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Rohan Samarajiva

@samarajiva

Policy entrepreneur working at intersection of economics, law & technology. Worked in academia & in government. Based in, but not limited to, Sri Lanka.

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Statement Affirming the Continuation of the Institution of Dalai Lama (Translated from the original Tibetan) On 24 September 2011, at a meeting of the heads of Tibetan spiritual traditions, I made a statement to fellow Tibetans in and outside Tibet, followers of Tibetan

Statement Affirming the Continuation of the Institution of Dalai Lama

(Translated from the original Tibetan)

On 24 September 2011, at a meeting of the heads of Tibetan spiritual traditions, I made a statement to fellow Tibetans in and outside Tibet, followers of Tibetan
Kumanan (@kumanan93) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Chemmani Mass Grave Exhumation — Phase 2: Day 7 The exhumation took place under the supervision of Jaffna Magistrate A.A. Anandarajah, with the participation of Archaeology Professor Raj Somadeva and Judicial Medical Officer Selliah Pranavan. So far, 30 complete human skeletons

Chemmani Mass Grave Exhumation — Phase 2: Day 7

The exhumation took place under the supervision of Jaffna Magistrate A.A. Anandarajah, with the participation of Archaeology Professor Raj Somadeva and Judicial Medical Officer Selliah Pranavan.

So far, 30 complete human skeletons
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President Trump says US has made a trade deal with Vietnam Says, the terms are that #Vietnam will pay the #US a 20% tariff on any & all goods sent into our territory, and a 40% tariff on any trans-shipping. Vietnam will give the US total access to their markets for trade 🇺🇸🤝🇻🇳

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Mike Gapes ⚒🇺🇦🇬🇧 My own view is that terrorism is so politicised a term it's impossible to define it legally in a way that both covers all eventualities & will prevent misuse. Such laws tend inevitably to the legislation of hypocrisy. As at least some of our representatives in 2000 understood.

<a href="/MikeGapes/">Mike Gapes ⚒🇺🇦🇬🇧</a> My own view is that terrorism is so politicised a term it's impossible to define it legally in a way that both covers all eventualities &amp; will prevent misuse. Such laws tend inevitably to the legislation of hypocrisy. As at least some of our representatives in 2000 understood.
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The Hunt, the new web series on the Rajiv Gandhi assasination, is one of the most stunning things on Indian OTT in recent times. Terrific performances, excellent direction and casting on one of the most devastating episodes in Indian history. Kudos Elahe Hiptoola

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🤔 රජයට ආදායම එකතුකිරීම වැදගත් ඒත් සංකීර්ණ තීරුබදු හා ආනයන වලට කරන බාදාකිරීම් නිසා තැලෙන්නේ පොඩි මිනිස්සු . අඩු ගානට භාණ්ඩ මිලදී ගැනීමේ අයිතිය තහවුරු කිරීම රජය සතු වගකීමක් මේ ඒ කථාව ගැන 👇 Aliexpress , Temu හැමදාමට නැතිවෙයිද ? | Dhananath Fernando youtu.be/iXxMo7uNgOM

🤔 රජයට ආදායම එකතුකිරීම වැදගත් ඒත් සංකීර්ණ තීරුබදු හා ආනයන වලට කරන බාදාකිරීම් නිසා තැලෙන්නේ පොඩි මිනිස්සු .
අඩු ගානට භාණ්ඩ මිලදී ගැනීමේ අයිතිය තහවුරු කිරීම රජය සතු වගකීමක් මේ ඒ කථාව ගැන 👇
Aliexpress , Temu හැමදාමට නැතිවෙයිද ? | <a href="/dhananath/">Dhananath Fernando</a> 
youtu.be/iXxMo7uNgOM
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Colombo Dockyards: “This latest acquisition signals greater boldness in pursuing these global ambitions in ways that have long been familiar in the Chinese case,” sc.mp/vprb8?utm_sour… via @scmpnews

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BREAKING: US Treasury Secretary Bessent says Trump will be imposing April 2nd level tariffs on countries who do not reach trade deals with the US, beginning August 1st. In other words, President Trump has once again extended the tariff pause from July 9th to August 1st.

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The article below discusses methodological issues in assessing India's income/consumption/wealth inequality. India is more unequal than Sri Lanka. Wish someone with more than I will do the same for us. thewire.in/economy/india-…

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BREAKING: President Trump announces the "United States Tariff Letters and/or Deals" which will be delivered starting at 12:00 PM ET on July 7th. It appears new tariff notices and deals are both coming tomorrow.

BREAKING: President Trump announces the "United States Tariff Letters and/or Deals" which will be delivered starting at 12:00 PM ET on July 7th.

It appears new tariff notices and deals are both coming tomorrow.
Charana Kanankegamage (@charanak) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Stupidity is repetition of the same mistakes that bankrupted SL since 1948. No need to open 100 new retail outlets. Ensure supply to all midwives. Then sign distribution agreements with Sathosa and all private sector supermarkets. Thriposha can double its profit in months!

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BREAKING: President Trump sends out more “tariff letters” with the following tariff rates announced today: 1. Cambodia: 36% 2. Thailand: 36% 3. Bangladesh: 35% 4. Serbia: 35% 5. Indonesia: 32% 6. Bosnia: 30% 7. Tunisia: 25% 8. Japan: 25% 9. South Korea: 25% These tariffs are

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Sri Lanka has money… but the government doesn't!😕 📺 Watch the video to find out what we mean. 💡 Click the link to see the full analysis: shorturl.at/dzPiR #SriLanka #Economy

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BREAKING: International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for top Taliban leaders over crimes against humanity, including persecution of women.

BREAKING: 

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for top Taliban leaders over crimes against humanity, including persecution of women.
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"දේශපාලන බයිවාදයේ දකින්නට ලැබෙන ජාතිකවාදය, වර්ගවාදය, ආර්ථික ජාතිවාදය, ආරක්ෂණවාදය ආදී සියල්ල ශක්තිමත් වන්නේ බය නමැති සාධකය මගින් බව පහසුවෙන් හඳුනාගත හැකි ය. ඒ සියල්ලෙන් කියන්නේ අපට තිබෙන භයානක අනතුරක් ගැන ය. එසේ කියා බයියන් බියවද්දා තම අරමුණු වෙනුවෙන් යොදාගැනීම බයිවාදී දේශපාලනයේ

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"As the clock rapidly ticked toward the long-standing July 9 end of Trump’s 90-day pause on soaring “reciprocal” tariff rates on more than 60 countries, Trump on Monday signed an executive action extending that reprieve until August 1." cnn.com/2025/07/08/bus…

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"BYD now has such overwhelming advantages in costs and battery technologies that it could end up destroying its U.S. competitors, endangering a critical American industry and hundreds of thousands of jobs. This is why Ford’s chief executive, Jim Farley, last year called Chinese