articles

14 Restaurant Servings So Ridiculous They’re Hilarious! Something we all have missed dearly during the lockdown is restaurants. There is...

Obituary: STELLA JAYASENA NEE ABEYGUNERATNE (ex Staff Medical Research Institute Borella, Sri Lanka) 9 June 1936 - 13 June 2020...

 "VERY SAD NEWS" - SL-born BBC presenter reveals cancer has spread to his lungs – By Des Kelly This comes from eLanka...

UNOFFICIAL The Hon. Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister   STATEMENT Friday 12 June 2020 UPDATE ON CORONAVIRUS MEASURES The National...

SPECIAL NOTES OF OUR AGE...if you are 50 plus *SPECIAL NOTES FOR OUR AGE.* Between 52 and death. It’s time to use...

Watch Bob Marley & The Wailers’ ‘Live at The Rainbow’ Concert from 1977 which was live-streamed on the reggae icon’s...

Orients Basket Ball Club - By Hilary White The Orients were started by Dr. C. Thurairaja and Dr V. Sriskandarajah...

Checking your pulse rate is discussed-by Dr harold Gunatillake FRCS, FICS, FIACS,MBBS, AM (Sing)-Health writer   The Pulse rate which...

Tea mogul Merrill J. Fernando: 'I owe everything to Australian consumers': By Benjamin Law This Sri Lankan businessman, the founder and chairman...

Obituary Notice - Mrs Rupa Seneviratne Banda (Founding Member of Peradeniya University Alumni NSW) MESSAGE:  Dear Friends, My wife Rupa...

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

THE HON ALAN TUDGE MP MINISTER FOR POPULATION, CITIES AND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE ACTING MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, MIGRANT SERVICES AND...

The immortal Fr. Joe: Remembering the Legend & his Legacy after 14 Years ... Photo source: Quadrangle A Monumental Tribute No sooner...

CALYPSO CAPERS – By Des Kelly      It goes back to the 17th Century. Calypso Capers originated in Trinidad, back...

         "THE REAL ROCKET MAN" – By Des Kelly   There have been a few of them recently,...

ATO updates tax guidance for home-based businesses-By Maja Garaca Djurdjevic Source:publicaccountant The Australian Taxation Office has advised that it will...

Back problems: By Dr Harold Gunatillake Web Site:www.Doctorharold.com Transcript: There is no human being having not experienced back pain during...

"THE DOLPHIN'S MATE" – By Des Kelly   One of the most touching videos I have ever had the pleasure...

  "AUSTRALIA PERSONIFIED" – By Des Kelly    As a Sri Lankan (Ceylon) migrant to Melbourne, Australia, of nearly 60 years, I...

The hidden and forgotten world of Kumana: Text and pix by Mahil Wijesinghe Source:Sunday Observer Digital cameras have made my...

Harold Seneviratne & Friends By Patrick Ranasinghe In Loving Memory to Fifty seven years in music in Sri Lanka puts band leader/saxophonist...

Aravinda's stunning season for Prahran CC-by Ian Crawford Source:Island It came to the attention of the Prahran Cricket Club that...

Tribute to a beloved rector by: Rev. Dr. W.D.G. Chrispin Leo Tuesday, August 6, 2019 - Courtesy: Daily News. Source:Daily...

Words of Wisdom      

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

OPPORTUNITIES UNLOCKED WITH PLACES AVAILABLE FOR UTS FOUNDATION STUDIES AND DIPLOMAS AT UTS INSEARCH SRI LANKA 9 June 2020. SYDNEY...

THE HON ALAN TUDGE MP MINISTER FOR POPULATION, CITIES AND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE ACTING MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, MIGRANT SERVICES AND...

Deshabandu Anura Tennekoon launches his Autobiography at SSC Thomian and former Sri Lanka Cricket Captain Anura Tennekoon released his Autobiography at...

Kerrigan La-Brooy #1 on Aussie Charts for the 2nd Consecutive Week Kerrigan’s single ‘Just A Little Talk With Jesus’, debuted...

ROYAL COLLEGE 175TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER - TOAST TO THE SISTER COLLEGES PROPOSED BY S. SKANDAKUMAR (6TH MARCH 2010,CINNAMON GRAND OAK...

GROWING UP IN NAWALAPITIYA : WORLD WAR 11–DAYS OF DARKNESS & JOYS OF BOYHOOD: Memories of yesteryear – by G.A.D.Sirimal...

eLanka Newsletter - June 2nd edition - Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read...

Oh, Pretty Woman - featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and The Orbison Brothers The discovery of rock legend Roy Orbison's...

"ALUTH ISKOLE'-A NEW SCHOOL" – By Des Kelly Covid 19 emerged like a thief in the night, causing dramatic changes...

"NOTHING BETTER" – By Des Kelly    Something special for all our eLanka readers. I have always loved the music...

 Obituary notices – May 2020 (more…)

eLanka Marriage Proposals - Free eLankaWeddings.com.au   We have recently launched eLanka Weddings Web site. Please Click here to View...

  "BAILA, AS I LIKE IT" – By Des Kelly        Sometimes, a video comes to me, with content that...

 "MUSIC THEREIN" – By Des Kelly       Another "first" for my eLanka readers, who are already aware of the...

Megha Wijewardane - NASA Junior Ambassador     Australia’s only Junior Ambassador to National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Megha Mahima...

Hugh Aldons at 95- A Tribute by his nephew Roger – Hugh was and remains  the ONLY ever Ceylon TRIPLE INTERNATIONAL...

Watch "Coldplay Performs "Imagine" ft. (Emmanuel Kelly)" You have got to see this. Emmanuel Kelly was born into a war zone...

Taking on a mantle in the face of COVID-19: By Kumudini Hettiarachchi   Source:sundaytimes As the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo, celebrates...

The best of Mahela Jayawardene: His top innings Mahela Jayawardene celebrates his century against England at Lord’s in 2006. Source:Daily...

According to Matthew 2018 - Sinhala movie starring Jacqueline Fernandez & Alston Koch – Film by Chandran Rutnam |  ...

Health & Views –June 2020 – 1st issue By Harold Gunatillake   https://www.elanka.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Health_Views_June_1st_2020_compressed-1.pdf Disclaimer: The information contained in this article...

Silver Fawn Club Inc. - Commemorative Edition (special edition is to mark the Club’s 50th Anniversary)   https://www.elanka.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Commemorative-Edition_compressed-1.pdf      

CENTENARIAN WITH A DIFFERENCE: By Joe Van Langenberg Photo source:BBC   The fact that 105-year-young centenarian Eileen Ash, happens to...

World In Union | The Old Joes' Choir (Virtual Choir while in Self Isolation & Social Distancing) As our little...