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Economist by day. Tired by night | Views are obviously personal

Joined October 2013
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What will be the impact of US-Israel v Iran on #lka? I looked at the data to understand how supply chain disruptions will affect 🇱🇰 ⛽38% of oil is imported from UAE. UAE has reduced production & is also unable to get any shipments out. CPC says we have 1 months of stocks
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TIN එකක් නැද්ද? දැන්ම ලියාපදිංචි වෙන්න 👇 නොවැම්බර් 1 ඉඳන් බැංකු ගිණුමක් අරින්න, ක්‍රෙඩිට් කාඩ් එකක් ගන්න, වාහනයක් ලියාපදිංචි කරන්න, ඉඩමක් රෙජිස්ටර් කරන්න වගේ ගොඩක් දේවල් වලට TIN සහතිකය අනිවාර්යයි. අවුරුදු 18 පිරුණු, ලංකාවේ පදිංචි හැමෝටම TIN එකක් ගන්න එක අනිවාර්යයි, හොඳම දේ තමයි මේක IRD e-Services හරහා online කරන්න පුළුවන් වීම. ඒක හරියටම කරන හැටි ගැන මේ විඩියෝ එකෙන් බලන්න.
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Rehana Thowfeek | Free Palestine 🇵🇸 🇱🇰 retweeted
With my colleagues @tharushineethr1 @rubatheesan @maligasj from @TimesOnlineLK Time to accept we have a problem.
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“You have 2 minutes to leave your home. If you don’t leave, we will shoot everyone.” -Zionism, summarized in 16 words by Ahmad Imraish, from Hebron, Palestine.
In Hebron, 22-year-old university student Ahmad Imraish describes how Israeli forces forced his family out of their home at gunpoint and demolished it without warning.
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David Graeber explained that one of the ways that Neoliberalism functions is through hopelessness. Kill our hope until we think there is no point anymore. Lula's amazing victory shows there still is hope. We should never give up!!!
Seven years ago, Lula was in prison serving an unjust conviction. Today, he is the re-elected president of Brazil. In 2018, he said “there is no point in trying to end my ideas, they are already lingering in the air”. Lula’s ideas don't just linger. They live! Viva Lula!
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This is extremely poor. The opposition bloc is not centrist leaning and definitely not left leaning. It contains some very right wing candidates. In temrs of policy regarding Palestinians there is little difference at all
The BBC’s Middle East correspondent frames the Israeli elections as Netanyahu against “leftist” and “centrist” figures like Eisenkot, whom she describes as “softly spoken” and “lowkey”. What she leaves out is that he’s a former general and the architect of the Dahiyeh Doctrine, which calls for disproportionate force and deliberate targeting of civilians and their infrastructure. In what world is that left wing?
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Lanka Dispatch Issue 2: How far is Sri Lanka willing to go with regard to connectivity with India? Can our top port keep its edge as competition grows? And a sobering look at the island’s scam centres. Check out our latest issue now! buff.ly/PKtNj37 #LK #Arutha #Economy #SriLanka #India
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ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ආහාර සුරක්ෂිතතාවය සඳහා සූදානම්ද? #Arutha #FoodCrisis #SriLanka #LK
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Yet again, there is no @LAUGFS gas ("kaha" cylinders, as the public calls them) in the market, unless truckloads of them were distributed yesterday, before this post. This has gone on for weeks. It is mindboggling how this is allowed to happen, time and again. Many households have only Laugfs and it is a battle for survival every few months. Some action needs to be taken. Have they ever been penalised? @WasanthaSamar15 @anil_jayantha #SriLanka
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Rehana Thowfeek | Free Palestine 🇵🇸 🇱🇰 retweeted
India is worried about a food crisis. So should we. Read our latest Lanka Dispatch Memo to find out more - arutharesearch.org/post/indi…
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Rehana Thowfeek | Free Palestine 🇵🇸 🇱🇰 retweeted
Excited about making operations and finance accessible and strategic for a growing team, we want to hear from you. Apply now- arutharesearch.org/about Deadline - 26th of October 2026.
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Sri Lanka's ex-first lady arrested over alleged misuse of children's hospital donations bbc.in/4yC5q8E
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We will never forget the most horrific genocide in modern history.
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Is PAYE relief necessary? #srilanka #srilankaeconomy
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#SriLanka's proposed new NGO legislation imposes an obligation on NGOs to “align with the policies of the government” and “not engage in any activity that adversely affects the sovereignty or territorial integrity of Sri Lanka or violates the provisions of the Constitution”. NGOs cannot “induce or cause any public disorder which affects the safety and interests of the general public”. They must not engage in “any advocacy to support political ideologies using funds and resources of the non-governmental organisation during a period of pre-election or, unless it is an object of such non-governmental organisation”. NGOs must also use their funds “only for the purposes it was registered” and notify the Competent Authority “prior to initiation of any crowdfunding activity”. sundaytimes.lk/261004/news/c…
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This is a good breakdown of a politicians assets declaration, this kind of analysis is important to combat corruption. Just FYI the Anti Corruption amendment Bill of 2026 would make such analysis a criminal offence [Clause 11(2)] monetabrief.com/news/sri-lan… (1/4)
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The horror of seeing a baby with an amputated leg, then remembering Israel restricts medical supplies and anesthesia.
Israel killed his parents and took this baby’s leg before he could even learn to walk.
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Rehana Thowfeek | Free Palestine 🇵🇸 🇱🇰 retweeted
. @RajapaksaNamal declared assets far in excess of the bribes he is alleged to have taken. His and his wife’s jewels alone are worth over Rs 100m. Dowry substantial. Foreign travel paid for by Limini’s father, yet NR advanced Rs 30m to his f‑i‑l monetabrief.com/news/sri-lan…
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Tonight Israeli settler militia has burned down hundreds of olive trees of Palestinians near Nablus, West Bank.
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This is deeply disturbing but we must bear witness. Mohammed Al-Najjar's children are weeping over his body in this footage. The reason he is in a shroud is that he was missing his head after Israel murdered him. But will this be picked up widely in Western media? Of course not.
🚨BREAKING: Palestinian journalist Mohammed Al-Najjar was killed today in Khan Younis after an Israeli strike hit his hometown of Khuza’a, south of Gaza Strip. He leaves behind three children who were waiting for their father to return. They were denied even a final farewell after his body was returned to his family without his head.
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🇮🇳 Israeli-run cafes in India have been denying entry to Indians, AJ+ reports. Many of the establishments sit in backpacker hubs popular with young Israelis, often fresh out of military service. In Kasol, a Himachal Pradesh village dubbed "mini Israel," Indian visitors have described being turned away from cafes in their own country. The controversy has simmered for more than a decade, with Indian media reporting similar refusals as early as 2015. The reports come as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has drawn India closer to Israel than ever. India is now Israel's largest weapons buyer, bilateral trade has grown from $200 million in 1992 to more than $6 billion, and thousands of Indian workers were recruited to replace Palestinian laborers after October 7, 2023. In February, Modi made his second visit to Israel and addressed the Knesset as Israeli strikes on Gaza and the genocide continued despite the ceasefire.
Indians can't enter these cafes in their own country because Israelis have banned them.
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