Lankan | infrastructure | Asian culture enthusiast | Eastern World | pro unity | South-Asian | geopolitics .
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Ceylon Catalyst 🇱🇰 retweeted
I am on my 1200th km here, and I haven’t spotted a single pothole so far. How is this even humanly possible man? That too in a country where the monsoon rains are at their peak. What quality are they using? I shouldn’t have come here. More than enjoyment it is saddening me. Wtf.
Ceylon Catalyst 🇱🇰 retweeted
A one minute ride somewhere in the villages of Sri Lanka. Beautiful weather.
Ceylon Catalyst 🇱🇰 retweeted
Immigrants in Japan by country of origin:
🇨🇳 China: 930,428
🇻🇳 Vietnam: 681,100
🇰🇷 South Korea: 407,341
🇵🇭 Philippines: 356,579
🇳🇵 Nepal: 300,992
🇮🇩 Indonesia: 266,069
🇧🇷 Brazil: 210,014
🇲🇲 Myanmar: 182,567
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: 79,128
🇹🇼 Taiwan: 73,256
Ceylon Catalyst 🇱🇰 retweeted
Obliteration
Made with @AskVenice
Language: Pali
Ceylon Catalyst 🇱🇰 retweeted
Can confirm. We recently went to SriLanka for a team retreat @timelessco
They’ve impeccable roads, clean laid out cities and a beautiful coastline.
The whole narrative that Lanka is a third world country and in economic turmoil is a lie.
Ceylon Catalyst 🇱🇰 retweeted
Freedom of Expression Index 2025
1. Denmark🇩🇰
2. Ireland🇮🇪
3. Belgium🇧🇪
4. Estonia🇪🇪
5. Switzerland🇨🇭
6. France🇫🇷
7. Luxembourg🇱🇺
8. Norway🇳🇴
9. Czechia🇨🇿
10. Finland🇫🇮
11. Sweden🇸🇪
12. Korea🇰🇷
13. Canada🇨🇦
14. Latvia🇱🇻
15. Uruguay🇺🇾
16. New Zealand🇳🇿
17. Chile🇨🇱
19. Austria🇦🇹
20. Poland🇵🇱
21. Lithuania🇱🇹
22. Australia🇦🇺
23. Costa Rica🇨🇷
24. Germany🇩🇪
26. Brazil🇧🇷
27. Netherlands🇳🇱
30. Portugal🇵🇹
34. Mauritius🇲🇺
36. Sri Lanka🇱🇰
37. Honduras🇭🇳
38. Namibia🇳🇦
40. Montenegro🇲🇪
41. Nigeria🇳🇬
43. Japan🇯🇵
44. Iceland🇮🇸
45. Spain🇪🇸
47. Guatemala🇬🇹
49. Taiwan🇹🇼
51. South Africa🇿🇦
53. UK🇬🇧
54. Malta🇲🇹
56. Israel🇮🇱
57. Senegal🇸🇳
59. Nepal🇳🇵
60. Cyprus🇨🇾
61. Panama🇵🇦
62. Colombia🇨🇴
63. Greece🇬🇷
65. Botswana🇧🇼
68. Romania🇷🇴
70. Mongolia🇲🇳
71. Kosovo🇽🇰
72. Slovakia🇸🇰
73. Peru🇵🇪
74. Italy🇮🇹
76. Bulgaria🇧🇬
78. Paraguay🇵🇾
80. Lebanon🇱🇧
81. Croatia🇭🇷
82. Argentina🇦🇷
83. Armenia🇦🇲
84. USA🇺🇸
87. Ecuador🇪🇨
89. Slovenia🇸🇮
90. Indonesia🇮🇩
91. Tunisia🇹🇳
92. Georgia🇬🇪
95. Bolivia🇧🇴
97. Philippines🇵🇭
98. Albania🇦🇱
102. Moldova🇲🇩
105. Mexico🇲🇽
109. Thailand🇹🇭
110. Malaysia🇲🇾
111. Morocco🇲🇦
113. Iraq🇮🇶
115. Pakistan🇵🇰
118. Tanzania🇹🇿
121. Kuwait🇰🇼
123. Bangladesh🇧🇩
126. Angola🇦🇴
127. Hungary🇭🇺
130. India🇮🇳
133. Serbia🇷🇸
134. Ukraine🇺🇦
135. Zimbabwe🇿🇼
138. Algeria🇩🇿
140. El Salvador🇸🇻
143. Kazakhstan🇰🇿
145. Ethiopia🇪🇹
151. Egypt🇪🇬
152. Türkiye🇹🇷
154. Rwanda🇷🇼
155. Iran🇮🇷
158. Cambodia🇰🇭
160. Venezuela🇻🇪
163. Vietnam🇻🇳
164. Saudi Arabia🇸🇦
165. Azerbaijan🇦🇿
166. Russia🇷🇺
167. Cuba🇨🇺
168. UAE🇦🇪
169. Qatar🇶🇦
170. China🇨🇳
171. Tajikistan🇹🇯
172. Turkmenistan🇹🇲
174. Myanmar🇲🇲
175. Belarus🇧🇾
177. Afghanistan🇦🇫
178. Nicaragua🇳🇮
179. North Korea🇰🇵
@OurWorldInData
Ceylon Catalyst 🇱🇰 retweeted
Sri Lankans often have that unspoken "don't disturb / don't make a scene" attitude. Tbh celebs aren't really celebs here, like in India, other Asian countries or the West. There's no celebrity culture. We have that don't care attitude unless it’s a hyped up situation imo
Ceylon Catalyst 🇱🇰 retweeted
Political Polarization
1. Myanmar🇲🇲
2. Türkiye🇹🇷
3. Poland🇵🇱
4. Brazil🇧🇷
5. Belarus🇧🇾
6. Nicaragua🇳🇮
7. Yemen🇾🇪
8. Romania🇷🇴
9. Peru🇵🇪
10. Libya🇱🇾
11. Hungary🇭🇺
12. Malaysia🇲🇾
16. USA🇺🇸
18. Venezuela🇻🇪
21. Mexico🇲🇽
23. India🇮🇳
27. Argentina🇦🇷
28. Colombia🇨🇴
29. Ukraine🇺🇦
30. Georgia🇬🇪
33. Bolivia🇧🇴
34. Moldova🇲🇩
35. Lebanon🇱🇧
36. Thailand🇹🇭
38. El Salvador🇸🇻
40. Korea🇰🇷
41. France🇫🇷
43. Serbia🇷🇸
45. Bulgaria🇧🇬
48. Russia🇷🇺
51. Ecuador🇪🇨
54. Croatia🇭🇷
55. Iran🇮🇷
60. Pakistan🇵🇰
63. Tunisia🇹🇳
67. Morocco🇲🇦
71. Honduras🇭🇳
73. Italy🇮🇹
74. Guatemala🇬🇹
75. Kenya🇰🇪
78. Vietnam🇻🇳
81. Philippines🇵🇭
90. Germany🇩🇪
92. Indonesia🇮🇩
93. Israel🇮🇱
95. Austria🇦🇹
96. Netherlands🇳🇱
97. Spain🇪🇸
99. China🇨🇳
100. South Africa🇿🇦
101. Czechia🇨🇿
104. Egypt🇪🇬
106. Costa Rica🇨🇷
108. UK🇬🇧
111. Canada🇨🇦
113. Nepal🇳🇵
116. Kazakhstan🇰🇿
117. Singapore🇸🇬
123. Portugal🇵🇹
124. Sweden🇸🇪
127. Lithuania🇱🇹
133. Belgium🇧🇪
136. Greece🇬🇷
137. Mongolia🇲🇳
142. Australia🇦🇺
145. Finland🇫🇮
147. Latvia🇱🇻
149. New Zealand🇳🇿
152. Iceland🇮🇸
155. Switzerland🇨🇭
157. Chile🇨🇱
158. Denmark🇩🇰
161. Japan🇯🇵
162. Estonia🇪🇪
163. Uruguay🇺🇾
164. Luxembourg🇱🇺
168. Norway🇳🇴
171. Ireland🇮🇪
@OurWorldInData
Ceylon Catalyst 🇱🇰 retweeted
Somewhere in Sri Lanka, a spectacular white spiral tower rises above an entire mountain range! 🇱🇰
This is Ambuluwawa Tower, near Gampola in Sri Lanka’s Central Province. And the view from the top is absolutely unreal!
Standing approximately 48 metres tall, this extraordinary tower sits atop Ambuluwawa Mountain, around 3,567 feet above sea level.
What makes this place fascinating?
🏔️ The location: A spectacular mountain summit surrounded by dense tropical forests, deep valleys and the breathtaking Central Highlands.
🌀 The architecture: A distinctive white spiral tower with an increasingly narrow external staircase. The higher you climb, the tighter and more exposed the staircase becomes!
🌍 360 degree views: On clear days, visitors can see the Knuckles Mountain Range, Adam’s Peak, Pidurutalagala and surrounding highlands.
🌿 Biodiversity: The surrounding biodiversity complex is home to approximately 200 plant species belonging to 80 families, including medicinal plants.
🕊️ Four religions, one summit: The complex brings together Buddhist, Hindu, Christian and Islamic places of worship, symbolising religious harmony and coexistence.
The biodiversity complex was developed between 1997 and 2006 and has become one of Sri Lanka's most distinctive tourist attractions.
But here's the catch: the final stretch of the spiral staircase is extremely narrow and exposed. Not a place for anyone afraid of heights!
Imagine climbing this tower with clouds drifting beneath you and endless green mountains stretching in every direction.
Would you dare to climb all the way to the top?
📍 Ambuluwawa Tower, Gampola, Central Province, Sri Lanka.
#SriLanka #Travel #AmbuluwawaTower #Adventure
Ceylon Catalyst 🇱🇰 retweeted
Today we're shipping Sri Lanka's first startup map.
Every product built by a Sri Lankan, pinned to the city it came from.
Some districts are still blank. Maybe yours.
join the map:
Ceylon Catalyst 🇱🇰 retweeted
🌏ASIA: 🇹🇼Taiwan & 🇯🇵Japan hold the most free and fair elections.
😞surprisingly, 🇮🇳India has the worst elections in Asia alongside Thailand.
Top 20 .
✓ 🇹🇼Taiwan – 0.94
✓ 🇯🇵Japan – 0.94
✓ 🇰🇷South Korea – 0.94
✓ 🇱🇰Sri Lanka – 0.91
✓ 🇨🇾Cyprus – 0.91
✓ 🇮🇱Israel – 0.87
✓ 🇧🇹Bhutan – 0.86
✓ 🇹🇱East Timor – 0.86
✓ 🇸🇬Singapore – 0.78
✓ 🇳🇵Nepal – 0.69
✓ 🇴🇲Oman – 0.69
✓ 🇦🇲Armenia – 0.67
✓ 🇲🇻Maldives – 0.64
✓ 🇲🇳Mongolia – 0.59
✓ 🇯🇴Jordan – 0.59
✓ 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates – 0.54
✓ 🇻🇳Vietnam – 0.53
✓ 🇮🇩Indonesia – 0.52
✓ 🇮🇳India – 0.49
✓ 🇹🇭Thailand – 0.46
Source: (V–Dem)
Ceylon Catalyst 🇱🇰 retweeted
Pakistan trails India, Bangladesh, Nepal in battle against hunger
Experts cite limited jobs for women, child malnutrition as key factors
s.nikkei.com/4i5De8d
Ceylon Catalyst 🇱🇰 retweeted
Look at our neighbors ra @narendramodi 🤮
Country World Rank
Sri Lanka 53
Nepal 72
Bangladesh 84
𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝟭𝟬𝟬
Pakistan 106
India falls into the 'serious' hunger category, while neighbouring Pakistan ranks 106th in the Global Hunger Index 2026. indianexpress.com/article/tr…
Ceylon Catalyst 🇱🇰 retweeted
Countries where an official language is largely written using a script that was made within their current borders
(by u/Shoddy-Fan-584)
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The map misclassifies countries including Nepal (Devanagari originated in India) and others using Cyrillic (originated in Bulgaria, not locally).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Cyr…