A very close friend got married today, he often used to joke:
“I’ll get married the day RW becomes President”
He did, today, The exact same time The President elect was talking his oaths of office.
Be careful when you Manifest things ☺️
To be clear, the letter in question was authentic, as multiple telco sources confirmed that it was true, however there has been stiff resistance by all the telco operators as data is one of their main revenue streams. Hence the quick denial by TRCSL.
Honestly man, Sri Lanka Army is like a
#COVID19SL
Wishing Well;
Make quarantine centers - Ok
Build 300 bathroom in 24Hrs - Sure
We're out of beds & sheets - Here take ours
We need masks - On it
Also.. We're out of bio hazard suits - We got this
#SriLankanGrit
#COVID19
#lka
Sri Lanka
#Army
ramps up production of 'Made in Sri Lanka' microfiber biohazard protective suits with shoe covers which can be used by medical teams while treating/ quarantining infected individuals for
#COVID19
@Sri_Lanka_Army
A high powered Wi-Fi/GSM jammer spotted near Presidential Secretariat.
May result in GSM/Wi-Fi signal loss to those in the vicinity.
(Image Credits to Original owner)
A crisis is a great opportunity to bring about change: I’m happy that
#CEB
has initiated plans to completely stop pre-printed bills.
This will involve:
▪️ SMS Bills [Urban areas]
▪️ Spot printing [Rural areas]
Kudos to the IT team
Better late than never for
#DigitalSriLanka
Sri Lanka is going through its worst economic crisis, which has triggered a wave of protests against the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. With that, without leaving
#OpRussia
, we started
#OpSriLanka
.
All support to the people of Sri Lanka.
We are
#Anonymous
Expect us
If you ever visit Ma’s Kitchen outlets, they promote this lovely flavored Chocolate Milk drink manufactured by North Lanka Family Foods which based in Kilinochchi. It’s 130/= great value for money and your supporting a small business. 🍫🥛🥤
Lankan actor Hiran Abeysekera who recently won the Best Actor award at the 2022 Olivier Awards ceremony, landed in Sri Lanka to extend his solidarity with the
#GoGotaHome
movement and attend the
#GotaGoGama
Galle Face Protest. ✊🏽
The State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka has flushed down LKR 644 million on software that doesn't work, one that has taken 7 years to build.
Our Diagnostics are lighting up like Christmas lights for LK domains, I urge anyone to check their networks &
#SheildUp
. This could be messy.
#CybersecurityLK
#lka
This picture via Daily FT (Reuters) perfectly personifies how the ICT industry has to respond to this unprecedented crisis, On one hand Global Deliveries, on the other hand erratic power cuts &
#lka
forex crisis.
14 year old Anudi has created 'COLBY' App: an AI chatbot to determine & detect the mood of a user and prompt help and direct a user towards professional support groups.
Brilliant initiative, it's exciting to see so many youngsters passionate about creating
#SriLankanTech
.
Visited Lanka IOC in downtown Colombo. MD Manoj Gupta briefed me on fuel supply situation.
Indian LoC of US$ 500 million is helping Sri Lankan people in their everyday life.
Extremely impressed with Ceyfish outlets, which is managed by the Ceylon Fisheries Corporation. The staff are courteous, the prices are lower than Supermarkets, the fish is fresh and it can be cut to your specification.
Since there was some
#PrivacyLK
concerns on this particular mobile tower I thought I’d clear the air.
1. This Mobile Tower is by Dialog Axiata
2. It was placed to enhance network congestion & quality as there were complains.
3. It’s not an IMSI-catcher 🚫 (see below)
#Pfizer
boost at the Viharamahadevi Park Center, The whole process took less than 5min, Kudos to the Military & Healthcare Profesionals involved 🙌🏽. Please get
#vaccinated
#lka
Seamless experience (for me at least) I’m pleasantly surprised. Kudos to the Dev team.
@kanchana_wij
@icta_srilanka
P.S. small error with the OTP when there is a leading zero (starting digit is zero) I hope the development team can fix it soon.
If your visiting The Narahenpita Economic Centre, be sure to step into the MD factory outlet, selected items go for up to 50% discount and they offer wide range of items which are usually not available at supermarkets.
At this point Chayu is that Central Bank Unpaid Intern doing God's work.
Thank you for these daily anecdotes of economic wisdom 🙏🏾
🧵On Money Printing 💵🖨
The Pringle's chips shape is an engineering masterpiece
It is mathematically known as a hyperbolic paraboloid. Its design took 2 years and required the use of supercomputers (1/2)
It’s my daughter’s birthday tomorrow…
I thought I pen her a cheerful message, of hope, and dreams, and how excited she should be for her future - a tall order I must say from where we stand today,
I hope I find the strength to inspire her…
🖊 💭
I don’t know about the Education Ministry’s recent attempts to bolster STEM education, but this magazine is the main reason many generations of us got interested in STEM.
විදුසර has single-handedly done more for STEM in
#lka
than anyone else can profess.
CC:
@NalakaG
Sent a message on Instagram to my daughter saying “can i send you a link and you send it back to me?”
She immediately marched into the room & demanded to know if sent her a message on IG or is my account hacked?
I have raised her well… ☺️
#phishing
#SaferInternetDay
How to maintain your digital
#privacy
at protests 🪧
▪️If you can, Don't bring a phone. 📵
▪️learn about Emergency SOS features on iOS/Android 🆘
▪️Back up & encrypt your devices. 🔙
▪️Keep your devices on airplane mode, or turn them off. ⛔️📴
▪️Turn off location services.📍🚫
Top Export corporate brands which gains highest foreign income to Sri lanka in 2020.
The
#ICT
industry dominates as top the list making 6 spots out of the top 20.
Further evidence that ICT will be the key driver in
#lka
economic recovery.
#DigitalSriLanka
Legitimate question being asked by citizens why Telcos can't refuse
#SocialMediaBan
requests? The answer is simple, TRCSL is the custodian of Telco bandwidths & licenses, a refusal to comply will result in suspension of their Telco license.
#DigitalLockDownLK
#lka
Day 6 of Self-Quarantine
Day 2 of Lock Down SL
I have now made friends with the parrots who live in our mango tree, I've realized they are fighting with a rival gang from across the street, for control of said mango tree, I've decided to join them in this noble fight.
‘The National Fuel App’s true test will be at the pump: where drivers, pump attendant & fuel station owners have to be in sync for the process to work.
▪️A pilot run would have been helpful to iron-out some of the issues
▪️I implore again to look at transaction load testing.
I cannot stress this enough, members of the Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) will contemplate a pullout from
#SriLanka
if OSB is passed in its current form.
AIC members include:
▪️Meta
▪️LinkedIn
▪️Rakuten (Viber)
▪️Spotify
▪️Pinterest
▪️Google
▪️Amazon
▪️X (Formerly…
CPC to revise fuel prices with effect from 10pm today (17).
92 Octane- Rs.450
95 Octane- Rs.540
Auto diesel- Rs.440
Super diesel- Rs.510
#SriLanka
#lka
Got 8 loafs of bread today, now for the neighborhood bater system;
2 for Aunty K, in return 6 eggs
2 for Uncle S, in return 500g Dhal & 1 canned fish
2 for Uncle H, in return 3 coconuts
That my friends is a modern success story right there :)
#lka
Remember all those Thomians & Royalist that went into Self-Quarantine? Well they are clear today, expect an avalanche of "nothing can touch us" messages on your SM feeds, so much so, their OBAs had to issue a letter asking them not to be flippant about it.
A uni student makes a powerful speech to the police at a recent
@IUSFSL
protest.
"We can't bear this anymore. We can't work part-time, study & do our degree at the same time. We don't get our monthly Mahapola allowance. We barely have 2 meals a day." - 1 -
🚐💨💨 Van with loudspeaker attached:
"කරුණාවෙන් සවන් දෙන්න.. කරුණාවෙන් සවන් දෙන්න.. අද දින එන්නත් ගැනීමට පැමිණෙන පිරිස ජයසිංහ ශාලාව වෙත....."
Van Drives away.. 🚐💨💨💨
වෙත what? දුවන්න? සරමෙන් එන්න?
We need a better comms statergy than fast and furious vans 😅
#COVID19SL
Kiddo tricked me to get her art supplies for a "school project" turns out, it was for her
#FathersDay
gift ☺️ she knows me a bit too well 😊
@ThushaneeIA
Update: Independent Investigations on LK Domain Registry Breach has found that Admin Username/Password credentials have been available on the
#DarkWeb
since 2012, these credentials were active till Sep 2020, & most likely the attack vector used by
#hacktivists
to gain entry.
Any SriLankan should not suffer the indignity of being packed off to another country for their final rites. End this policy, let there be respect for all communities & their sensitivities. Diversity is our strength not our weakness.
On special request from Sri Lankan President
@GotabayaR
, President
@ibusolih
is consulting stakeholder authorities of the Government of Maldives to assist Sri Lanka in facilitating Islamic funeral rites in the Maldives for Sri Lankan Muslims succumbing to COVID19 pandemic.
Saturday's print edition of the 'The Island' has been suspended till further notice, due to prevailing paper shortage in the country. Will this be the same situation for other publications in
#lka
too?
👏🏾THERE 👏🏾 IS 👏🏾 NO 👏🏾 ZOOM 👏🏾 TECHNOLOGY
It’s just Zoom (full stop)
The technology is video conferencing
(My advanced apologies for the pedantic tantrum)
Many moons ago,
@saliyapieris
was teaching us about Executive Presidency & Article 40 provisions, he jokingly said that these clauses will never be used because of the positions power who would ever leave.
Today, for the 1st time, a sitting Executive President has resigned.
Donated 120 water bottles to our
#Dehiwala
vaccination center, it isn't much, but the authorities were thankful - it would be shared among people waiting for their jab. A huge appreciation to all the frontline health care professionals battling C19. 🙏🏾
#CovidVaccine
#COVID19SL
My foreign business partners have noted that it’s remarkable that
#SriLanka
would be able to secure an
#IMF
program in less that a year when comparatively it takes longer for other countries to do so. Now starts the long grid for reform, No time for victory laps, hard work ahead.
‼️The
@IMFNews
has announced its Executive Board APPROVED Sri Lanka’s program under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF).
The program will allow
#SriLanka
to access financing of up to US$ 7 billion from the IMF, International Financial Institutions and multilateral creditors.
#lka