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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pavanruka" data-source="post: 30575075" data-attributes="member: 528723">Okath Ranilge vadak. Program eka dan patangenath ivarai  <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /><h3>Sri Lanka to slash military by a third to cut costs</h3>13 Jan 2023:  Sri Lanka will drastically slash its military, the Ministry of Defence has announced, as the country tries to cut costs in the face of its <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/13/sri-lanka-in-crisis-what-when-and-why-explainer" target="_blank">worst economic crisis in decades</a>.The bankrupt nation will cut the number of army personnel by a third to 135,000 by next year and 100,000 by 2030, the state minister of defence said on Friday as the government works to overhaul its finances.“<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/6/reverse-the-drift-towards-militarisation-un-urges-sri-lanka" target="_blank">Military</a> spending is basically state-borne expenditure which indirectly stimulates and opens avenues for economic growth by way of assuring national and human security,” Premitha Bandara Thennakoon said in a statement.<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/13/bankrupt-sri-lanka-to-slash-military-by-third-to-cut-costs" target="_blank">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/13/bankrupt-sri-lanka-to-slash-military-by-third-to-cut-costs</a></blockquote>

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