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ජීවමාන සංස්කෘතියක උරුමය සුරැකි පුරවරය. – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම්. සිව් දෙස රැඳි සේනා සපිරි සෙන්පතීන් නවදෙනෙක් විසින් නිබදවම රක්නා ලබන පුරවරයකි. ඒ වටා ගලනා පුළුල් දිය අගලෙන් පුරවරය ආරක්ෂාව වඩාත් තහවුරු කරන සෙයකි. දැයේ ජීවමාන සංස්කෘතික උරමය සුරැකි මෙම පවර පුරවරය නමින් බදුල්ල ය සිව් දෙසින් නැගී සිට පුරවර රක්නා සෙන්පතීන් ලෙසින් නමුණු කුල ගිරිකුල ශිඛර නමය දිස්වේ. නමුණුකුල කදුපෙළ සිසාරා පැතිරී මහා වන පෙත සෙන්පතීන් පිරිවරා සිටිනා සෙබල මුලක් සේ හැගේ. බදුලු ඔය කෝමලිය පුරවර ආරක්ෂාව තර කරනා දිය අගල වශයෙන් අපට උපකල්පනය කළ හැකිය. නමුණුකුල කදු වැටි  පද්ධතිය. තමන්ටම ආවේණික ආවෘත සංස්කෘතිය (බාහිරව නොපෙනන අදහස් විශ්වාස පුරුෂාර්ථ ආදී) රැකගැනීමට ඌවේ ජනතාවට හැකිවූයේ, ඉහත දක්වන ලද පරිදි, එම පළාතට රැකවරණය සලසන සොබා  පිහිටීම බව සැළකේ.අදීන සංස්කෘතියක් නිර්මාණය වීමේ සහ එය සම්මිශ්‍රණයකින් තොරව පවත්වාගෙන යාම උදෙසා කාලගුණික සහ දේශගුණික සාධක, භූගෝලීය සාධක, ඵෙතිහාසික සාධක, අර්ථ ක්‍රමය හා ආගමික ආකල්ප අත්‍යන්තයෙන්ම වැදගත් වේ. බදුලු ඔය  පරම්පරාවෙන් පරම්පරාවට පැවැතගෙන එන්නා වූ සිරිත් විරිත්, සාරධර්ම, ඇදහිලි, ජන ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 30th July 2023 – 9th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter PORTRAIT OF NIMAL WIKRAMANAYAKE KC UNVEILED IN VICTORIAN BAR ASSOCIATION CHAMBERS A half century of Sri Lankan prominence… fast fading? – By Aubrey Joachim Xmas in July for Old Girls of Ladies College and friends by OG Shanali Gomes and friends on 23rd July at Berowra Community Centre Memories of a most respected personality of the last century, General Denzil Lakshman Kobbekaduwa Remembering him on his 83rd birth anniversary, 27th July 2023 – by Sunil Keppetipola Health & Views – July 2nd issue 2023 – By Dr harold Gunatillake SUNDAY CHOICE – Kris Kristofferson Why Me Lord Story Told – By Charles Schokman Revelation To The Genesis – By Lakshman Navaratne List of Nishan-e-Imtiaz recipients HIRDARAMANI GROUP SUPPORTS SRI LANKA NETBALL NATIONAL & JUNIOR ...

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Kotmale Dam and Reservoir. Renamed: Kothmale Gamini Dissanayake Reservoir – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Location of the Dam There are about 30,000 reservoirs in Sri Lanka of which the majority were built from the 3rd century BC to the 12th century. These were mainly constructed in the dry zone area- the Northern and Eastern part of the land an area of about 40,000 sq. kilometers (where almost all the tanks are located), These reservoirs were essential in these areas to collect rainwater from the streams for irrigation purposes. During the present century, such reservoirs with a dam were constructed to collect the streaming water not only for irrigation purposes but with the objective of generating hydropower. Kotmale Dam construction with a view to generating hydropower began in August 1979, and ceremoniously opened in February 1985 and was renamed the Gamini Dissanayake Reservoir on 11 April 2003 following a request by ...

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SUNDAY CHOICE – Kris Kristofferson Why Me Lord Story Told – By Charles Schokman “Why Me” was recorded by Kristofferson in 1972, featuring backing vocals by soon-to-be wife Rita Coolidge and up-and-coming singer-songwriter Larry Gatlin. It was released on the album Jesus Was a Capricorn in 1973, and became the biggest hit of his career.   According to country music historian Bill Malone, Kristofferson wrote the song during an emotionally low period of his life after having attended a religious service conducted by the Rev. Jimmie Rogers Snow. Malone wrote, “‘Why Me, Lord'” – as the song is sometimes known – “may seem greatly out of character for Kristofferson, but it can be interpreted as his own personal religious rephrasing of ‘Sunday Morning Coming Down.’ In this case, he is ‘coming down’ not from drugs, but from the whole hedonistic euphoria of the (1960s).” Malone described Kristofferson’s gruff vocal styling ...

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First SL-born woman Aussie MP here Cassandra Fernando Source:Island The first Sri Lanka born woman to be elected to Australia’s Federal Parliament in Canberra was here recently. Cassandra Fernando (35) migrated with her parents to Australia at the age of 11 and grew up in Dandenong, Southeast of Melbourne, North Victoria. There she worked at Woolworths in Dandenong Plaza for around 15 years, including as a pastry chef. She was educated at William Angliss Institute, Box Hill Institute. Representing workers in the retail and fast-food industries, Cassandra is currently the Labour MP for the Division of Holt since the 2022 federal election. ...

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Expatriate pilots for SriLankan Airlines Source:Island The Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation, Nimal Siripala de Silva, went on record a few days ago saying that if all the pilots in SriLankan Airlines leave, he will get foreign pilots to replace them. He stated this at a joint programme of CAASL and IATA on Aviation Day at Katunayake on Friday, July 14, 2023, surrounded by a group of aviation experts who could have advised him better. Instead of treating the symptoms, shouldn’t the root cause be identified and rectified? It is easier said than done to employ an expatriate pilot. SriLankan Airlines would have to offer a substantial world-class salary in comparison to the relative pittance currently paid to local pilots. During the pandemic the SriLankan Airlines management halved the pilots’ pay and pegged the value of their US-dollar based salaries to an unrealistically arbitrary low figure. ...

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Sri Lanka has become the global hub for manufacturing Rigid Tyres – Minister of Industries Minister of Industries and Plantation Industries Dr Ramesh Pathirana views a poster presentation at the ‘Rubber, Plastic and Fiber based Industry related innovations and research presentation and networking forum’ Source:Island Minister of Industries and Plantation Industries Dr Ramesh Pathirana said that Sri Lanka has become the global hub for manufacturing Rigid Tyres and thanked the Sri Lanka manufacturers including those who are in collaboration with international partners. The minister made this revelation addressing researchers, scientists and industrial stakeholders who attended the ‘Rubber, Plastic and Fiber based Industry related innovations and research presentation and networking forum’ held at Waters Edge Hotel on Wednesday (26). ...

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SL born Gary Anandasangaree appointed Canadian minister Source:Dailymirror Sri Lankan born Tamil MP Gary Anandasangaree has been appointed as a Cabinet Minister in the Canadian Government. Gary Anandasangaree is the son of former MP and Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) leader Veerasingham Anandasangaree. He was among seven rookie MPs who have been promoted to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Cabinet following a major reshuffling on Wednesday. Gary Anandasangaree was first elected in 2015 as the MP for the Toronto riding of Scarborough-Rouge Park. ...

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