@Channa_Amare I have already sent my NTB card back. Not taking that shit
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Shantha Kottage
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So what is #NTB getting for ~Rs18 bn from HSBC-SL on 1 May?
HSBC-SL's 2025 results show assets and liabilities held for sale of Rs37 bn and Rs143 bn respectively, incl. Rs22 bn credit card business
Transfer of ~200k retail customers ➡️ Retention will be the real test
#CSE #lka
Channa Amaratunga@Channa_Amare
#NTB set to extend lead in #lka credit card sector with Rs18 bn purchase of HSBC SL's retail banking unit HSBC SL's credit card portfolio was Rs22 bn as at 2Q2025 vs Rs25 bn at industry leader NTB But it does not publicly disclose other retail advances and retail deposits #CSE
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@kamal_rafee @NewsWireLK Opposition has already released BOC letter where they accept they had transferred excess funds by mistake and are unable to recover 51 million
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@NewsWireLK If anyone has made any false allegations punish them mercilessly. If the laws inadequate enact new laws. Equally if one is in fact guilty of any criminal misappropriation land with life imprisonment.
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When questioned whether a double payment had been issued by the Bank of Ceylon (BOC), Deputy Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development Prasanna Gunasena said, “That has to be inquired from the BOC,” while assuring that no double payment had been made from the RDA main account or any other account.
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@MarketNewsLK What’s actually happening:
Yes, fiscal consolidation is improving
Yes, revenue collection is stronger
But:
It’s largely tax-driven, not growth-driven
It’s still fragile and policy-dependent
And definitely not a near-balanced fiscal position yet
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#SriLanka's Strong Fiscal Start to 2026: Deficit Nearly Vanished! 🇱🇰
🏛️ Primary Surplus Soars: Almost doubled (+86.7% YoY) to Rs.223 billion in Jan 2026, showcasing robust revenue gains and spending discipline.
🏛️ Budget Deficit Crushed: Plunged 97% YoY to Rs.3.8 billion — near elimination, marking a near-balanced fiscal position.
🏛️ Revenue Surge: Total revenue & grants jumped 35.3% YoY to Rs.469 billion, powered by strong tax collection (+35.1%).
🏛️ Spending in Check: Expenditure growth tightly contained at just 1.4% YoY, enabling fiscal consolidation amid challenges like post-cyclone relief.
-DFT
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@MarketNewsLK Primary surplus ≠ overall health
Primary surplus excludes:
Interest payments (which are huge for Sri Lanka)
So:
You can have a primary surplus
And still have a large overall deficit
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@MarketNewsLK “Near elimination of deficit” → not accurate
Sri Lanka is still:
Running an annual fiscal deficit
Carrying very high debt levels
👉 One strong month ≠ balanced budget
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@MarketNewsLK “Budget deficit down 97%” → This is the biggest red flag.
January is just one month
Government finances are highly seasonal
Comparing Jan 2026 vs Jan 2025 can exaggerate swings
A 97% drop doesn’t mean the deficit is “gone”, it means:
In that month, cash flows temporarily aligned
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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.
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One after the other.
Dark Web Informer@DarkWebInformer
‼️🇱🇰 The Eastern Provincial Council of Sri Lanka (ep.gov.lk), the regional government body covering the country's Eastern Province, has allegedly been breached, with 10,000 rows of citizen and government employee data put up for sale on a popular cybercrime forum at $150. ⠀ ‣ Threat Actor: wh6ami ‣ Category: Data Breach / Government Data Sale ‣ Victim: Eastern Provincial Council, Sri Lanka ‣ Industry: Government / Regional Administration ⠀ The Eastern Provincial Council oversees the Governor's Secretariat, Chief Secretary's Secretariat, Provincial Public Service Commission (PPSC), and Provincial Council Secretariat, handling administration, recruitments, and legislative work for the province. ⠀ What the leak contains: ⠀ ▪️ ~10,000 rows of PII ▪️ Phone numbers (mobile and landline) ▪️ Email addresses ▪️ Full names ▪️ National Identity Card numbers (NIC) ▪️ Residential and work addresses ▪️ Dates (exam, appointment, system timestamps) ▪️ Gender, age ▪️ Exam statuses (PASS, NOT APPLIED) ▪️ Job titles and workplaces ▪️ Usernames (login IDs) ▪️ MD5 password hashes ▪️ Full text of personal complaints and grievances filed by citizens ⠀ Two things stand out beyond the standard PII. First, MD5 hashes are trivially crackable for common passwords, so the credential set should be treated as effectively plaintext for any user who didn't pick something exotic. Second, the inclusion of full text citizen complaints and grievances is unusual and high-sensitivity, those records can contain anything from workplace harassment reports to disputes with public servants, and would typically carry confidentiality expectations.
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If your system can lose money AND documents from the same place…
Maybe the biggest vulnerability isn’t the firewall.
It’s everything behind it. #SriLankaCrisis
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Real issue isn’t hackers.
It’s that:
Millions can move
Documents can disappear
And nobody notices… until someone else does.
That’s not cyber risk.
That’s governance risk. #Truth
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Also love the confidence:
“There is no hack”
“There is no breach”
“Just impersonation”
So we didn’t get hacked —
we just willingly sent money to the wrong person. Much better 👍 #Spin
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Experts have been warning for years:
Underpaid staff
Legacy systems
No audits
But sure, let’s act surprised when “email interception” becomes a national crisis. #CyberRisk
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Meanwhile, another ministry’s data is reportedly on the dark web for $200.
$2.5M loss 🤝 $200 data dump
We’re running a full spectrum digital economy here. #DigitalSriLanka
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Officials say new controls are in place.
So now:
Treasury payments need Central Bank approval too.
Amazing how “basic checks” become policy after millions disappear. #TooLate
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“We suspect insider involvement”
Translation:
Either the system is broken
Or the system is working exactly as designed
Neither is comforting. #Accountability #SriLanka
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The best part?
We found out about the $2.5M from Australia.
Imagine finding out your wallet is missing because someone else texts you:
“Hey… you didn’t pay me.” #Governance #Fail
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So quick update:
We didn’t just lose $2.5M…
Now documents related to another foreign loan have also gone “missing” from the same system.
At this point it’s not a breach.
#SriLanka #CyberSecurity
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Shantha Kottage retuiteado
"Each episode is met with denial, delay, and eventual damage control, leaving behind a residue of doubt and erosion of trust."
pulseline.lk/sections/polit…
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