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2026 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census: 11 August Source :  Dæhæna – August 2026 Every five years, Australians are asked...

Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter - Dæhæna - August 2026 https://www.elanka.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Qld-Sri-Lankan-august-2026.pdf Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka...

SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (JULY 2026) Compiled by Victor Melder India will tour Sri Lanka in August 2026 for a...

COLOMBO LITERARY FESTIVAL – Written by Jeremy De Lima Last Friday 24th July 2026, an innovative chapter began for Sri Lankan...

El Niño: Understanding the Climate Phenomenon That Shapes Weather Around the World-by Kalani-eLanka El Niño is one of the world's...

SIR CHRISTOPHER ONDAATJE - (1933-2026) A STORY-TELLER PAR EXCELLENCE ... MEMORIES DON’T LEAVE LIKE PEOPLE DO -BY DIRK TISSERA  ...

Sir Lanka hails Golden boy Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage who claims first Commonwealth Gold in 20 years. BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN...

The Brad & Kiara Show Good Morning Australia ! It’s time for The Brad & Kiara Show on Triple H...

Old Peterite puts Sri Lanka on the global athletics podium. Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage wins 2026 Commonwealth Javelin Gold - By...

Historic Gold! Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage Wins Javelin Gold at 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow An epoch-making milestone was etched into...

Strong investment strategy delivering long-term financial strength for Liverpool Liverpool City Council is strengthening its financial future by continuing to...

80th Bradby Shield First Leg Livestream & Family Night Source: RCOBA NSW & ACT — Member Update | July 2026...

 Inaugural Badminton Encounter vs St John's College — Royal Triumphs Source: RCOBA NSW & ACT — Member Update | July...

Sri Lanka Tourism Surges Despite Global Headwinds: A July Success Story Worth Celebrating-by Harold Gunatillake Sri Lanka’s tourism sector continues...

Hilton Yala Inspires Young Wildlife Champions with Sri Lanka's Only Resort-Based Internationally Recognised Junior Ranger Certification YALA, SRI LANKA –...

Hilton Yala's Beloved Bartender PK Muthukumarana Wins 'Most Promising Bartender' Title in Sri Lanka YALA, SRI LANKA – Hilton Yala...

Hilton Yala Elevates Destination Dining with the Launch of a New À La Carte Menu at Sandali Grill   YALA,...

VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY (FOR DETAILS OF THE LIBRARY, please contact: Hemal or Victor) Telephone: Hemal + 61 0427...

Unruffled Sri Lanka women bounce back to turn the tide against Pakistan. BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports Editor)...

Confusion regarding the guidelines for the management of Dyslipidemia-by Harold Gunatillake Earlier this year, the American College of Cardiology and...

Master Chief Petty Officer (Gunnery Instructor) L G Rathnatunga- man who molded Officers and Gentlemen at Naval and Maritime Academy,...

SRI LANKA NEWS July 2026 Compiled by Victor Melder   Minister of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development Sunil Handunnetti has said...

Urban centres across the globe continually grapple with the intricate challenge of balancing infrastructural growth with the ever-expanding volume of...

In an era characterised by profound global economic uncertainty and complex fiscal restructuring processes, the Republic of Sri Lanka has...

VAT (Amendment) Bill 2026: What businesses and consumers need to know - By Suresh R. I. Perera Source : sundayobserver.lk Sri...

Today – Nilly de Silva @ the UN | Markets & Numbers | Kebabs & Biryani | Bar @ 50th |...

A Tribute to Sir Christopher Ondaatje – A Diagonal Journey across Sri Lanka-by Lalith Seneviratne Sir Christopher Ondaatje surveying Hambantota...

 Story of a Signalman in the Royal Ceylon Navy (2026) – “He joined the Navy to see the world. He...

World renowned didgeridoo player joins CASM to mentor next generation of musicians Widely recognised as one of the world’s leading...

The Life & Times of Sir Philip Christopher Ondaatje CBE OC-By: Upali Obeyesekere Philanthropist, Stockbroker, Businessman, Adventurer, Writer, Olympian Image...

Tribute to Sir Garfield Sobers – widely celebrated as the greatest all-rounder in cricket history-By: Upali Obeyesekere   Image Source:Dailypioneer...

In an ambitious coordinated effort to bolster transportation security and mitigate urban vulnerabilities across the Asia-Pacific region, Sri Lanka has...

There exists along the eastern littoral of Sri Lanka a secluded marine expanse that has long remained shielded from the...

Within the fiercely competitive arena of international sports, where psychological fortitude is tested as rigorously as physical endurance, the Central...

In an era defined by rapid technological integration and an unprecedented resurgence in global tourism, financial institutions are increasingly tasked...

Caption: Shanelle Tennekoon receiving the Research & Development Merit award for SmartWheel at the 2026 INCITE Awards. In an extraordinary...

Sri Lanka’s Rapid Rise in Investor Relations: A New Chapter in Emerging-Market Transparency-by Harold Gunatillake Sri Lanka enters 2026 with...

NEW CONSTITUTION OF SLC TRANSFORMATION COMMITTEE-by Sunil Thenabadu Image Source:Dailynews The proposed new constitution for Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will...

Brief History of the ‘Voluntary Outreach Club’ The Voluntary Outreach Club (VOC) had its origins in 1982 (incorporated in 1988)...

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Wattamadu Grassland - center of an intensifying land-use conflict By Arundathie Abeysinghe Along with Ven. Senapathiye Ananda, President of the...

The contemporary economic landscape of Sri Lanka continues to experience a profound period of commercial revitalisation, marked notably by significant...

In an encouraging development that underscores the steady trajectory of macroeconomic stabilization, S&P Global Ratings has officially affirmed Sri Lanka’s...

In an ambitious initiative designed to expand dependable international career pathways for the Global Sri Lankan community, Foreign Minister Vijitha...

In an unprecedented milestone that underscores the burgeoning capabilities of the Global Sri Lankan community in science and technology, 18-year-old...

Egoda Kelaniya Kithsirimevan Rajamaha Viharaya-by Gamini Kariyawasam කැලණිය රජ මහා  විහාරය ඓතිහාසික වටිනාකමක් සහිත පූජනීය ස්ථානයක් ලෙසින් බොදුනුවන් අතර  ප්‍රකටය.එනමුදු  කැළණි විහාරය අසළින්   ගලා බස්නා කැළණි  නදියේ එගොඩහ ගං තීරයේ පිහිටි කිත්සිරිමෙවන් කැළණි විහාරයේ ඓතිහාසික වැදගත්කම පිළිබඳව තොරතුරු ,කාලයේ වැල්ලෙන් වැසීගොස් ඇති සෙයක් හැඟීයයි. කැළණි රජ මහා විහාරය ඉදිරිපිට පාලමෙන් එතරවූ සැනින් ,පාරේ වම් පස ,කැළණි නදී තෙර දක්වා ව්‍යාප්ත බිම් තීරයෙහි මෙම පුජනීය ස්ථානය පිහිටියේය. බුද්ධත්වයෙන් අටවැනි වර්ෂයේ දී චූලෝදර මහෝදර නාග ගෝත්‍රිකයින්ගේ  අරගලය  සංසිඳුවීම පිණිස  බුදුහිමියන්  කැලණියට  වැඩම කිරීම පිළිබඳ විස්තරය මහාවංශය- ප්‍රථම භාගයේ  63-75 ගාථා මගින් ප්‍රකාසහිතය. මෙකී නාග ගෝත්‍රික දෙපිරිස සබැඳිව අදහස් දක්වන දීපවංස කතුවරයා ඔවුන් ඉතා බලසම්පන්න, මහත් ඍද්ධියෙන් යුක්ත පිරිසක් බව දක්වා ඇත. එසේම ක්ලේෂයන්ගෙන් ගහන වූ චණ්ඩ පරුෂ ගතිවලින් යුක්ත වූ ද්වේෂයෙන් අගතැන්පත් වූවන් ලෙස දක්වා ඇත. මහෝදර හා චූලෝදර දෙදෙනා යුද්ධයට එළඹෙන්නේ ද ඔවුනොවුන් තුළ පැවති අධික මානය නිසා බව දීපවංස කතුවරයා අවධාරණය කරයි. ධර්ම දේශනාව අවසානයේ  කලහය සන්සිදවීමෙන් අනතුරුව  බුදුන් වහන්සේ කැලණි ගඟෙන් ස්නානය කළ බව සඳහනි.  ස්නානය පිණිස උන්වහන්සේ  පරිහරණය කළ නානකඩය හෙවත් ‘ජලසාටිකාව‘ නිධන් කොට මණිඅක්ඛික නා රජු  කිත්සිරිමෙවන් කැලණිය රජමහා විහාරයේ දාගබ තැනවීය යන පුවත  ජනප්‍රවාද ගතව පවතී. බුදුන්වහන්සේ  පරිහරණය කළ නානකඩය හෙවත් ‘ජලසාටිකාව‘ නිධන් ගත මෙම දාගැබේ මල් පුදසුනට පහතින් , ස්ථුපයේ  පාදමට  සමීපව කුඩා කුටියක් දැකිය හැකිය.එම කුටියේ රන්මුවා පැහැයෙන් සුදිලෙන,ඉපැරණි කලාත්මක ලියවැලින් අලංකෘත බිත්ති හතර මධ්‍යයේ, රුවන්මය ශ්‍රීපාද පද්ම යුග්මය  පිහිටියේය. දාගැබේ මල් පුදසුන සහ  යටින් දිස්වන ශ්‍රීපාද යුග්මය ස්ථාපිත කුටිය. නාග ගෝත්‍රික ලාංජනය ද මෙහි පසුබිමෙන් දිස්වේ මෙම වෙහෙරට  කිත්සිරිමෙවන් යන නාමය ව්‍යවහාර වන්නට වුයේ, අනුරාධපුරයේ රාජ්‍ය විචාළ  කිත්සිරිමෙවන් ( 303- 331) රජු විසින්,තත් වෙහෙර  පිළිසකර කරවූ හෙයින් බැව් පැවසේ. එනමුදු කිත්සිරිමෙවන් නාමය ,මෙම විහාරයට ව්‍යවහාර කිරීමට වෙනත් හේතුන් පාදකවූ බැව් අසන්නට ලැබේ. පොළොන්නරුවේ දෙවන ගජබාහු රජ දවස ( 1131–1153) දක්ඛිණ දේශය පාලනය කළ මානාභරණ කුමරුන්ගේ සහෝදර කීර්ති ශ්‍රී මේඝ මාහිමිපාණන් මේ විහාරය පිළිසකර කරවූ නිසා එම නම, මෙම වෙහෙරට භාවිතා වන්නටවූ  ලැබුණු බවටද ජනප්‍රවාදයක් පවතී.  විල්ගම්මුල නාහිමියන් විසින්   ක්‍රිස්තු වර්ෂ 1333 දී ස්ථාපිත කළ  පුවරු ලිපියක ,ගම්පොළ යුගයේදී ජරාවාස ව පැවති දාගබ, පිළිම ගෙය සහ බෝධි ප්‍රකාරය අලගක්කෝණාර නම් අමාත්‍යවරයා තම අනුශාසනා පරිදි පිළිසකර කරවූ බැව් පැවසෙන Image...

In an encouraging development for the Global Sri Lankan community and international observers alike, international credit rating agency S&P Global...

International women’s cricket witnessed a masterclass in resilience, tactical execution, and record-breaking partnership building as the Sri Lanka Women’s cricket...

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