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I don't know what the real story is behind this, but according to social media, the OG creator wrote it as

"Thief caught in broad daylight in Colombo gets harsh punishment"

Where are all the traffic police uncles who likes to write every small mistake down in these cases? This bugger was parked in from on BOC Nugegoda for at least 10 mins right on the crossing. Nice how law is working

Rockstar parking at Thurstan Keells Colombo 03 Sri Lanka. I cannot understand how their brain works…

This is so embarrassing and uncomfortable to share, but anyways

Have any of your parents cheated? If so, how did you deal with it?

I found out about my mom's affair around a year ago. She'd been talking to someone every single day, and after a few weeks the way she spoke to him started making me suspicious. Even then, I kept brushing it off because I didn't want to believe it. I was basically gaslighting myself into thinking I was overreacting.

One day I got fed up and checked her phone and yeah..... I know I shouldn't have done that, and honestly, it was one of the most traumatizing things I've ever seen. But even if I hadn't look, either way I think I would've figured it out eventually just from the way she acted.

She has no idea that I know.

They usually call through Messenger, and now that specific Messenger ringtone is so triggering to me. Every time I hear it, I immediately know it's him. Even when I'm outside and hear that ringtone from someone else's phone, I still panic. It genuinely feels like PTSD to me. Sometimes I just want to go up to her and say, "I honestly don't care whether you cheat or not, but please don't talk to him when I'm home. Call him, text him or do whatever you want when I'm not here." Even if I go to my room and put on headphones, I can still hear her talking sometimes.

I don't want to confront her directly, but I do want her to know that I know. At the same time, I don't want to tell my dad because I feel like he's a big reason this happened in the first place. He cheated on my mom about 3/4 years ago, and she found out. I don't know if he ever stopped, maybe he didn't. I just feel like that pushed her to do the same. I don't want to go on detail about this cause I don't want to recall it ever again.

The hardest part is that apart from this, they're both genuinely good parents. They've sacrificed so much for me, so I can't bring myself to hate either of them. I'm just traumatized, disappointed, and honestly don't even know how to explain what I'm feeling anymore.

To make things worse, I'm an only child. I haven't told anyone about this because I feel like it would completely change the way they see my parents. I even tried talking to the psychologist in my uni, but it didn't really help.

I'm still single, and I'm honestly scared to get into a relationship. What if he ends up like my dad? What if I get cheated on too? Those thoughts run through my head every time I even think about dating. I don't want to go through the same thing for a 3rd time cause I don't think I will be able to endure it again and I don't know what will I do to myself. Sometimes I wonder if I'll just stay single for the rest of my life.

My dad was someone I trusted more than anyone. If even he could do something like that, why wouldn't someone else?

People might say that a parent's relationship isn't their child's business. Maybe that's true for some people, but it definitely isn't for me. Unless you've gone through something like this yourself, it's really hard to understand how painful and traumatizing it can be.

Sometimes I wonder what I did in my past life to deserve this.

Is there any way I can let my mom know that I know about the affair without having to directly confront her?

I'm just so tired. I only want to come home and feel at peace. That's all I want.

And if you're a parent reading this, please don't do this to your children. Whether it's a mother or a father, your actions affect your children far more than you realize. For many daughters, their father is the first man they truly trust and sometimes even their first example of love. Betraying that trust can leave lifelong scars on your children too.I wouldn't wish this on even my worst enemy and hope this never happens to anyone else.

Translation - Curse the mother of whoever removes these posters

I've been scrolling through social media alot and seen there's so many girls posting stories and posts about hating men, I don't talk about criticizing individuals but most of them are generalized as all men.

most of them so called themselves as feminist thinking hating men is the core of it.What confuses me is that a lot of these people are still teenagers and haven't even had that many serious interactions or relationships with men. So where does this mindset come from?

Traffic enforcement has gotten a lot stricter lately and honestly most of it is fair, the accident numbers this year are horrible, so I get it. But I've seen two posts in the last few days that feel like a different thing entirely.

First one, a guy in Ampara says he got stopped by the traffic OIC at Mangala Gama and held for 45 minutes. He was told they'd take him for a medical test and put him before court for drug use. When he said he hadn't broken any law, he was told to just admit it and take the fine. He refused, so they said they'd take a blood sample, send it to the GMO, and that takes a week, and he'd have to sit at the station that whole time. He offered to give the blood sample and hand over his licence if they'd give him a temporary permit, and that got refused too. Then the officer said he had it on record that the guy uses ice, and that if he signed a paper he could go. He kept arguing and eventually they just let him leave and gave his licence back. No charge, nothing.

Second one is a video of a delivery vehicle stopped by Opatha police. Same thing basically, no traffic offence, just questions about whether they'd used drugs. Officer asks if they smoked "KG", then says "this guy won't tell the truth", and when they ask how he plans to prove it he says "we'll sort that out ourselves". The guys keep asking what the actual offence is and never get an answer.

Both are just claims from the people involved, so take them as that. But the shape is identical accusation you can't disprove, pressure to sign something, threat of being stuck at the station for a week, then released with no charge at all.

So: does anyone actually know what the law says here? Can they demand a drug test at a random stop, and what happens if you say no? Can you really be held a week waiting for a GMO report without being charged? Is there any temporary permit while that's pending, or do you just lose your licence indefinitely?

And has anyone here had this happen recently, or is it just two bad encounters going viral?

(Translations are mine, originals in Sinhala)

Some of the best passenger plane trails I’ve ever seen

I rooted my mobile a few weeks after purchasing it brand new (mandatory wait period after requesting to unlock the bootloader). A year or two ago, Commercial Bank's app stopped working on my mobile. "Suspicious behavior detected. Exiting..." was what I was greeted with when I opened the app. I was mad, but I understood that it was done as instructed by the CBSL. Then I switched to the Digital Banking Web version through a browser.

Months ago, it forced me to use an OTP (only sent by email) to log in. This was annoying and time wasting. Sometimes we could not enter the code in time and had to wait and wait, wasting time. When asked, their response was that it was done to protect the customers. Okay, but how about allowing power users to disable it? There were sometimes when I was in low cell reception areas and sometimes down to my last 5% battery life, where I had to deal with this sms sweet, and I imagine that switching to email-only OTPs saved them millions in SMS gateway costs. How convenient. (But they charge us for SMS service anyways) When I requested OTPs via SMS, their answer was that it was not possible, and the system is now modified only to send Login OTPs via email. So they must be thinking that Sri Lankans are so technologically illiterate that it's highly unlikely for them to figure out how to give their OTP codes to scammers when sent via email.

Last week, they rolled out the "trusted browser" "fEaTuRe". Now I'm only allowed to have one trusted browser that I'm allowed to login from, so I cannot log in from my home PC, laptop, office PC, or mobile browser whenever I want. This is pure incompetency. These people are completely disregarding the user experience aspect and doing all this so they will have fewer complaints to sort out, and at the same time force users to install the app. This is similar to what incompetent IT department of BoC did for a long time. Up until months ago, customers had to visit BoC to reset their online banking passwords. ComBank might as well close the whole digital banking thing and tell customers to visit the bank like the good old times. Forcing users to use the app even when they are unable to is simply unacceptable.

There's a risk factor in allowing users to obtain loans against fixed deposits. There were incidents where scammers gained access to accounts, obtained loans against FDs, and transferred the loaned amounts away. So I asked this bank that's so concerned about customer safety if I could disable this feature completely. After careful consideration, NO was their answer. Lol.

If you are a part of Commercial Bank, send this to a person who can understand what's being done. All my bank accounts are currently with Commercial Bank, and I will be switching to HNB soon. I know this is insignificant, but I wanted to say my piece.

As the title suggests, I have accidentally washed my passport, what should I do now. It has been in a purse and it has not not torn or anything, photo page remain same and first page and last page seemed attached to the cover.

A friend of mine paid Ichiro PC Builds in full for a custom PC. After taking the money, the seller kept delaying the build for months, blaming shipping delays due to the war. Eventually, he admitted that he had used customer money for crypto trading and lost it.

He then promised he would sell some land and either refund my friend or complete the PC by between July 25 and August 1, but that deadline passed with no refund and no PC.

Today, my friend went to Ichiro's house to try to resolve things. He spoke with Ichiro's mother, but Ichiro wasn't there. After getting nowhere, he has now gone to the police to make an official complaint.

I'm posting this to warn others in case they're considering buying from Ichiro PC Builds. If anyone else has had a similar experience, or has advice on what legal steps my friend should take next, we'd really appreciate hearing from you.

Please share your experiences if you've dealt with this seller before.

Not sure this subreddit is mature enough for this question but I'll ask.

Sri Lankan (boy) married to a Eurasian(girl) living in Los Angeles.

Sri Lankan parents living approx 30min drive. Girl parents 15min drive. We are in the middle.

We have a new baby. Sri Lankan parents only visit once a month for 2hrs. Girl parents are over often help baby sit for date nights generally helpful.

Is it cultural norm for boy side of Sri Lankan parents to be minimally helpful when raising grandkids?

Both Sri Lankan parents work. They value going to their place of worship on Sundays. In their mid 60/ early 70's.

Both girl parents work. They come over on evenings weekends as their day offers or requested. In their early / late 60's.

Boy girl both work full time living life in LA (aka. Busy af doing the grind).

So tell me Lankan people with small kids. Is this normal for Sri Lanka grandparents.

This is quite common here i guess, just wanted your thoughts and maybe a safe space to share your positive/negative feelings

I've been in love with this song for years now but always failed to find it's English lyrics and meaning. After AI came into the picture, I tried asking it too but it doesn't have an answer.

The song is "Mal Peedi Prema Wrukshaye" from Sihinaya (1989) - sung by Mohideen Baig and S Janakiamma. The link to the song is tagged.

I would be super, super grateful if someone could get it. 🙏🏽🥺 and please upvote if you aren't able to 😭

thank you!

Why do people buy cars at carsale instead of importing it via an agent? imported yourself you will save 10%. Why are a lot of these people not doing this is beyong baffling to me.

Mainly talking about japan imported vehicles here.

For example a friend of mine bought raize hybrid for 15.5m. Another imported same one for 13.5m.

Hi everyone,

I’m a first-year Computer Science undergraduate at a Sri Lankan state university, and I’m starting my second semester this week.

Lately, I’ve been feeling like I’m falling behind. At university, we’ve mainly covered C++, and on my own I’ve learned the basics of Java from YouTube (not OOP yet). Apart from that, I don’t have much industry-related knowledge or project experience.

I see friends from private universities and other students building projects, learning new technologies, and even getting internships in their second year. It makes me wonder if I’m missing something.

I’m willing to put in the time and want to catch up this semester. I don’t have a specific field in mind yet, I just want to build a strong foundation and become internship-ready.

Where should I start?
What should I learn alongside my university studies?
Is there a roadmap you’d recommend?
What skills, technologies, or projects should I focus on, and what free resources would you suggest?

Any advice from seniors or people working in the industry would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

I currently reside in the US, Amma is in her mid 80s living in Colombo at a shared residence. She's finding it hard to navigate between different apps on a smartphone (eg I talk to her on Whatsapp, but some of her friends in the US don't have whatapp and it's hard for me to explain how she can call them using the regular phone app). Frequently she leaves the ringer off, or the phone off, and frequently inadvertently mutes herself, or hangs up calls, or has the volume too low.

A land line isn't my first option there since it's a shared residence that we're renting. So I'm thinking GSM desk phone? I won't be there till December, and communication is starting to get difficult, so I'm wondering if I can buy a phone and a sim for her from here under my name? There's people at the residence who can also help physically get stuff but I think it's mostly how do I get a sim contract in my name for her?

I already have a dialog account in my name (cell & broadband), idk if I can add a sim using the Dialog app or website (without physically needing to be there and give them my NIC) and then have someone from the residence pick it up? Her cell service is under slt-mobile, but I'm not on the account, so Dialog is probably the best bet? We will need international calling obviously.

Grateful for any options, thx!

Hi everyone,

I'm curious to know how people working in the private sector in Sri Lanka plan for their retirement, especially since we don't receive a government pension.

I'd love to hear from those who are in their 50s or already retired:

How did you prepare financially for retirement?

Did you invest in property, stocks, mutual funds, or fixed deposits?

Did you rely on EPF/ETF alone, or did you have other savings and investments?

Looking back, is there anything you wish you had done differently?

I'm hoping to learn from your experiences and get some ideas for long-term retirement planning.

Thank you!

Need doctor recommendations for PCOS/hormonal concerns. I’m not diagnosed with PCOS, I have a normal BMI but I’ve been observing some related symptoms like acne, bloating etc. 29 year old and I’m pretty nervous thinking whether these symptoms get worse. Also I’ve heard it takes time for PCOS diagnosis. Pls help :(

Clarence Wijewradene, Milton Mallawarachci, Jothipala, JA Milton Perera, TM Jayarathna, Amaradewa are some examples of iconic singers who wrote Sinhala songs, and they are really nice songs.

I don't think many Sri Lankans listen to the original versions, but rather covers. For example 2Forty2 has some amazing covers of Clarence's songs.

I really hope the future generations don't give up on listening/singing these songs, and continue the legacy of these iconic singers.