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Sri Lankan priest builds houses for the poor-by Quintus Colombage Source:ucanews Madasami Selvaraj, a Hindu laborer, visited all the politicians...

Fighting the Fires of Climate Change Through Art-by Anoma Wijewardene Source:Groundviews Today is the Global Day of Climate Action Themes...

Dean Jones – Sri Lanka’s friend indeed-by Rex Clementine Source:Island The Aussies were in Galle for the first Test of...

S.P. Balasubrahmanyam succumbs to COVID-19 Source:FT Legendary playback singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam passed away at a private hospital in Chennai on...

Annual General meeting of the S.Thomas’ College Old Boys' Association, New South Wales Branch Inc   Notice is hereby given...

Sri Lanka- Over 280 passengers arrive from Australia Source:MENAFN (MENAFN - Colombo Gazette) Over 280 passengers arrived from Australia today...

Sri Lanka centre Hafi Abdeen played in seven cup winning club sides-by Althaf Nawaz Hafi Abdeen Source:Dailynews Isipathana College, Colombo...

Dr Maiya top class ruggerite, coach and administrator-by Althaf Nawaz Source:Dailynews It is very rare to find present day sportsmen...

A PLACE TO TREASURE AND REMEMBER By Capt Elmo Jayawardena elmojay1@gmail.com There is a little school, very old in years,...

The elephant and alli mankada-by By Ashley de Vos Source:Island In 1999, a proposal was made by the undersigned as...

Your fingernails may give clues to underlying disorders-by Dr Harold Gunatillake Transcript: Your fingernails are like your horoscope. It reveals...

Aussie Brewer Joins With Dilmah To Launch Tea-Infused Ale Source:B&T Magazine Two of Australia’s most beloved rituals have been combined...

The mosque with 49 minarets-by Dishan Joseph Side view of the Red Mosque Source:Dailynews The general vicinity of Pettah is...

eLanka Newsletter - 23 Sept - 7th edition - Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below...

The last ride of a Jesuit Priest - By B. Nimal Veerasingham Greater welfare depends on our Individual and collective actions! Source: Island...

 What a story Oh My Goodness !! What a story!! I did a lot of investigating on this one, and...

The Jetliners--courtesy of Patrick Ranasinghe   1 Puppet On A String * 2 Hi Lili Hi Lo* 3 Guantan Amera...

Profiling young entrepreneurs – Part 1: COVID-19 is an opportunity for innovative minds-by W.A Wijwarhdena Ashan Jayasinghe at work  Source:FT...

Ceylon Swimming & Water Polo - 1964 The team took a flight from Ratmalana to Madras and then took the...

Niro Cooke appointed to CWEIC Board Niro Cooke Source:Dailymirror The Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) announced this month the...

C.P. Abeygunawardena one of Sri Lanka’s finest scrum halves-by Althaf Nawaz Chandana Palitha Abeygunawardena Source:Dailynews Sri Lanka Rugby has produced...

Michael Jayasekera ruggerite par excellence-by Althaf Nawaz Michael Jayasekera Source:Dailynews It is very rare to see a person who excels...

Debahapuwa piloted Antonians to victory in 1968 Big Match-by Upananda Jayasundera Source:Daily News Gamini Debahapuwa , a versatile cricketer and...

Meet former International Cricket stars from Melbourne - Friday 25th Sep 2020 Zoom chat   Zoom chat with the International...

Full of beans: Instant coffee quality improves as tastes mature-JOSH DYE Peter Patisteas, managing director of Griffiths Bros Coffee Roasters...

Living in the Present – by Oscar E V Fernando   Rhythm! a boring repetition-a quirk of creation to be bourn as...

GENTLEMAN, FRIEND & TALENTED MUSICIAN: Ricky Christoffelsz – By Joe Van Langenberg The sad news of Ricky Christoffelsz's passing, in...

WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN CREATING ART FOR PUBLIC SPACES-Anoma Wijewardene Source:Artra Art inspires and uplifts, and in big cities with...

A magical world of books - Text and pix: Mahil Wijesinghe Step into the Gamini Hall bookshops wedged among the giant...

EATING IN THE FIFTIES and SIXTIES Pasta was not eaten in Australia. Curry was a surname.  A takeaway was a...

Colombo’s trams-By Dilshan Nadeera A historical vignette The Colombo Electric Lighting and Tramways Co Ltd was a British company represented...

Bible Rock – landmark in Colombo – Kandy Road: By Arundathie Abeysinghe   Breathtaking views of craggy dense mountains shrouded in...

Obituary: Mr Randy Peries - Past President of St Peters College OBU Sydney NSW The funeral of former Jetliners and...

eLanka Newsletter - 20 Sept - 6th edition - Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below...

Max Gerreyn draws a sketch of the Queen and Irangani This pencil lined sketch of Irangani as Tea Queen 1967,...

Two great Queen’s Counsel: Father-son duo in rare feat-By Ranjan Gooneratne Source:Sundaytimes Several years ago, I read an article about...

THE 8TH RECTOR - VERY REV. FR. JOE WICKREMASINGHE RECALLING THE HISTORY OF ST. PETER'S AS WE APPROACH THE CENTENARY...

Your large Bowel & your Health-by Harold Gunatillake   Website:www.Doctorharolds.com Transcript: Let us talk about your large bowel and health,...

Our Father in Heaven– By Fr Gregory Frank HOW WE TREAT BEGGARS A beggar came along asking for food. I...

         "GUYS OR GALS" – By Des Kelly    He keeps sending out these "Special-effect" posts, he does....

Nico de Silva was an outstanding ruggerite of Trinity-by Hafiz Marikar Nico de Silva Source:Dailynews   Old Trinitians S.C. Ruggerite...

Baratha Hegoda the Rugby Legend-Althaf Nawaz Source:Dailynews Rugby Football has become one of the top sports in the country with...

“BRITSPEAK” - By Des Kelly   An excellent one-word title for an excellent topic. After everything is said and done,...

5-minute home kidney health test wins three uni awards-By Rhea Nath Source:Indianlink Imagine summarising a 100,000 word thesis in just...

Departing Space Station Commander Provides Tour of Orbital Laboratory   In her final days as Commander of the International Space...

Three legislative instruments released on JobKeeper extension The three instruments released late yesterday were as follows. The Coronavirus Economic Response...

Prime Minister - Joint Media Release - Investment in new energy technologies The Hon. Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister  The...

C.D.L. Fernando, M. E Marikar, two outstanding sportsmen-By Hafiz Marikar Photo Source:Sunday Observer Source:Daily News Rembering two top sportsmen and...

PeteriteEN- OBITUARY - HARINDRA SIRISENA We announce with sadness the passing away of Harindra Sirisena one of the Vice Patrons...