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Health & Views – July 3rd Issue – by Harold Gunatillake https://www.elanka.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Health-Views-July-3rd-issue-2020-Copy.pdf   Disclaimer: The information contained in this article...

Australian town ‘Badagini’ named by Sinhala migrant labour in 1880s? - By K.K.S Perera   Lankans ‘CONQUER’ Bundaberg, Queensland on...

CARDINAL PELL TELLS" – By Des Kelly & MY TIME IN PRISON - by George Cardinal Pell   "CARDINAL PELL...

Cane industry & furniture in Sri Lanka   Along the eastern coast roads of Sri Lanka, laid out to dry...

Hassan - the unsung hero of St. Sylvester's Boxing – by Althaf Nawaz Source: Daily News Tuan Sabikin Hassan better known...

Sydney Well-wishes donated SLR 116,711 for Dry Rations and welfare activities conducted by the Sri Lanka Embassy in State of...

Coronavirus Victoria: Face masks mandatory with 363 new cases - by Josh Dutton Victorians will now have to wear face...

SriLanka Cricket Team 1982 - then and now     WATCH SRI LANKA v ENGLAND INAUGURAL FULL TEST MATCH -...

eLanka Newsletter - 19 July - 6th edition - Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below...

Excelling far beyond expectations: By Maruthai Ravindhiran Source:Daily News “Fruits of Virtue and of Knowledge, Here we gather, Peace and Power…”...

 ANURA TENNEKOON’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY – Passionately Cricket Former Sri Lanka captain Anura Tennekoon’s autobiography – Passionately Cricket – was launched at...

Mr. TIDDY WIJERATNE - dedicated teacher and an inspiring cricket coach at St. Anthony's College Tiddy Wijeratne, 19 August 1923...

Memories….photo of "Old Josephians in Melbourne 2015"    

Dottie West and Jim Ed Brown - "Love Is No Excuse" and "Let ItBe Me"   This was from Jim...

The Hon. Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister Senator the Hon. Michaelia Cash Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business...

Just goes to show you, "you never know" We have all seen old photographs of famous people but the text...

6 Royalists have become Commander of Sri Lanka Navy After Independence 6 Royalists have become Commander of Sri Lanka Navy....

Health & Views –July 2020 – 2nd issue By Harold Gunatillake   https://www.elanka.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Health_Views_July_2nd_issue_2020_compressed.pdf   Disclaimer: The information contained in this...

Lloyd Paternott was a fine left arm leg spinner – BY Dilwin Mendis Prince of Wales’ College First Eleven Cricket Pool...

Discussion on treatment of severe cases of COVID-19 with Convalescent Plasma antibodies-by Harold Gunatillake   “Antibody cocktails, and antiviral drugs...

Found memories of Delft Island –  By Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne (Retired from Sri Lanka Navy) Former Chief of Defence Staff...

Geoff Lee – Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education - Funding for vulnerable temporary visa holders Emergency grant funding is...

Swift is the Passage to Eternity – By Oscar E V Fernando   A strand of atomic beam floating-frolicking in the Heavens-...

Noel News – By Noel Whittaker We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. RALPH WALDO EMERSON Welcome to our...

The Peterite Chorale: A Brief History One of Colombo’s most established and renowned choral groups, The Peterite Chorale, is an...

eLanka Newsletter - July 5th edition - Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read...

“Brief introduction of the arrival of the Malays in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)”.By Noor Rahim “Brief introduction of the arrival of...

A  Book on Orang Malayu in Sri Lanka : Book Review: Banishment and Belonging: Exile and Diaspora in Sarandib, Lanka and Ceylon (2019) -  ...

 Interview with Michael Holding      

 'Avoid family gatherings' and 'Keep yourself and your loved ones safe' Note from the NSW Health, the NSW Multicultural Health...

Meera Sodha's vegan recipe for Sri Lankan cucumber cashew curry Meera Sodha’s Sri Lankan cucumber and cashew curry. Photograph: Louise Hagger/The...

 "GOD'S CREATIONS, ALL" – By Des Kelly           I've heard it said, take a tiny seed, barely...

Sri Lanka for the first time records birth of twin elephant calves Source: THE NEWS SCROLL08 JULY 2020    Colombo,...

Demodara - Interesting recent history..      

Senior Gurusinghe took post WW I cricket by storm – By Ruhunu Puthra   Source:Island   The late Gurusinghe, the grandad...

"I packed your parachute", A Great Message for all of us! Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in...

Ways of Treating late stages of COVID-19 with Antibody cocktail-Harold Gunatillake   Antibody cocktails, and antiviral drugs show promising results...

To Canada with Love from Sri Lanka – A Beautiful song presentation from Sri Lankans in Mississauga!.   In 1864...

eLanka Newsletter - July 4th edition - Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read...

Australia's greatest ever Test XI     Source:Theroar Australia is the most successful nation in Test match history with more...

Open Mike with Emcee Duke Ramachandran Source:STCOBASydney Rewind 1987, way before our OBA association was formed, a group of Royalist...

Anuradhapura Kingdom & heritage-Harold Gunatillake Overview: This was a video done 25 years back, and lately digitalised by the producer...

To Prevent further viral Pandemics- become vegetarian or reduce meat consumption-by Harold Gunatillake “Eating meat isn’t just killing animals-it’s also...

A history never too cold Source:DailyNews In 1969 Colombo Cold Stores celebrated its Diamond Jubilee by bringing out a small...

eLanka Newsletter - July 3rd edition - Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read...

SCC & SCF - COVID-19 Community Support Program The Sinhalese Cultural Centre together with the Sinhalese Cultural Forum will be...

Down memory lane at Aluthmawatha Best of our childhood memories are from Mutwal/Modera and Mattakkuliya. No too words Here's bit...

                      "THE PEARL OF THE EAST"  CEYLON – By Des Kelly  ...

The Tree – by Oscar E V Fernando   Frolics and flows the stream-mid farm, dale and dell- In Succulent feeding the...