I am extremely grateful to the young boys who came to help me when they found me struggling after being hit by tear gas. One guy passing me poured water on me and went while 2 others stopped and gave me water to drink and helped me recover. Bless you whoever you are 🙏
#ProtestLK
I hear some MPs saying the next President should be acceptable to the “Aragalaya”. I disagree.
#Aragalaya
was to remove
#GotabayaRajapaksa
and the Rajapaksas. That’s done. You cannot let a group of people dictate everything. We need stability to resolve the crisis in
#SriLanka
The train engine driver clearly informs the presenter that there are laws as to when the driver can use the horn. Yet the presenter disregards the advice and keeps having fun. No one, not even the media, is above the law
#SriLanka
#media
#onelaw
#pollution
#environment
Thank you all for your prayers and wishes. It meant a lot. The good vibes helped my little girl recover from dengue. She was discharged this morning. God Bless you all. Stay safe
#dengue
#StaySafe
Government going hard against freedom of expression. Standup comedian arrested for allegedly making remarks disrespectful of Buddhism.
If I recall some hardline monks made remarks disrespectful of Islam. Shouldn’t they be arrested as well?
#SriLanka
#freedomofexpression
#SLnews
Global music start
@Sia
says she loves Sandaru Sathsara’s version of her track “unstoppable”. Who wouldn’t like it. It’s so funny 👏👏👏
#Srilanka
#sia
#lka
#music
SLPP MPs are now calling for the resignation of the Army Commander and IGP for failing to prevent the attacks on properties owned by SLPP members. Perhaps they can also push for the arrest of
@PresRajapaksa
who is the root cause of the mob violence
#Accountability
#GalleFace
Ranil has a lot of experience and knowledge and I think he also has a lot of respect in the international community. We need that kinda person right now to address this crisis.
Ranil tipped to be PM in caretaker Government via
@colombogazette
#CrisisLK
Really disgusting behavior by a Fab employee in Panadura. Throwing water on a beggar. This incident took place today (Poya Day) and the video was captured by a customer who had questioned the behavior of the employee
#SriLanka
#lka
#HumanityFirst
3.55am: After several attempts to enter Galle Face and sitting near a military barricade near Cinnamon Grand Hotel I returned to office. Hearing a Getty Images photographer and a BBC Tamil journalist among those assaulted by military/Police at Galle Face
#SriLanka
#GalleFace
Really???? I mean really? I recall the words of late Mangala Samaraweera who said not to worship any politician. This young girl has made Sri Lanka proud. Our politicians must worship her
#SriLanka
#CommonwealthGames2022
Journalist Indika Sri Aravinda who has tested positive for Covid and has been admitted to the Panadura Base Hospital shows us the real picture in some hospitals. The ward he is in has only around 12 beds but there are around 25 patients. Aravinda doesn’t have a bed
#Srilanka
#lka
Thousands of university students gather at Galle Face after protesting near the Prime Minister's residence at Wijerama. Huge applause as the university students reach the gates of the Presidential Secretariat
#GotaGoGama
#OccupyGalleFace
#GotaGoHome2022
#GoHomeRajapakses
Talk about timing. The very day Chinese Defence Minister was arriving in Sri Lanka (Tuesday) my website
@colombogazette
was attacked by bots forcing it to crash. Source of bots found to be from China. These chinese I tell you....
#SriLanka
#lka
#China
#cybersecurity
Cops saluting former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka at a protest staged by the opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya at Independence Square today (Pic courtesy AFP)
#Srilanka
#lka
#respect
Met a group of Indian diplomats. They were of high praise over the manner in which
@kanchana_wij
is handing the fuel issue. Said they have faith in his ability to deliver. Credit must be given where it’s due even if it’s not the popular opinion
#SriLanka
#lka
#FuelCrisisLK
The audacity this man
@GotabayaR
has to pose for photographs enjoying and drinking wine after destroying Sri Lanka is so many ways. And look at the man next to him 🤦♂️
#GohomeGota
#Gotagohome
#SriLanka
Some Police and Military officers are showing their true colors at fuel stations these days. Kickboxing, chokeholding and assaulting people. Their actions are allowed to go unpunished? This is
@GotabayaR
style crowd control
#brutality
#SrLank
#FuelCrisisLK
Red Bull skydivers jumped off the Lotus Tower and made a perfect landing. The event was organized by
@tourismlk
@CinnamonHotels
and Red Bull.
Sri Lanka Tourism is looking to promote extreme sports to attract more tourists to the country
#SriLanka
#tourism
#RedBull
Kalpitiya Reef under serious threat from Norochcholai Coal Power Plant: The coal ash and dust particles emitted from the plant pose a serious threat to the area’s agricultural crops as well
#Srilanka
#lka
@Norochcholai
#China
A resident of Parliament Road gives protesters a thumbs-up after they intervened and pushed the Police to let her go past the barricades
#SriLanka
#lka
#ParliamentLK
#ProtestLK
Well well well. Second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine given at
@PresRajapaksa
temple in Narahenpita today based on a list at the temple. Who prepared this list? On what basis were people selected? So much for transparency
#Srilanka
#Lka
#Covishield
#vaccine
(1/1) The countdown has begun. In a couple of months I will be saying goodbye to my lovely country
#SriLanka
. Will be migrating to
#Adelaide
#Australia
in search for a new life and fresh start for my family and me. My future as a journalist is uncertain. (Contd)
7:35PM A man is standing down Dickman’s Road Bambalapitiya closer to the junction where a taco restaurant was, with a sign Please Help. I stopped and offered what I could. He said he needs cash to survive for the next 10 days (Thanks to lockdown) 😪
#LockDownSl
One of the nicest politicians I came across. Really devastating news that Mangala Samaraweera is no more. Met him last year for an interview and sadly that will be the last time we meet
#RIPMangalaSamaraweera
#MangalaSamaraweera
The
@RW_UNP
we see today is not the same RW we saw some months and years back. He is sounding more and more like a Rajapaksa now. Wants his way or else…. Such an attitude led to the downfall of the Rajapaksas. Dictatorial rule never works
#SriLanka
#Lka
#RanilRajapaksa
I guess the Iranian President didn’t expect this kinda reaction from the public…..The people didn’t give in to Gota when he closed roads and now they are sending Ranil a clear message as well
#SriLanka
#Ranil
#publicprotests
Where are our Chief Prelates (Mahanayaka Theros) ? Rather silent when their monks from the Sihala Rawaya are upto no good. Does this mean they condone this kinda activity? Not a “threat” to Buddhism in Sri Lanka?
#SriLanka
#fakemonks
#budhism
Sri Lanka Tourism Ambassador and former cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya met leading Indian actor Mammootty, who is in Sri Lanka to record a new movie.
Jayasuriya thanked the actor for visiting Sri Lanka and called him a true superstar.
@Sanath07
@mammukka
#SriLanka
#India
Sri Lanka's Yupun Abeykoon won the bronze in the men's 100 m finals at the Commonwealth Games 2022 clocking 10.14 seconds. Kenya won Gold and South Africa claimed silver
#Srilanka
#lka
#CommonwealthGames2022
So I see some are attempting to make this Mahabage accident into a racial issue. I have no intention of defending the teen. But it was still an accident. And had nothing to do with the fact that the boy was a Muslim
#SayNoToRacism
#Srilanka
#lka
CEB has cut my electricity saying payment made online not received. Nations Trust Bank says payment deducted from my account so not sure why it didn’t reach CEB. So much for digitalization.
@kanchana_wij
@NationsTrustLK
Well well well. The hidden hand behind the new PM? Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena meets Basil Rajapaksa at the SLPP headquarters
#Politics
#SriLanka
My mom passed away on Tuesday night. Her remains will be at the Jayaratne funeral parlor on Friday from 8.30am to 10.00pm and Saturday from 8.30am to 4pm. Service at 4pm and burial at 4.45pm at Borella Kanatta cemetery. Do keep my mom in your prayers 🙏
Seems there maybe a misunderstanding about the Sri Lanka flag without the minority colors taken at the Nawam Perehera today.
Fact is both flags were taken. With minority colors and without. The flags without were taken to show ancient culture. So guess there is no issue
#Throwback
to 2006 when I visited rebel held territory in the East of
#SriLanka
and interviewed the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) including the women’s wing leader of the area at the time and her young bodyguard. No idea what happened to them during the final stages of the war in 2008-2009
Canada’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, David McKinnon tweeted asking if he was under surveillance after at least two newspapers published details of visitors to Canada House in Colombo 07.
#Srilanka
#lka
#Canada
#surveillance
@McKinnonDavid
The Minister of Ports comes to a press conference on the MV X-Press Pearl and talks crap wasting the time of the media. Look at the reactions from some of us on the right of the screen. He had no knowledge of the issue at hand
#Srilanka
#lka
#politics
#MVXPressPearl
Errr….. wait what Ministry does he hold in the Government? I get it that some MPs are going on these visits. But are these visits really required? Do we have so much money? Just asking
#SriLanka
#lka
#justasking
#UNGA
The Revaluation has begun!!!! Just returned to Colombo from Hambantota. The crowds along the roads are amazing. Well disciplined in most places. My humble appeal to all is not to engage in violence. And my humble request to all the Rajapaksa’s is please go.
#GoHomeRajapakshas
A cop gives hand sanitizer to a woman on the street in Colombo during a special operation to arrest people violating the coronavirus guidelines
#CoronaPandemic
#SriLanka
#lla
#Police
This whole "drama" of making Mahinda to resign and GR and the other Rajapaksas to remain cannot and should not be accepted. The people have spoken. The trending # in Sri Lanka is
#GoHomeRajapakshas
So it should be nothing short of that!!!!
@sajithpremadasa
@RW_UNP
@MASumanthiran
#BREAKING
: Sri Lanka has reportedly secured AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines to be used as the second dose. The stocks are expected to arrive in Sri Lanka over the next two weeks. The Government is yet to make an official announcement
#Srilanka
#lka
#AstraZeneca
#CovidVaccine
(1/2) Looking at social media today and reports from the ground, the message is very clear. A lot of people, including those who supported the Rajapaksas, are dejected at the state of affairs in Sri Lanka. The chorus calling for change has intensified...
#Srilanka
#lka
#change
TNA MP Shanakiya Rasamanickam questions the appointment of a Task Force on ‘One Country, One Law’ headed by a monk accused of violating the rights of minorities
#Srilanka
#lka
#OneCountryOneLow
@ShanakiyanR
This is going to be a very "dirty" marriage between Ranil and Mahinda. Both will use each other to stay alive in politics...... Mahinda is known to be corrupt and Ranil is known to be a fox.
Country's future at stake?
#Srilanka
#lka
#UNP
#SLPP
#LGPolls
People I am speaking to are actually saying they have no issues if any property in Sri Lanka is “sold” to foreigners as long as we get USD and the people get fuel and food.
The public have lost hope
#PrayforSriLanka
#CrisisLK
#SriLanka
Arrest those CPC fellows. These CPC and CEB unions have ruined the country
“Secretary to the Ministry of Energy held hostage inside his office by CPC & Sapugaskanda employees who are protesting against the proposal to hand over CPC fuel stations to the private sector”
Former Minister Sarath Weerasekera today warned the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) not to test the patience of Buddhists.
via
@colombogazette
#SriLanka
#lka