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Aritha W

@aritha

Banking Lawyer, Human Rights Activist, Adventurer. Tweets are personal.

London, Colombo and the World Katılım Kasım 2008
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Centre for a Smart Future (CSF)
Centre for a Smart Future (CSF)@CSFasia·
The price of slow progress is rising. Sri Lanka’s trade, exports, and FDI agenda needs an urgent refresh and acceleration. Read our sharp Media Release published in today’s @FTSriLanka. Private and public sector stakeholders must work together proactively ft.lk/top-story/Sri-…
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@ManikkageYasuni @gayaradesilva Any crime is a crime against the State and the prosecution is done by the State. Private lawyers can support the victim by guiding them through the legal process. When the victim is a child, any supplementary private legal support must be sought by the NCPA and the parents.
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Yasuni Manikkage@ManikkageYasuni·
Isn’t the Attorney General’s Department supposed to stand with this child, raped by a robe‑wearing monster?? If our justice system cannot protect children from powerful predators, what is it even for? A truly shameful day for Sri Lanka!
Sri Lanka Tweet 🇱🇰@SriLankaTweet

Over 20 senior lawyers appeared for remanded Atamasthana Chief Prelate Pallégama Hemarathana Thero in the alleged sexual abuse case of a minor girl. No legal team was seen appearing for the child victim. Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate orders Colombo Remand Prison authorities to produce the Chief Prelate of Atamastahana, Pallégama Hemarathana Thero, before the court on May 22. BBC

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Gita Rachel Mathew
Gita Rachel Mathew@gita_mathew·
This Sri Lankan sourdough twist with katta sambol looks amazing !!! 😋🍞🔥 Fresh, steaming hot bread paired with creamy parippu (daal) - pure comfort in every bite. Huge shoutout to @hercules_noble_food for repping our flavours so beautifully. This might be your best creation yet 🇱🇰❤️ Who else is craving this combo right now ? #SriLankanFood #LankanFlavours
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Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor@ShashiTharoor·
Points well taken. Things are going well currently. But we need a major push to enhance our relationship even more! @santoshm
WION@WIONews

"Indians are investing close to $30 billion every year around the world, but only about $1 billion has come into Sri Lanka. So, we need to be critical. Around 30 million Indian tourists travel across the world every year, yet only 452,000 have visited Sri Lanka. For me, all of this represents huge opportunities. We need to ask why this is happening and what is preventing trade and investment from benefiting both countries," says Santosh Menon (@santoshm), President of the Lanka India Business Association

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Daniel Alphonsus
Daniel Alphonsus@danielalphonsus·
Meanwhile in a parallel universe 32 kms away…
Chenthil@jcrajan00

Air India just received its 100th aircraft since Tata takeover. In 3 years, Tata has taken an airline with a fleet average age of 14 years and injected 100 new planes into it. That is one new aircraft every 11 days. The order book is staggering. 470 aircraft from Airbus. 220 from Boeing. Total: 690 planes on order — the largest fleet order in aviation history. Not by an American airline. Not by Emirates. By an Indian airline that was bankrupt 4 years ago. Air India's domestic market share has climbed from 8 percent to 15 percent. International routes from 10 Indian cities that had no direct long-haul service now have Air India nonstops. Revenue per seat-kilometre improved 34 percent. On-time performance crossed 85 percent from 60 percent. The Tata playbook is becoming a case study. Take a destroyed PSU brand. Inject capital. Fix operations. Order at massive scale to get aircraft pricing leverage. Then use the brand's international route rights — which took decades to accumulate — as the moat. The skeptics said Tata overpaid at 18,000 crore. Air India is now booking 15,000 crore in revenue per quarter. The entire acquisition cost is recovered in 5 quarters of revenue.

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@SethFromColombo Rajagiriya doesn’t belong to Colombo. Also, the green algae is a result of prolonged dry weather which has reduced the flow and depth of the water and increased its temperature.
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Lihini Fernando
Lihini Fernando@LihiniFernando·
When national interest rises above party politics, When integrity and ethics outweigh individual ambition, That is where you find @EranWick Eran Wickramaratne. When his own party failed to recognise his true worth, The ruling party made the smarter call. Credit to President AKD for choosing meritocracy over party politics, for placing the right person in the right role, rather than siding to party loyalty. Looking at the interim committee, what stands out is balance. The industry specialists, financial minds, legal expertise, strong female representation and the leadership. I’m sure it was Eran who recommended the names. Many would agree that some of the finest minds in our political landscape presently have spent years on the opposition benches, without the opportunity to truly govern. So, appointments like this- at least aimed at restoring a game we all cherish is a refreshing signal, that real progress requires looking outside ones own camp and President AKD has acknowledged it with this appointment. Wishing the interim committee led by Eran Wickramaratne the very best!
DailyMirror@Dailymirror_SL

Eran Wickramaratne appointed Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee Read More dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/…

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@WrongLK @anuradisanayake If you don’t want to buy Pakistani milk - don’t buy it. No one is forcing you. Let market forces reign and let consumers choose what they want to consume.
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Yasuni Manikkage
Yasuni Manikkage@ManikkageYasuni·
Things I utterly condemn: – Children being forced to become monks or priests – Celibate clergy preaching to us about sex education As a doctor, I’ve seen enough child abuse by clergy. Be done with the silence. These cover-ups must end now.
The Examiner@ExaminerLK

“The church sometimes hides these things,” said Deepa Fernando, a nun and educationist. She is hopeful that things are slowly changing — mostly through examples in countries like Ireland where priests have even been sentenced to prison. examiner.media/after-a-little…

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Murtaza Jafferjee
Murtaza Jafferjee@murtazajaff·
MCC had nothing to do with SOFA. The link was concocted by our zealots. Saying no to MCC was the biggest policy blunder - we probably gave up 1 percent annual gdp growth over a decade. The focus of the MCC was evidence based - usd 480 mn, usd 300 mn was to improve connectivity including bus rapid transit. USD 60 mn was to improve land management including titling -
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@ManikkageYasuni explains well why informed children are a threat to those that want to abuse them. And why there is so much resistance to comprehensive Sex Ed - because there is so much abuse.
Yasuni Manikkage@ManikkageYasuni

This is good journalism.@ExaminerLK Children abused, silenced & sacrificed to protect the image of a church. While survivors are still trying to heal, the same priests roar against sex education in schools. They know: informed, empowered children are harder to groom, harder to control. That’s why they fear knowledge more than they fear abuse being repeated.

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@SuDharmapala @rukmankan @ExaminerLK Of course, that’s why the pedophile rings have been so activated about comprehensive sex and relationship education to children. Once you teach children things like “consent” and what abuse is, they will hopefully get caught out.
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Aritha W@aritha·
Horrifying expose by the @ExaminerLK on the Sri Lankan Catholic Church’s cover up of sexual abuse of young boys. No wonder Cardinal Ranjith wants to keep children ignorant on sexual health and rights. So his priests can continue to molest young kids and get away with it.
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@Zacchariahshums @ExaminerLK The vast vast majority of child victims will remain silent and in hiding because powerful perpetrators such as these priests would have subjugated them into fear.
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Zacariah S זְכַרְיָה@Zacchariahshums·
@aritha @ExaminerLK The fact is that Roman Catholism world wide has this accusation have paid victims its a insult to all those good roman catholic folk . Its disgusting in the Sri lankan context as the victims are helpless & will not appeal .
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Chef John 🇱🇰🇵🇸
Chef John 🇱🇰🇵🇸@chef_john1·
Sri Lankans defending this are absolutely stupid. Think about it…the gov will prioritize a toilet for a foreigner before making a handicap one. Hospitality matters, sure. But it shouldn’t come at the expense of essential needs for locals. d me
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Shenelle Rodrigo
Shenelle Rodrigo@Shenelle_r·
Official a @lonelyplanet Correspondent! Nine years ago, when we first started, this was the dream. To be recognized internationally and to have the opportunity to be a voice for my nation to the world. We are incredibly grateful to everyone who has been a part of our journey and helped us build our platforms over the years. This is not only a significant personal milestone, but also a meaningful moment for travel content creators in Sri Lanka as we break a glass ceiling and help pave the way for many more to come.
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