This is dire... but not a surprise. We have built a system that routinely fails victims of abuse. Recently, a friend was physically assaulted by her husband. When she went to the police and made a complaint, the response was for the policewoman to call the husband and ask him to take her home because men are seen as the head of the household. That entrenched misogyny meant she was asked to be patient, think of the children, and try to work things out... and this was after she had been battered. The case is still going nowhere, and she remains trapped in that home, still living with a violent and unpredictable man. So when people ask why there is outrage when children allege abuse, this is why... If grown women can't get protection from a system steeped in misogyny and power imbalances, what chance does a child have? Then add another layer.. the reverence and protection afforded to religious institutions. Those children are not just fighting an individual abuser but an entire system. That is why people are angry, why I am angry. That is why this has touched a nerve throughout the country. Anyone who feels that this is an attack on the institution of Buddhism needs to rethink their worldview. It is the abuser who is denigrating the religion, not those asking for accountability on behalf of voiceless children. #SriLanka #AccountabilityProjectLK #SystemChangeLK

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The monk must be immediately removed from position as the chief prelate responsible for key historic places in Anuradhapura including Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi. The alleged crime surfaced in 2022. Siyam Nikaya heads should've taken action long before.

"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

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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“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-littl…

As a foreign investor based in Colombo, bringing in forex & employing talented Sri Lankans, Guillaume Bleau’s article resonates deeply. The “hidden tax” of visa bureaucracy is exhausting. 10 days lost chasing papers across silos (Immigration, BOI, ministries), outdated instructions, silent digital screens and the classic “start earlier next year” response. This isn’t isolated—it’s the daily reality for many of us contributing to SL’s economy. We love the potential here : brilliant people, strategic location, growing stability, but when admin hassle outweighs business value, capital flees elsewhere. Govt is moving: Digital Nomad Visa launched / longer investor visas for higher investments, BOI’s one-stop push. These are real steps forward. Yet execution lags—residence renewals still demand physical runs, fragmented processes, and enforcement gaps that hit legit players while abusers slip through. Time to accelerate & fully digitize (integrated online portal across agencies) cut unnecessary layers, update guidance, enforce consistently. @ImmigrationSL @BOI_SriLanka @PresidentsOffice @Dr_HariniA @BimalRathnayake @Chathurangaab

The needs, directions and capacity of finance should be determined by the people’s representatives via the parliamentary process, not by the IMF board. Finance is not rocket science and there are enough and more experts to draft a local model for that.

🚨🚨Chief Minister MK Stalin rolls out the first car, Range Rover Evoque, from the greenfield Tata Motors JLR manufacturing facility in Ranipet district. The CM drove the first car with Tata Sons' chairman N Chandrasekaran in the front seat... #InvestInTN #Tata

Sri Lankans, stand up—it’s OUR country ♥️✨ Tourism is crucial for our economy and we warmly welcome visitors who respect our land and people, but we will NOT be bullied or pushed aside in our own home. In the south coast on NYE, there were many incidents (with credible reports) that locals were being discriminated and made to feel unwelcome in places that had a majority of foreigners. That’s unacceptable. Foreign residents and visitors are welcome to enjoy Sri Lanka, join, celebrate and be part of the community—just like any Lankan but no one gets to exclude or disrespect us on our soil 🙏🏽 Fellow Sri Lankans : Be brave. Speak up. Report discrimination. Demand equal access and respect. This is our home—let’s protect it with pride and unity. ♥️🇱🇰