MEDIA RELEASE Premier congratulates Children’s Festival – on 25th anniversary 8th September 2023 The Premier of NSW, Chris Minns, has congratulated the Children’s Festival Organisation Inc on its 25th anniversary being celebrated on September 17 in Western Sydney. “This year’s celebration holds a special place in our hearts as we reflect on the incredible journey the festival has undertaken in fostering unity, diversity, and a sense of community among our youngest citizens. “For a quarter of a century, this free, one-day event has united families from all walks of life. By providing a platform for children and their families to come together, share experiences and celebrate their diverse backgrounds, the festival serves as a powerful force in strengthening our society”, the Premier told the organisation in a formal message. The Premier’s message follows those from a long list of federal, state and local elected representatives and Ministers who have ...
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Matara Dutch Fort – By Channa de Silva Source : Channa de Silva Linkedin Matara Dutch Fort should be now ready to take off as a prominent location in the tourism map of Sri Lanka. Being less than 45 Km from the famous Galle Dutch Fort, will support Matara Dutch Fort to be an important destination in the tourism map of Sri Lanka. Unique features of the Matara Dutch Fort – Having a beautiful beach and swimmable ocean Broad and long river running along side of the Matara Dutch Fort Matara having its own culinary recognition – Matara rice & curry is quite unique Matara has its own industry such as embroidery which was widely done as a cottage industry specially in the Dutch era. Having historical sites such as Dutch Star Fort, Dutch trading center, Dutch churches The Government in recent times have been relocating magistrate courts and building a ...
Sep 7, 2023
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Triumphant Sri Lanka grab a piece of history with first ever emphatic series win over England. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (Elanka Sports Editor) Sri Lanka’s women continued a rampant run as they shocked England and threw down the gauntlet to the men’s team currently in the top four in the Asia Cup, that nothing is unsurmountable. Chamari Athapaththu’s ladies swept past England to claim a historic series 2-1 win and announced themselves as big time competitors against anyone. Beating England in England makes this triumph even more special and goes down as the best effort yet by the rapidly rising Lankans who under new coach Rumesh Ratnayake are making giant strides. From a team mostly dependent on Skipper Athapaththu, and perhaps a couple of handy allrounders, a different mindset has breathed belief into the group as they now perform as a perfect fighting unit. Yes, they rode on ...
Sep 7, 2023
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ජනසවියේ නියමුවාණන් දැයෙන් සමුගෙන දෙවසරක් සපිරේ . – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම්. 1965 ජුනි 15 වන දින, රාජ්‍ය පරිපාලන අමාත්‍යංශයේ ලේකම් කාර්යාලය තුළ එම්.ජේ.පෙරේරා, වින්සන්ට් පණ්ඩිත යන මහතුන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා පරිපාලන සේවයට සුදුස්සන් බඳවා ගැනීමේ සම්මුඛ පරීක්ෂන මණ්ඩලයයේ අසුන් ගෙන සිටිති.එක් අපේක්ෂකයෙක් සම්මුඛ පරීක්ෂණයට පෙනී සිට පිටතට පැමිණේ. මීලඟ අපේක්ෂකයා කැඳවීමට සිණුව නාදවේ. රෙද්දෙන් බැනියමෙන් සැරසුණු ,පන් මල්ලක් අතැති පුද්ගලයෙක් කාමරයට පියමනී. පරීක්ෂණ මණ්ඩලය එම පුද්ගලයා කාර්යාල කාර්ය සහයකයෙක් යයි සිතා , ” ගිහිල්ල සුසිල් සිරිවර්ධන මහත්තයට එන්න කියනවා….” කාමරය දෙසින්වි ධානයක් නිකුත්වේ. ඇතුල්වූ පුද්ගලයා මුවඟ සියුම් සිනහවක් පාමින් “මම තමයි සුසිල් සිරිවර්ධන..”යනුවෙන් පිළිවදන් දෙමින් කාමරය ඇතුළට පිවිසේ. සුදු දිග දොතියකින් , සැහැල්ලු සුදු සරමකින් දෙපා රැදී හම් සෙරෙප්පු ජෝඩුවකින් සැරසී සිටි ඇදුමේ විලාශයෙන් හා අමුත්තාගේ නිහතමානී පෙනුමෙන් සම්මුඛ පරීක්ෂණ මණ්ඩලයට හැගී ගියේ ,සීනුවේ නාදය ඇසී කාර්යාල කාර්ය සහයකයෙක් අවශ්‍යතාව විමසීමට කාමරයට එබිකම් කළ සෙයකි. යථෝක්ත සිදුවීම අප හා පැවසුවේ, මෙම සම්මුඛ පරීක්ෂණයට ම ,එදවස පෙනී සිටීමට පෙළ ගැසී සිටි ,ශ්‍රී ලංකා පරිපාලන සේවයෙහි ජේෂ්ඨතමයෙක්වූ කේ.ජී.කීර්තිරත්න මහතාය. ශ්‍රීලංකා පරිපාලන සේවයේ ...
Sep 7, 2023
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eLanka Newsletter – 6th September 2023 – 2nd Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Esric Jackson launches new CD, ‘Second Generation ‘, and did it, his way – By TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE Trevine Rodrigo (eLanka – Melbourne) Catches up with Corrine Almeida Happy Father’s Day – By Noor Rahim Link Natural expands global footprint by launching in Qatar Sri Lanka’s women shock England and Athapaththu questions BBL indifference – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (Elanka Sports Editor) Health & Views – September 1st issue 2023 – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Dr. Yves Sugunaraj Christopher MB.BS., FRANZCP., MRC. PSYCH, DPM., DCH. Consultant Psychiatrist, Emeritus Assistant Professor – By Suvendrini H. C. Christopher-Schuhmann Sunil Thenabadu turned to book writing Lançarote de Seixas and Madampe: A Portuguese Casado[i] in a Sinhalese Village-by Michael Roberts Sanali Lihansa Silva a contestant in ...
Sep 6, 2023
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The British Council hosts a pre-departure briefing for Sri Lanka’s 11 selected Commonwealth Scholars As the 2023 cohort of Commonwealth Scholars prepare for their departure, the British Council hosted an interactive and informative Pre-departure Briefing at their library in Colombo to help scholars ensure a smooth transition to their respective university destinations in the UK. The briefing equipped the talented students with the tools and information that would enable them to have a well-rounded and positive experience in the UK. The briefing was attended by the British Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Lisa Whanstall, Country Director of the British Council, Sri Lanka, Orlando Edwards, the departing cohort of scholars, and a diverse range of alumni scholars, led by the British Council’s Education Programmes Manager, Hamzi Haniff. ...
STC Athletics Golden Era Gala Event March 2024 STC Athletics has been the unsung hero of the entire STC Sports Program, though it had won more national titles than any of the other STC sports programs combined. This program coached by the late Mr. Brookie D’Silva and then by duo of the late Mr. ECK Abeysekera and Mr. NM Perera has produced some of STC’s best athletes, and together have won many National Titles, Relay Carnivals, Zone Meets, and inter-collegiate Dual Meets in the 60’s. In particular, this team, comprising of various athletes in both track and field events, won the National Title 5 times in a row from 1967 thru 1971, an unprecedented record feat, which to this day has not been equaled or beaten. This was achieved foremost due to the dedicated coaching staff, who had laid the foundation in the early 60’s to train the future champion ...
Sep 6, 2023
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Photo of Navy Commanders Enclave at Navy House, Colombo 7 hosted by present Navy Commander Vice Admiral Priyanta Perera on 5 September 2023 Seated L to R – Admiral Cicil Thissera, Deshamannya Admiral Basil Gunasekara, Admiral Daya Sadagiri, Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda Standing L to R – Admiral Sirimewan Ranasinghe, Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe, Vice Admiral Priyanta Perera ( host), Admiral Jayantha Perera, Admiral Somathilake Dissanayale, Admiral Piyal De Silva and Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenna Absent – Admiral Jayanath Colobage ( Ambassador in Indonesia and Admiral Travis Sinniah – living in Australia ...
Sep 6, 2023
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Tagged Admiral Cicil Thissera, Admiral Daya Sadagiri, Admiral Jayantha Perera, Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda, Admiral Piyal De Silva and Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenna Absent - Admiral Jayanath Colobage ( Ambassador in Indonesia and Admiral Travis Sinniah, Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, Admiral Sirimewan Ranasinghe, Admiral Somathilake Dissanayale, Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe, Deshamannya Admiral Basil Gunasekara, Navy Commanders Enclave at Navy House, Navy House, Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Priyanta Perera, Vice Admiral Priyanta Perera ( host)
Discovering Sigiriya: Jonathan Forbes’ Enterprise-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Avishka Mario Senewiratne, whose chosen title is “Jonathan Forbes and the Discovery of Sigiriya,” where it was presented in The Ceylankan, vol 26/3, August 2023 “Sigiri is the only example in Ceylon of those solitary activities, which form so remarkable a feature in the table-land of the dakka…” – Sir James Emerson Tennent Surrounded by the glorious forestry, guarded by majestic ramparts, nourished by enchanting tanks and ponds, and illuminated by those picturesque frescoes, the Lion Rock: Sigiriya is certainly a grand delight in this palm-fringed isle. Its histories and mysteries are vast. For nearly 700 years this one-time Capital of ancient Ceylon, which housed the fortress of the infamous King Kasyapa I, was lost and forgotten by those in this country. What lingered of Sigiriya were tales from the ancient chronicle Cūḷavaṃsa (sequel of the Mahāvaṃsa) and other contemporary documents. It is most likely that Kings from Nissankamalla to Sri ...
Archer Sajeev clinches Silver Medal Source:Dailynews Sri Lanka’s archer Sajeev de Silva clinched a silver medal in the team event at the 2023 WAA Joint Training – Asia Archery Challenge, which concluded last week at the prestigious Wonju Archery Centre in the Republic of Korea. Competing alongside archers from Chinese Taipei and Tajikistan, Sajeev Silva led his team, named “Sniper,” to an impressive second-place finish out of a field of 11 teams, securing the coveted silver medal. This outstanding achievement demonstrated the exceptional skills and teamwork displayed by the trio, with Ming Hsiu of Chinese Taipei and Tajikistan’s Salimov Salimjon forming the winning combination. ...
