Statistician
Sri Lanka
Joined July 2011
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Tharaka Amarasinghe retweeted
Is signing up for the new #FuelPass by Government of #SriLanka inclusive? Somewhat. But 22% of households don’t have right access device at home. How to improve? Maybe also add SMS/USSD and other channels 4 sign up? lirneasia.net/2022/07/nation…. @icta_srilanka @kanchana_wij
Tharaka Amarasinghe retweeted
Pat Cummins speaks about the mass protest that swarmed the Galle ground during the second Test and how the impact of the tour has not been lost on the touring side #SLvAUS
Tharaka Amarasinghe retweeted
I received this video on WhatsApp. I am sharing it bcz I feel the deep pain & suffer of this gentleman strongly. He looks a little younger to my father so I connect with the emotional sentiments. They didn’t do any wrong to suffer like this. When markets fail everything fails.
Tharaka Amarasinghe retweeted
Today we saw an Opposition that did something remarkable in our political culture: say ‘no’ to an offer of government (and all the perks and patronage that brings), unless certain conditions were met. And even more remarkably, those conditions were not ‘deal politics’.
Tharaka Amarasinghe retweeted
Drug shortage : Sri Lanka's main children hospital seeks donations from well wishers
Tharaka Amarasinghe retweeted
"15% of school-going kids in #lka had no access to #education during March-July 2020 #COVID19 #lockdown as per @LIRNEasia survey. What will be the long-term impacts?" asks @gayanihurulle @IDRCinAsia @IDRC_CRDI @EduForumLK @mot_srilanka #COVID-19 #EduLKA #Edulk #digitalsrilanka
Tharaka Amarasinghe retweeted
"44% of 15+ population in #SriLanka use #internet; up from 37% in 2018, but still punching below our weight. #India & other poorer countries have surpassed us," as per @LIRNEasia survey, says @gayanihurulle. @IDRCinAsia @IDRC_CRDI @mot_srilanka @TRCSL #digitalsrilanka #lka
Tharaka Amarasinghe retweeted
Partner of the week is @LIRNEasia. Why? Serious, applied research, great presentation & a logo that’s based on morse code! They’ve made a huge contribution to @Data4SDGs, on our Board, with the Innovation Fund & as a great partner. @helanigalpaya lirneasia.net/
Tharaka Amarasinghe retweeted
Congratulations to LIRNEasia data scientist @yudhanjaya on making the 2021 @Forbes 30 under 30 in Asia in the Media, Marketing & Advertising category!
bit.ly/3ekE2E0
Tharaka Amarasinghe retweeted
people really be out there like 𝓭𝓪𝓽𝓪 𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓾𝓪𝓵𝓲𝔃𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓲𝓼 𝓶𝔂 𝓹𝓪𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷...and then make a 78 slice pie chart 🥴
Tharaka Amarasinghe retweeted
🏁 Qualifying is complete!
@Carlossainz55 will start the #ItalianGP in P3 with @LandoNorris in P6. Nice one team! 👏🇮🇹
Tharaka Amarasinghe retweeted
We are inviting proposals from potential bidders to conduct a nationally representative study on the impact of #COVID19 on households and the workforce in #SriLanka.
Deadline: 23 Aug. 2020
lirneasia.net/2020/08/rfp-a-…
Tharaka Amarasinghe retweeted
Morning, folks. @LIRNEasia's Facebook Sinhala corpua is finally up, written about, and ready for use. Two corpora: one containing ~28 million words, the other ~5 million. Github link: github.com/LIRNEasia/Faceboo…
Paper: lirneasia.net/wp-content/upl…
Tharaka Amarasinghe retweeted
27 June was World MSME Day. More digitally connected SMEs means better business, especially during lockdowns; see what the #lka @AfterAccess #SME survey has to say about this in this video
youtube.com/watch?v=-RwCGOHP…
#digitalinclusion #COVID19
Tharaka Amarasinghe retweeted
The reality of #elearning in #SriLanka: Most households have a mobile. But <40% of households with school-aged children have an internet-connected device. <52% have any type of internet connection. This is on average. Poorer, rural households will be systematically worse off
