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Our Childhood Sweets   - BRINGS BACK MEMORIES  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_sweets_and_desserts https://www.google.com/search?source=univ&tbm=isch&q=Images+of+Old+Sri+Lankan+Sweets&client=firefox-b-d&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipyJz_p8TpAhXjzDgGHX9dC6UQsAR6BAgKEAE

 "LOST FOR WORDS" – By Des Kelly   Explains why English is such a strange but fascinating language. Certain Phrases, Prose,...

"PRESIDENTS' PAST" By Des Kelly It would be difficult enough to get past the security of the White House, leave alone...

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue   Wonderful collection with the courtesy  of Patrick Ranasinghe. Fantastics Something Old...

This Eerie silence - By Oscar E V Fernando   Will this sound of silence go on and on? Till...

Pasan Wijesena - owner of Earl's Juke Joint - Newtown’s little slice of New Orleans still has us under its...

Song Remembering Arhat Sangamitta Therani "Sanghamittā Day" is observed in Sri Lanka on "Uduvapa Poya" or "Uposatha Poya" on the...

 Ten Interesting Facts About Sri Lankan Names Source:Roar Little do we realise that names are the foundation of all knowledge....

Health & Views –May 2020 – 3rd issue By Harold Gunatillake   https://www.elanka.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Health_Views_May_3rd_issue_2020.pdf   Disclaimer: The information contained in this...

Working from Home Deductions   https://www.elanka.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/zimsen-may2020-practice-update.pdf  

We are One - A Special Message from Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts to the World - Written, performed & produced...

ASX Announcement TBG Biotechnology Corp. Confirms CE Mark approval of COVID-19 Nucleic Acid and Antibody Rapid Test Kits - Authorised...

Cytokine Storm Syndrome link with COVID-19  Written by Dr. Harold Gunatillake FRCS, MBBS, AM (Sing) FIACS, FICS. Health writer  ...

BIG CHEEKS – By Des Kelly   Every now and then, they appear, seemingly out of nowhere, multi-talented individuals who...

"SPIT & POLISH" – By Des Kelly    It started for me, at home. My Dad, Carlo, God bless his...

"INDIAN SUMMER " – By Des Kelly   "Summer, oh you Indian Summer". What a song, what a Season ?,...

Sri Lanka policy incoherence hurting rating, potential lenders: Fitch Monday May 18, 2020 10:38:40 ECONOMYNEXT – The lack of a...

: "BUONGIORNO" by Gypsies Sunil Perera with Maxi Jayaweera        

SHOULD SUGAR BABES BE CONDEMNED:? BY Joe Van Langenberg While some may call them glorified hookers, opportunistic parasites, or worse, the...

eLanka Newsletter - May 2020 6th edition - Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to...

Patrick Ellis - Sri Lankan Charity Video 2020      

DORIS MADE EVERY ONES' DAY: By Joe Van Langenberg   DORIS MADE EVERY ONES' DAY: A dazzling star of the...

Sri Lanka U12 cricket team formed in Adelaide Source:Daily News The Sri Lanka U12 team (from left): Chamith, Senehas, Imeth,...

Yasata Hitapu Ape Nonala  ( යසට හිටපු අපේ නෝනලා ) - By Desmond, Mariazelle, Rajiv & Corrine    

"MELODIA MOTIYAM" A group of Indians from the state of Mangalore, living and working or studying in Dubai, who have...

Mage Konde Nathath @ Tone Poem with Corrine Almeida        

Combined Colleges of Sri Lanka Choir: by Everard Hoffman I contacted the Choir Director Rev.Crosbie De Kretser,a long standing Friend and...

Tribute to Dr Pararajasegaram -'The Father Of Community Opthalmology' Following is a tribute to Dr.Ramachandra Pararajasegaram on his death on 5...

Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Influenced By Smarter Sri Lankan   Jeff Bezos describes how while he was at Princeton the...

View of clean Colombo, Sri Lanka captured on Sunday before lifting of curfew on Monday (May 2020) Amazing. Not a speck of...

At the end of the road. Dylan Wickrama's Pacific crossing on a GS powered raft is set to be made into...

The e-auction solution for tea after 1880: Transforming how tea is bought and sold in Sri Lanka Brewing up change under...

eLanka Newsletter - May 2020 5th edition - Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to...

Alcohol consumption and COPD-by Dr. Harold Gunatillake  FRCS, MBBS,AM(Sing), FIACS, FICS   Any form of alcohol consumption, up to one...

Elanka shop donation programme Visit eLanka Shop if you wish to give a grocery pack to your friend or family...

How Sri Lanka could thrive as an ideal higher education destination: by Prof. Nalaka Jayakody SOURCE:Daily News With Sri Lanka being...

THE THRILL OF BEING A THOMIAN "Esto Per Petua" !!!  

Your laugh of the day - German Husband and Wife Circus Act Her expression (or lack of) is so funny.  They...

Live concerts Here are several live concerts and videos please enjoy!  THE BLUE DIAMONDS LIVE   Trini Lopez Live In Concert Brussels...

"THE GOOD OLD DAYS" - By Des Kelly We go around these days, complaining about this & that, the latest...

Lockdown thoughts: by BERTRAM DANIEL I have had a bit more downtime to think about life and to be frank; in...

Health & Views –May 2020 – 2nd issue By Harold Gunatillake https://www.elanka.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Health-Views-May-2nd-2020.pdf    

WFP and Australia provide funds for 80,000 kids to receive take-home food rations WFP Country Director Brenda Barton handing the...

Parents of students returned from Australia thank President Source:FT A total of 272 Sri Lankans who were stranded in various...

Little Richard - MUSICAL GENIUS WITH PENCHANT FOR RAZZMATAZZ: By Joe Van Langenberg   Following the passing of Little Richard,...