The touring Indians beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to win the fifth and final One Day International played at the R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo. Scores: Sri Lanka – 238 in 49.4 Overs (Thirimanne 67, Mathews 55, Tharanga 48, Bumrah 2/45, Chahal 1/36, Yadav 1/40) India – 239/4 in 46.3 Overs (Kohli 110no, Jadhav 63, Pandey 36, de Silva 1/29, Malinga 1/35, Fernando 1/40, Pushpakumara 1/40) India won the 5-match series 5-0. Player of the match: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India) Player of the Series: Jasprit Bumrah (India) The touring Indians beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets to win the one and only T20 International played at the R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo. Scores: Sri Lanka – 170/7 in 20 Overs (Munaweera 53, Priyanjan 40no, Dickwella 17, Chahal 3/43, Yadav 2/20, Kumar 1/36, Bumrah 1/38) India – 174/3 in 19.2 Overs (Kohli 82, Pandey 51no, Rahul 24, Prasanna 1/25, Malinga 1/31, Mathews1/33, Udana ...
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(Photo on left is of the interior of the church with the pew and baptismal font and a glimpse of the old Dutch chairs against the wall in the background. On the right is portrait of Dutch Governor Ryckloff Van Goens) Source: Sunday Island, October 1, 2017 That almost neglected but historic building in the Pettah, the Wolvendaal Church, is unique in many ways. It is one of the few buildings in Sri Lanka which link the Portuguese period of occupation of Sri Lanka right through the Dutch, and British periods, to independent Ceylon, and finally exists as a repository of culture of the Dutch who unsuccessfully sought to conquer the whole country. Some recent photographs show weather related damage to the exterior of the building, which seem to be receiving the attention of those who are in charge of The Dutch made their presence in Ceylon in 1640 with the ...
Read More →VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040 E-mail < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com > Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com > THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You. ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2017 BOOKS Ceylon Tea, The Trade That Made A Nation by Richard Simon, 2017. (Donated by Dr Rohan Pethiyagoda, Chairman, Ceylon Tea Board, Colombo, Sri Lanka) Fistful of Folly by E.C.T.Candappa, 2017 (Donated by Ms Nimmi Candappa, North Dandenong, Vic) MAGAZINES NEWSLETTERS “Outreach” Newsletter, Voluntary Outreach Club Inc (VOC), Melbourne. Burgher Association (Australia) Inc (BAA), September News Bulletin, Spring 2017. Burgher Association (Australia) Inc (BAA), Notice of Annual General Meeting 2017/2018 “The Harbinger”, Family Magazine, Australia / Sri Lanka Welfare Guild Inc (ASWG), Vol 42, No 4, August 2017. ...
Read More →“…that morning, I went to Rosmead Place. The Prime Minister was talking to another monk. I occupied a seat at the end of the veranda, and then he came up to me and inquired why I had come …I shot at the Prime Minister once. That shot struck him. He started running into the house. I followed behind him and fired three more bullets. Someone shot me as well and I lost consciousness. I do not remember what happened next.” – Ven. Thalduve Somarama—statement by 1st accused [from the dock.] The boy born to an anglophile Christian aristocratic family on January 8, 1899, was given the name, ‘West Ridgway’ after the Governor of Ceylon and his God father, Sir Joseph West Ridgeway. He was affectionately called ‘Solla’, by family elders and ‘Banda’ or SWRD by political colleagues and the press. West Ridgeway joined Christ Church College, Oxford in ...
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Read More →OBITUARIES: Compiled by Victor Melder (E & O.E.) (SEPTEMBER 2017) ISAAC – PAUL PETER, son of Mr & Mrs Peter, in Sri Lanka on September 1, 2017. (Sunday Observer 3.9.20170 FERNANDESZ – VIRGINIA (nee Schokman), wife of Anton, mother of Ramona and Jackie, mother-in-law of Tyronne Francisco (Italy), grandmother of Ryan, Marianne and Shashi. Daughter of late Cecil and Nunnie, daughter-in-law of late Mervyn and Ada, sister of Anton and Joyce, sister-in-law of Elizabeth, Carmen and Jennifer (SL), Elmo, Carmel, Benny, Celine, Franklin, June, Walter and Doris (Aust), in Sri Lanka. – 530/3, Lake Way Terrace, Lake Road, Wickramasinghepura, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka. (Daily News 5.9.2017) DURAISAMY – GORDON JEYARATNAM, husband of Caterine, father of Suhen and Nirmala (Aust), Ravin and Dharshana (Can), grandfather of Manju and Michael, Jeshu and late Roshi, Jerry and Noah, great grandfather of Sebastian and Isabela. Brother and brother-in-law of late Sam and Lily (Can), Nesam and late ...
Read More →SRI LANKA NEWS IN BRIEF (SEPTEMBER 2017) Compiled by Victor Melder Alleging that the army continued to hold about 85,000 acres of land in the North, Northern Province Chief Minister and former Supreme Court judge C.W. Wigneswaran, sought the intervention of most Ven. Tibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thera of Malwatte Chapter to shift troops out those lands. CM Wigneswaran claimed that only about 5,000 acres had been so far released to their original owners. The Chief Minister placed the strength of the army deployed in the Northern Province at 150,000. Asserting that there was no requirement to maintain such a large force in the Northern Province, Wigneswaran called for their removal. The Mahanayake thera told the CM to make representations to President Maithripala Sirisena as he could solve the problem. The prelate emphasised that the army could not be removed from the Northern Province. CM Wigneswaran told the Mahanayake that ...
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