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Twitter logo changed to ‘Doge’ meme

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2 months ago

April 4, 2023

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In a stunning move, Elon Musk on Tuesday replaced the iconic blue bird logo of Twitter with a meme of the cryptocurrency. The ‘Doge’ meme is appearing on the top left corner of the Twitter feed homescreen on the Web version.

This is the latest change since Mr Musk bought the microblogging platform for $44 billion last November. He had earlier tweeted that from April, Twitter will only recommend content from paid accounts in the For You feed, the first screen users see when they open the app.
The ‘Dog’ meme as logo has sparked a flurry of comments on Twitter.

“Elon Musk changed Twitter Logo to Doge. Is it fun Tuesday on Twitter?” one user asked. “Always some attention seeky nonsense happening on Twitter. Who cares if it’s a bird or a doge,” said another.

Mr Musk is a supporter of Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency created as a joke in 2013.

He noted that Tesla accepts Dogecoin as payment for merchandise and reiterated that SpaceX will do the same soon.
Dogecoin soared by nearly 30 per cent, according to Bloomberg, after its picture suddenly appeared in the website interface.

As more and more users started asking questions why the logo was changed, Mr Musk posted two tweets, presenting a humorous take on his move.

One of his tweets shows the face of the ‘Doge’ meme riding a car while a police officer supposedly checks the driving license which displays the ‘old’ blue bird logo.

(NDTV)

BIZ

Fuel prices revised at midnight

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14 hours ago

May 31, 2023

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The CPC has reduced the prices of fuel with effect from midnight today (31).

The price of Petrol 92 Octane has been reduced by Rs.15 per litre to Rs.318 while the price of Petrol 95 Octane has been increased by Rs.20 to Rs.385 per litre.

In addition, the price of a Super Diesel litre has increased by Rs.10 to Rs.340 while a litre of Kerosene reduced by Rs.50 to Rs.245.

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Urea price to drop in mid June

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20 hours ago

May 31, 2023

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The price of Urea fertilizer is to be reduced.

According to Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera, the price of a 50kg Urea fertilizer bag sold to farmers by the two state-owned fertilizer companies will be priced at Rs. 9,000 from June 15.

“A bag of urea is sold by the private sector at Rs. 42,000 during the last yala season, has now been brought down by the private sector to Rs. 11,000. The reason for this was that the government took steps to provide a bag of urea to the farmers at a minimum price of Rs. 10,000,” the minister said.

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CBSL names 8 entities that conducted prohibited schemes

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23 hours ago

May 31, 2023

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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has issued a public notice naming 08 entities that have conducted prohibited schemes.

The entities named are :

Tiens Lanka Health Care (Pvt) Ltd.
Best Life International (Pvt) Ltd.
Global Lifestyle Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.
Mark-Wo International (Pvt) Ltd.
V M L International (Pvt) Ltd.
Fast 3Cycle International (Pvt) Ltd (F3C)
Sport Chain App, Sports Chain ZS Society Sri Lanka
OnmaxDT

The CBSL further stated that any person who directly or indirectly initiates, offers, promotes, advertises, conducts, nances, manages or directs a scheme in contravention of the provisions of Section 83C of the Banking Act, No. 30 of 1988 shall be guilty of a punishable offence.

The complete public notice issued by the CBSL in this regard is as follows :