Perera K @Cokroach

Political Commentator & author of Rajapaksa the Sinhala Selfie, Curious Cockroach-political stories and Pringles for Stars short stories. kusalperera.blogspot.com Sri Lanka Joined February 2011

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Kelum Samarasena @kelums

4 days ago

Chaining law is confusing. Ban more than one person sitting on an elephant. Set rules for Perahera route distance. Ban more than one Perahera participation per week for owners. Order transportation for distance more than 10km.

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Perera K @Cokroach

5 days ago

youtube.com/watch?v=kYVyB0… Most from both sides of the political barricade may feel offended. But that would not change reality #lka #politics #Democracy @NPPSLOfficial @sjbsrilanka

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Sithara @Im_Sithara

6 days ago

චාමික ඒ ලමයගෙ තාත්තා නොවුනාමයි කියමුකෝ... ඒත් මට තියෙන ප්‍රශ්නෙ ඔය වාගෙ සිදුවීමකදි දරුවගේ තාත්තා කවුද කියලා තහවුරු කරගන්න පරීක්ෂණ වලට විරුද්ධ වෙන්නෙ කොහොමද කියලා. අදාල පාර්ශවයට විරුද්ධත්වයකින් තොරව පරීක්ෂණ වලට සහභාගි වෙන්න තරම් නීතියක් නැද්ද 🤔 අඩුම තරමෙ අර දරුවා ගැනවත් සලකලා

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Kelum Samarasena @kelums

6 days ago

The river makes a statement at least once every year. Mahaweli is demanding its reservation. Its never the poor who takeover the riverbanks.They are neither powered nor 'empowered' to loot, launch ops and stay there govt after govt.

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Sajith Cooray @SajithCooray

7 days ago

@kelums Saw a waterfall flowing directly across the road heading towards Neliya. 🌊 Not a single police officer in sight to stop vehicles from crossing dangerously. One slip and it’s a terrifying drop down the precipice. Total disregard for human life.

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Perera K @Cokroach

7 days ago

@kelums hirunews.lk/481130/risk-of… Police have announced

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sunanda deshapriya @sunandadesh

a week ago

Attention @HRCSL @UNSriLanka

Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners @CPRPSRILANKA

a week ago

URGENT STATEMENT | Mahara Prison | 07.40 PM Information received that several fatalities have occurred within Mahara Prison, with multiple inmates lying injured. It is further reported that prison officers are opening fire and blocking inmates from assisting the wounded. If

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eksith @eksith1

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Perera K @Cokroach

a week ago

How Harini Amarasuriya Taught Us the Wrong Lesson harideshaya.lk/news/1395/ via @Harideshaya.lk #lka #EducationCrisis #Betrayal

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My Thoughts @cfa3thoughts

2 weeks ago

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Perera K @Cokroach

2 weeks ago

@LihiniFernando Sadly you have ignored PrezJRJ threats on judiciary and stoning of judges residence and CJ Neville Samarakoon had to say about JRJ intimidations of the Higher Courts. This just a reminder lankatruth.com/en/?p=28750

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Namini Wijedasa @nimilamalee

2 weeks ago

Since 2009, #SriLanka has spent billions in taxpayer funds on designs, consultancies and construction related to expansion of Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA). But there’s still no 2nd terminal to show for it. *Project conceptualised in 2009 to expand BIA’s passenger movement capacity from 6 to 12mn; Rs 405.15mn spent as consultancy expenses on designing works. Later changed from 6 to 15mn pax. Consultancy expenditure wasted. *New consultancy agreement signed in March 2014 with a Japanese joint venture and amended in 2016, 2023 and 2024 to meet AASL’s updated requirements. Expires in July 2028. Consultancy cost has been set at US$ 1.48mn, JPY 3.4bn and Rs. 1.731bn. *By December 31 last year, AASL had paid Rs. 6bn on just planning and consultancy. *Japanese funding arrangements and loan agreements entered into in 2012 and 2016 sets total approved project funding amounted to JPY 74.39bn. As of December 31 last year, only JPY 27.87bn had been spent. *AASL separately incurred JPY 131.7mn in interest charges for the loan. *Loan repayments commenced from 16 March 2022 despite substantial unutilised balance remaining in loan accounts. *Construction was divided into packages A and B, including a remote apron and taxiways to expand aircraft parking bays. Package A was passenger terminal and associated works contract; awarded to Taisei in March 2020 at Rs. 105.56bn. Scheduled to be completed by December 2023. *Work suspended in December 2022 after JICA stopped funding due to Sri Lanka’s sovereign debt default. At the time, the total payment made to the contractor, Taisei, was Rs. 37.23bn; actual work completed was only 6.85% when compared with the planned 30%. *In March this year, Acting Project Director tella Auditor General that 3 items were scoped out from the project. Although the costs relating to these items had been incurred using the Company’s [AASL’s] own funds, consultancy payments amounting to approximately Rs. 96.79mn relating to the same items had been charged to the project cost. *Materials worth Rs 1.995bn for the construction of the passenger terminal and associated works were stored in private warehouses after building was suspended, racking up rental charges of nearly Rs 100mn (inclusive of VAT) by end-2025. There will be more rental expenses until the recommencement of the project. *Commitment charges and project administration expenses of Rs 230mn were incurred during the suspension period without corresponding progress in construction activities. *Two contracts worth Rs. 3.75bn entered into with a private company to carry out protective works and other essential activities; payments of Rs. 2.935bn were made from AASL’s own funds by the end of March this year. *Out of the total claims paid to Taisei during 2025 amounting to JPY 12.794bn and Rs. 14.221bn, JPY 7.76bn and Rs. 6.64bn were paid as termination claims. This means a substantial portion of the payments made during the year arose due to termination of the contract. *Fresh tenders called in September 2024 to restart the initiative. Deadline for bid submission was extended twice, up to March last year. Evaluation of technical proposals by the Technical Evaluation Committee been completed on 17 November 2025, while the financial proposals were opened on 9 April 2026. Look at the time spent. *Auditor General says further delays in project recommencement are possible, thereby increasing risk of additional cost escalations, continued storage and administrative expenses, and further delays in achieving the project objectives. sundaytimes.lk/260726/news/ji…

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Perera K @Cokroach

2 weeks ago

newswire.lk/2026/07/23/ful… Jaffna Venus hospital fined Rs.03 mn. All outside Jaffna including mega Pvt hospitals in C'mbo fined less than Rs.800,000. Weren't they charged for same violations? They would have earned far more from all these violations daily during past years.

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Perera K @Cokroach

2 weeks ago

@PradeepSrimal 2022 දී බංකොලොත් රට බාර දුන්නේ රනිල්ට. ජෙප්පාවුන්ට නෙවෙයි. ජෙප්පාවුන් 2024 නොවැම්බර් රට බාර ගන්න කොට, රනිල් රට නැවත 2019 තත්ත්වයට ගෙනල්ලා තිබුණෙ

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Perera K @Cokroach

2 weeks ago

Most would have different perceptions. But I think you should read through, comment and share #lka #PoliticalDebate My Thoughts: What's "Marxist" in JVP? share.google/povdKqLB6nH54M…

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Manjula Basnayake @BasnayakeM

3 weeks ago

Controversy erupts over religious construction in Kanniya! 🏛️⚖️ ITAK MP @ShanakiyanR has raised serious alarms, stating that the Dept. of Archaeology & local officials began religious construction in Kanniya today, directly violating a 2020 Court Judgment. 🛑 ITAK General Secretary M.A. Sumanthiran is preparing to take legal action. 🗣️ The Minister of Buddha Sasana has responded, assuring that the court order and the law will be respected. "State institutions must act in accordance with court orders and the law at all times," states Rasamanickam, warning that such actions undermine peace and dialogue. #SriLanka #LKA #SriLankaPolitics #Kanniya #Trincomalee #ITAK #NewsUpdateSL

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Perera K @Cokroach

3 weeks ago

Good intervention. Needs follow-up and more lobbying නීතිවිරෝධී වත්කම් නිවේදනය හකුලා ගන්න-එජාපයෙන් පොලීසියට ඉල්ලීමක් divaina.lk/breaking-news/… #lka #WealthCreation

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Perera K @Cokroach

3 weeks ago

CPA sample of 1,240 individuals that's 0.0078 % of 16 mn #SriLanka Voters cannot by any means represent social perceptions on #governance and popularity of any ruling regime. Stupid for anyone to use it, except as a joke #lka @CPASL @charith9 @HMVijithaHerath @Dr_HariniA