Sri Lanka News Thread

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(06-13-2018, 04:04 PM)stillwill Wrote:  

(06-11-2018, 02:51 PM)Bada Wrote:  This is too good to put on junk thread. Use this thread for non-political stuff. This is unbelievable

http://www.adaderana.lk/news/47995/transferred-colonel-receives-an-emotional-farewell-by-former-ltte-cadres-

LMAOO WTF did i just watch ?  They have non-native accents. They are actors but hey whatever works, wait till he runs for an MP or something lol.

How can we have reconciliation when certain people don't appreciate the positive things that happen. IMO, SW comment on this is just disgusting.

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Azzam Ameen@AzzamAmeen 24m24 minutes ago

Sri Lanka court sentence hard line Buddhist monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero of Bodu Bala Sena for 6 months in prison after finding him guilty for threatening missing journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda’s wife

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Three suspects who are believed to be close associates of notorious underworld figure ‘Makandure Madush’ have been arrested by Kandy Police, a short while ago.

Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said that the suspects were arrested while in hiding at a hotel in Kadugannawa, following an operation carried out by a team of officers attached to the Kandy Police.

They are suspected of being key figures in Madush’s drugs and extortion rackets.

Over Rs 100,000 in cash found in the possession of the suspects was also taken into custody.

The arrested suspects have been identified as Ranawaka Arachchige Rohan Sampath Ranawaka Perera, 33, a resident of Welambada, Munasinghe Arachchige Harsha Anura Deshapriya, 35, a resident of Meegoda, and Munasinghe Arachchige Harsha Pradeep Kumara, 25, a resident of Waskaduwa.

Based on the instruction of the IGP Pujith Jayasundara, the three suspects are to be handed over to the Organised Crime Investigation Division for further investigations, the Police Spokesman’s Office said.

Samarasinghe Arachchige Madush Lakshitha alias Makandure Madush is an underworld gang leader, said to be in hiding abroad, who operates his drug network, extortion rackets and other criminal activities through his accomplices in Sri Lanka.

http://www.adaderana.lk/news/48047/three-accomplices-of-makandure-madush-arrested-in-kadugannawa

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(06-14-2018, 07:23 AM)Bada Wrote:  Azzam Ameen@AzzamAmeen 24m24 minutes ago

Sri Lanka court sentence hard line Buddhist monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero of Bodu Bala Sena for 6 months in prison after finding him guilty for threatening missing journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda’s wife

It took them 3 years..lol

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(06-14-2018, 07:32 AM)Bada Wrote:  Three suspects who are believed to be close associates of notorious underworld figure ‘Makandure Madush’ have been arrested by Kandy Police, a short while ago.

Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekara said that the suspects were arrested while in hiding at a hotel in Kadugannawa, following an operation carried out by a team of officers attached to the Kandy Police.

They are suspected of being key figures in Madush’s drugs and extortion rackets.

Over Rs 100,000 in cash found in the possession of the suspects was also taken into custody.

The arrested suspects have been identified as Ranawaka Arachchige Rohan Sampath Ranawaka Perera, 33, a resident of Welambada, Munasinghe Arachchige Harsha Anura Deshapriya, 35, a resident of Meegoda, and Munasinghe Arachchige Harsha Pradeep Kumara, 25, a resident of Waskaduwa.

Based on the instruction of the IGP Pujith Jayasundara, the three suspects are to be handed over to the Organised Crime Investigation Division for further investigations, the Police Spokesman’s Office said.

Samarasinghe Arachchige Madush Lakshitha alias Makandure Madush is an underworld gang leader, said to be in hiding abroad, who operates his drug network, extortion rackets and other criminal activities through his accomplices in Sri Lanka.

http://www.adaderana.lk/news/48047/three-accomplices-of-makandure-madush-arrested-in-kadugannawa

The government has suddenly woken up to the increasing threat and murders of the underworld and has been taking action against them in the recent past which is a good thing.......better late than never.

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http://www.hirunews.lk/193209/stf-launch-island-wide-raids-to-arrest-underworld-members

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Issuing Sri Lanka’s new development update report, the World Bank says Sri Lanka needs better jobs which are critical to reaching upper-middle income status.

According to recent statistics, in 2017, for the first time in decades, Sri Lanka’s fiscal revenue has exceeded expenditures excluding interest payments, leading to a primary fiscal surplus. However, the report says, despite this and other improvements in macroeconomic performance, the island nation remains vulnerable.

The latest edition of the Sri Lanka Development Update notes that economic growth slowed down to a 16-year low in 2017 mainly due to adverse weather conditions. The report adds that external trade balance weakened, and agriculture and related sectors were hit hard by successive floods and droughts, resulting in growth decelerating to 3.3 percent.

During the last decade, the employment rate in Sri Lanka decreased on average by 0.5 percent every year. The report says low female labor force participation and increasing unemployment among youth have contributed to Sri Lanka’s low employment rate.