Merrill J. Fernando: Founder of Dilmah Tea Passes Away Source : Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – August 2023 Merrill J. Fernando – the founder and former CEO of Sri Lanka’s largest and most global tea brand ‘Dilmah Tea’ – passed away on 20 July. The iconic businessperson was aged 93 at the time of his demise. Born in 1930 in Negombo, Fernando received his primary education from Maris Stella College and his secondary education from St. Joseph’s College in Colombo. In 1954, at a time when the island’s tea trade was still under the control of the British, Fernando began working as a tea assistant with Arthur Frederick Jones and his son Dennis Jones at AF Jones & Co. Fernando was amongst the first group of Ceylonese to be permitted to learn tea tasting. Four years later, Fernando was appointed the company’s Managing Director. However, in 1962, he ...
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Anton Swan’s Exemplary Service As Sri Lanka’s Honorary Consul Feted at FSOQ’s Gala Dinner – By Lawrence Heyn Source : Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – August 2023 A grateful community gathered in numbers at a gala dinner on July 15 to thank Anton Swan OAM, the Honorary Consul for Sri Lanka in Queensland, who has stepped down from his official duties after a tenure of 33 years. More than 250 people attended the night organised by the Federation of Sri Lankan Organisations of Queensland to felicitate Anton and Bronwen Swan at the Souths Sports Club, Acacia Ridge. The line-up of guests included representatives of the FSOQ and its member organisations, State Member for Mount Ommaney Jess Pugh, Brisbane City Councilor Angela Owen, Dean of Consular Corps Michael Horvath, the Swan family and members of the Brisbane Sri Lankan community. Cultural performances were among the highlights. Anton’s contribution to ...
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WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY Source : Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – August 2023 World Photography Day is an annual, worldwide celebration of the art, craft, science and history of photography. The World Photography Day for 2023 will take place on Saturday, 19 August. Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry A photograph has the ability to capture a place; an experience; an idea; a moment in time. For this reason, it’s said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Photographs can convey a feeling faster than, and sometimes even more effectively than words can. A photograph can make the viewer see the world the way the photographer sees it. Photographs even transcend the passing of time – a photo from a hundred years ago can still be as appreciated now, as it was then. A photo taken tomorrow, can still be just as appreciated by others in a hundred years’ ...
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WORLD SENIORS DAY – By Sandra Joseph Source : Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – August 2023 World Seniors Day is celebrated annually on 21 August. It is an appreciation and an honouring of the contributions and achievements of older adults around the world. It is also a recognition of the importance of Seniors in society. Many charitable organisations depend heavily on the hours of voluntary work undertaken by Seniors. As the global community continues to age, it is critical to acknowledge the value and wisdom that older adults bring to the society. Seniors have a wealth of knowledge and experience that can be shared with younger generations. World Seniors Day is a reminder that Seniors have a vital role to play in our communities and that their voices should be heard and respected. World Seniors Day also raises awareness about the challengers Seniors face and the world can ...
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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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Lanka Premier League 2023 Opening Ceremony – By Dr Sagara Lakmal de Mel Sagara Lakmal de Mel Photography Lanka Premier League 2023 Opening Ceremony Source : Dr. Sagara Lakmal De Mel linkedin ...
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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 ...
Jul 30, 2023
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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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