Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 170 10 08 2023 Ancient necklaces & unearthed theatres, Sri Lanka’s past in art & present in survival, garbaged libraries & fabulous pizza, a 1 million potato & Pimburattewa swim plus tidbits to make your week complete. Once you’ve watched and enjoyed the programme, ...
Good News From Jayam – August 15, 2023 Pls Scroll Down 35 items Visit Our Website The Magnificent Lotus Tower in Colombo is a popular tourist attraction! Past Presidents of the Sri Lanka America Association of Southern California (SLAASC)(Celebrating 50 Years serving the community – Founded in 1973) Ananda Niyerapola SLAASC Past President 2002 Jayam Rutnam SLAASC Past President 2003 Keshini Wijegoonerathna SLAASC Past President 2004/2005 Keith Ranga SLAASC Past President 2006 Chamber of CommerceAwards San Gabriel Valley Examiner2023 Business of the Year Rutnam of the San Gabriel Valley Examiner speaks to the audience at the Glendora Chamber of Commerce Awards Dinner held at the Glendora Country Club on June 28th, 2023. The “Examiner” a popular weekly newspaper which serves the foothill communities of the San Gabriel Valley, won the “top” Business of the Year Award. Farewell to Dr. Palitha Kohona by the Foreign Ministry of China (We need more Ambassadors Like ...
18TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF MINISTER DESHAMANNYA LUXMAN KADIRGAMAR, PC, MP By Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne (Retired from Sri Lanka Navy) Former Navy Commander and Chief of Defence Staff Chairman Trincomalee Petroleum Terminals Ltd Sri Lanka: Our Foreign Minister who molded us We miss the Minister who groomed us. I think it’s the same feeling to all young diplomats (both ladies and gentlemen) whom he has recruited when he was the Minister more than 20 years ago. It was 18 years ago, I was Commanding SLNS Sauyra , the flag ship of Sri Lanka Navy stationed at Colombo harbour. I had just returned from India after finishing my tenure as Defence Adviser at our High Commission in New Delhi. Our task was to sail into deep sea towards equator in search of LTTE arms smuggling ships. We use to patrol for 21 days and we were in harbour for ten days ...
eLanka Newsletter – 9th August 2023 – 3rd Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Australia underlined their intentions at the Women’s World Cup Soccer with an empathetic 2-0 win over a skilful Denmark to advance to the quarter final – by Trevine Rodrigo (eLanka Sports editor – Melbourne) In Appreciation of Jayantha Dhanapala-by Michael Roberts Media What’s On Liverpool City Council August and September 2023 සිංහල රාජවංශයේ කඳුළු බිංදුව – ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම් SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS – By Victor Melder Vision Care’s branch expansion continues with new Embilipitiya branch https://www.elanka.com.au/madu-river-safari-we-enjoyed-the-lush-mangrove-forest-by-dr-harold-gunatillake/ TRAINING AIRCRAFT OF SLAF CRASHES KILLING TWO – By Sunil Thenabadu Graceful Glide: Unraveling the Secrets of the Sri Lankan Flying Snake – By Nadeeka – eLanka LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS – JULY 2023 Indoor oxygen Plants – By Malsha – eLanka Unveiling the Wonders of Cinnamon-By Kalani – ...
ජපන් කුලවමියක් ලියු – ලොව මුල්ම නවකතාව – ජෙන්ජි මොනොගටාරි – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම් ජෙන්ජි මොනොගටාරි විශ්ව සාහිත්‍යයේ ප්‍රථම , ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨ, සම්භාව්‍ය නවකතාව ලෙස සම්මානිතය.එය නිර්මාණය කරන ලද්දේ , මුරසකි ෂිකිබු නම් ජපන් කුලවමියක විසිනි. නව කතාව ගෙතී ඇත්තේ ගද්‍ය වෘත්තාන්තයකට නැඹුරු වෙමින් , චිත්තජ රූප දල්වන සුළු භාෂා ශෛලියකිනි. ලොව අපුර්වතම ගති,සිරිත් විරිත් සම්ප්‍රදායකට අනුගතවූ,ජපන් රාජ වංශිකයින්ගේ දිවි පෙවෙත අතිශයින්ම,සෞන්දර්යාත්මකව ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට කතුවරිය දක්වා ඇත්තේ අනුපමේයවූ කුසලතාවයකි.රජවාසල තත්‍ය සිදුවීම් ඉදිරිපත් කෙරෙන්නේ සජීවී සංවාදමය ස්වරුපයෙනි. මුරසකි ෂිකිබු කුලවමිය. කථාව විකාශනයේදී අතිශයින්ම හද කම්පනීය සිදුවීම් , වකා නම්වූ ජපන් සම්ප්‍රදායික පද්‍ය ඛණ්ඩයන් මගින් සැරසීමට කතුවරිය දක්වා ඇති සාමාර්ථය ඉමහති.මෙහිදී අපට ශ්‍රීලංකාව ඇතුළු පෙරදිග රටවල ප්‍රචලිත ගද්‍ය , පද්‍ය සම්මිශ්‍රිත ‘චම්පු’ ශෛලිය සිහිපත්වේ. ඕනෑම රාජ්‍යයක,දේශයක සම්භාව්‍ය කාව්‍ය, සාහිත්‍ය කෘති බිහිවන්නේ එහි සාමකාමී සංහිදියාවෙන් පිරිපුන් පරිසරයක් පවත්නා යුගයන්හි බව ඉතිහාසය අපට සිහිගන්වයි. ජපානය විශ්ව සාහිත්‍යයට මුල්ම නවකතාව දායාද කරන්නේ එවන් හිතකර රාජ්‍ය පසුබිමක් පැවති යුගයකදීය. අටවන සියවසේ අග භාගයේදී, අධිරාජ්‍යයා මධ්‍යම ජපානයේ අගනුවර සඳහා නව ස්ථානයක් තෝරාගෙන මනරම් කඳු වළල්ලකින් වට වූ නගරයක් ඉදි කළහ. නව නගරය හැඳින්වූයේ “සන්සුන්කමේ අගනුවර” හියන්-කියෝ යනුවෙනි. (එය නූතනයේ කියෝතෝ නගරය බවට පත් වී ඇත.) ...
Spending time with these young champions – By Sachin Tendulkar Source : Sachin Tendulkar Linkedin Spending time with these young champions was like batting on a pitch full of dreams. Their hope, courage, and joy are the real winning shots of life! Through nutrition, sports and education, we can all give wings to their dreams. Ayubowan, Sri Lanka. ...
ANDUREN ELIYATA – DARKNESS TO LIGHT INC. SOLAR POWERED LIGHT DONATION PROGRAM ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ විදුලිය නොමැති නිවෙස් වල ජීවත් වන දරුවන්ට අධ්‍යාපන කටයුතු සදහා විදුලි කෝෂ කට්ටල ලබාදීමේ ව්‍යාපෘතිය “අදුරෙන් එළියට” CHARITABLE FUND RAISING NO: CFN /23278 TEL: 61 2 9605 5986 Website:www.andureneliyata.com.au EMAIL: andureneliyatasolar@gmail.com EMAIL: chandrafdo1@gmail.com NO 1 MYEE ROAD, MACQUARIE FIELDS NSW 2564 AUSTRALIA CERTIFICATE OF INC NO: INC1400698 We are an Incorporated Association registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission (ACNC) as a Charity. (Charity ABN 18 273 322 710) Deductible Gift Recipient (ATO) ANDUREN ELIYATA Solar Powered Light Donation Program entered the 10th Year on 12th May 2023. It is your generous donation which keeps us afloat. We have donated over 5000 units to under-privileged children of rural Sri Lanka, irrespective of race, religion they belong to. Over the years, our main fundraising event in Sydney had been the sale of Rice Parcels. ...
Sri Lanka Association of NSW Inc The 50th Golden Jubilee Winter Ball 2023 – Photos thanks to RoyGrafix The Sri Lanka Association of NSW Inc celebrated its 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee Winter Ball on Saturday the 29th of July at the Ballroom of the Sofitel Wentworth Sydney in grand style in the presence of 300 guests, a veritable who’s who of the Sri Lankan community in Sydney. Messages wishing the Association for the occasion, were received from His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremasinghe, The Premier of New South Wales, Hon Chris Minns MP and the Federal Minister for Immigration, Citizenship & Multicultural Affairs Hon Andrew Giles MP. Special Guests who graced the occasion were the Minister for Multicultural affairs, Lands, Property, Business and Sports Hon Stephen Kamper MP representing the Premier of NSW Hon Chris Minns, and Mrs. Chitrangani Wagiswara High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Australia ...
Tharjini Sivalingam retires from international netball-by Susil Premalal Source:Dailymirror Sri Lanka’s netball star Tharjini Sivalingam has retired from international netball competition. “For many years I have contributed to the success of netball in Sri Lanka. Now I am 45 years old. No female player in Asia has been involved in netball as long as I have. I have decided to retire from Sri Lanka netball after the 2023 World Championship Netball,” Sivalingam, one of the most recognised players in the international netball arena, told the “Daily Mirror” from Cape Town, South Africa. “Even if the netball team leaves for Sri Lanka tomorrow (8), I will not come back to Sri Lanka with them. Although I say goodbye to international netball, I will definitely participate in club netball in Australia. And I will never forget Sri Lanka. Representing Sri Lanka is the reason is that I am a world-renowned netball player,” ...
RIP It is with sadness, share the news of the passing away of former St. Peter’s College 1st XV Ruggerite and Captain of 1952 1st XV College (he was the oldest living Peterite Rugby Captain) Geoff Garnier. Geoff was residing in Colombo and used to come to watch matches at Bambalapitiya or attend OBU events at College, but after his wife Veera’s demise in 2010 he shunned away from public life. He played for the Combined University team (1952-1954) that toured Malaysia and later played for the start-studded Ceylon XV (in 1959) under Ashey Cader’s captaincy which took part in the All India Tournament. Geoff, after joining the plantation (George Steuart & Co, and later JEDB) continued playing Rugby for Uva Club (the Merry Men) until 1964 and he went on to become the President of the Club too. He also rose in the ranks in the plantation sector and ...
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