningpointjpn]

食事中の母親に後ろから息子がぶつかった。たったそれだけのことが、次の瞬間、命の瀬戸際を生み出した。

口に含んでいた食べ物が気道を塞ぐ。声も出ない。助けを呼べない。苦しくてもがく間にも、意識は遠のいていく。

些細な「うっかり」が、取り返しのつかない事故へと転じる。家庭の食卓は、実は危険と隣り合わせ。

だが、窒息対応器具（ハイムリック補助器具など）があれば、その命綱になり得る。

備えあれば憂いなし。今すぐ、わが家の「もしも」を見直すべき。

[Rehan Jayawickreme @RehanJayawick]

Imagine if this was the response of @sjbsrilanka today instead of acting like petty brats.

"One of our finest team members, Mr. Eran Wickramaratne, has received an invitation to head Sri Lanka’s apex cricket decision-making body.

While we oppose the NPP on many fronts, we extend our full support to Mr. Wickramaratne and his team as they undertake the task of reforming the game we all love.

We are grateful to the President for placing country before self in appointing one of the SJB’s own. Mr. Wickramaratne will undoubtedly play his part in steering Sri Lanka towards cricketing excellence, and the NPP Government will benefit from his professional expertise.

We have granted Mr. Wickramaratne’s request to resign from the Working Committee and the Management Committee, as he believes this will strengthen the bipartisan role required for his new responsibilities.

He remains warmly welcome to return to official duties within the party at any time.

On a lighter note Mr President, perhaps once the mission is complete, you may thank us for ‘lending’ him to you.

Please note that the image of this letter was reproduced purely for entertainment purposes and originates from an alternate reality😁

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

This morning, I read Trump's Mind:

"The Iran thing, that’s the reason I can’t sleep. What the hell am I going to do? I gotta get out of there. Am I becoming Jimmy Carter? I gotta get out. But can’t look weak. Gotta look tough. Can't look like a loser..."
https://t.co/qndCA9PfdB

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

Same day, same outlet (the BBC):

Somalis "hijack" ships.
The US merely "boards" them.

This is how consent is manufactured in real time.

[Margarita Simonyan @M_Simonyan]

"We lied about Vietnam, we lied about Iraq, We lied about Afghanistan, We lied about Somalia, We lied about Libya."

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson - Colin Powell's former chief of staff.

"By not securing Qaddafi's weapons caches in Libya, we put more small and medium arms into the hands of terrorist groups than any arms merchant has ever put into the world. Did the same thing in Iraq. We failed to secure Saddam Hussein's arms caches. We didn't have enough troops to do it, so we just left them for al-Qaeda and ISIS."

[Asela Waidyalankara @aselawaid]

In light of the recent cybersecurity incident involving government financial systems, the Digital Trust Alliance, together with the key cybersecurity professionals bodies; ISACA Sri Lanka, ISC2 Sri Lanka Chapter, Cloud Security Alliance Sri Lanka Chapter, and BSides Sri Lanka, has formally written to H.E. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and relevant officials.

The letter offers constructive professional support to strengthen cybersecurity governance and institutional resilience across Sri Lanka’s public sector.

This is a collective step taken in the spirit of professional responsibility and national service. Cybersecurity is now central to financial integrity, public trust, institutional continuity, and national resilience.

Sri Lanka’s digital trust must be built collectively, and strengthened before the next crisis arrives.

[Chaminda D Wasala @wasala27]

Edit Live Financial Charts Online https://t.co/pC7DdwSzMB

[NewsWire 🇱🇰 @NewsWireLK]

A major narcotics haul worth more than Rs. 1.1 billion has been seized at Bandaranaike International Airport, with 22 Buddhist monks taken into custody, according to local media reports.

The arrests were made during a raid carried out on Saturday night by officers attached to the Police Narcotics Bureau following intelligence information.

Authorities said more than 110 kilograms of suspected Kush and Hashish were discovered hidden inside false-bottom suitcases packed with school supplies and assorted sweets.

Reports said each monk was allegedly carrying over five kilograms of narcotics in luggage.

Investigators also found that the group had travelled to Bangkok on April 22 using airline tickets allegedly arranged by a sponsor. Mobile phone evidence reportedly showed photos and videos of the suspects in civilian clothing while overseas.

The seizure is being described as the largest drug bust in the history of Bandaranaike International Airport and the first reported case involving monks being arrested there with a large narcotics consignment.

The suspects, said to be young monks from different parts of the country and pursuing higher education at various institutions, are due to be produced before the Negombo Magistrate’s Court for further proceedings. (Newswire)

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

Kind of insane that the State Department just admitted on its website that we went to war with Iran at the request of Israel

[RT @RT_com]

IDF BULLDOZING solar panels in southern Lebanese village of Debl

They supply electricity for locals in case of power outages

[Indian Tech & Infra @IndianTechGuide]

🚨 Several schools in Kerala are replacing row-based seating with U-shaped to eliminate the concept of "backbenchers."

[RT @RT_com]

Newly-released aerial pics of Iran’s Minab girls’ school strike aftermath

Feb 28 attack killed at least 175 including SCHOOLKIDS

Pentagon's own assessment: US 'likely' responsible for massacre

[Loong of the east @loong_of]

Breaking News: WeChat Announces WeChat Pay Expansion to Five New Countries—South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore Now Support WeChat Pay Integration.

Users can now make direct payments via WeChat scan-to-pay using local QR code systems in these regions: South Korea’s ZeroPay, Sri Lanka’s LANKAQR, Thailand’s PromptPay, Malaysia’s DuitNow QR, and Singapore’s SGQR+ (specifically those displaying both the NETS and WeChat Pay logos).

To date, WeChat’s cross-border payment service has expanded its reach to 78 countries and regions, supporting settlements in 36 different currencies, with over 70 million registered users located outside of mainland China. By 2025, the number of times overseas users access WeChat "Mini Programs" is projected to exceed 5 billion; among these users, those in Malaysia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Korea, Italy, and France have demonstrated the fastest growth in WeChat Pay usage.

[SilencedSirs◼️ @SilentlySirs]

Iran’s Deputy Speaker reveals it: “The Americans didn’t enter Isfahan to rescue a pilot. They entered to steal the uranium. They left empty-handed.” The world’s greatest army… entered Iran as a thief, and left it as a loser. The secret Trump will never tell: America failed in Isfahan. Iran knows it. And the world is starting to know it too.

[Global Scope @SpotGlobals]

Trump: “I think that countries like Japan and China have neither the courage nor the will to open the Strait of Hormuz.”

➖️China: “The Strait of Hormuz was already open before the war. You are the ones who created the war out of nothing and closed the strait to the rest of the world.”