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Sri Lanka rout India after sluggish start to qualifiers for Rugby Asiad. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports Editor) Five years in Rugby wilderness did have an impact on Sri Lanka’s standards, but they steadied to rout India 45-10 at the Asian region top tier Rugby qualification at the Racecourse ground in Colombo.  Political interference and issues off the field relegated Sri Lanka Rugby to the sidelines while the country struggled for redress.  With the air cleared now, they have to qualify to play in the Asiad featuring powerhouses Japan,  Chinese Taipei,  Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and other top nations in the region. The win over India catapulted them into the final with Kazakhstan and indications suggest that Sri Lanka, who has been a fierce competitor in the past, can regain their lost mojo in the fifteen man game.  Political interference and power struggles with administrators in sport ...

May 2, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged , , , , ,
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HEART TRANSPLANT – By Lakshman Navaratne Image Source : West Virginia School of Preaching Facebook Page 3000 humans from all nations of the globe were the recipients of a MASS HEART TRANSPLANT that took place in Jerusalem. This event is recorded in the New Testament as the day of Pentecost. Today, 2000 years later: the same Tool “The written WORD” sharper than any man-made doctrines, theologies or religions are operating away from the eyes of world.         No one is Christian without Christ operating in your heart. No one on earth can claim the existence of a sovereign Maker (God), without hearing His voice, the word spoken to the Heart! Soon the flow of blood ceases, the body is considered dead. Today, with or without reading the Bible: one-third of Human population living on earth have embraced Christianity, as new Judaism, and the only way back to their Father in Heaven. ...

May 2, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Lakshman Navaratne Tagged ,
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Shehana Wijesena – Partner at Bird & Bird (International Law Firm) – Intellectual Property Group in Sydney We at eLanka are so proud and beyond thrilled to announce that Shehana Wijesena of Sydney, Australia has joined the partnership of Bird & Bird following the culmination of years of hard work and dedication, encouragement and championing by Jane Owen, love and support from her rock star husband and “co-primary” carer, unlimited help and guidance from my beloved parents Palitha & Shiranee Wijesena, also based in Sydney, Australia, inspiration and purpose from her darling daughters Ruby and Zoe, support from Shehana’s brother, friends and clients (many of whom fall into both camps), dedication and care of daycare educators – and a sprinkle of luck! As partner in our Intellectual Property Group in Sydney, Shehana advises the clients on all aspects of IP strategies, protection, exploitation and enforcement. Shehana enjoys assisting clients with ...

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eLanka Newsletter -1st May 2024 – 1st Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter New Plan to Drive Growth in Women and Girls’ Cricket SRI LANKA NEWS – By Victor Melder SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS – By Victor Melder Media opportunity of Ellyse Perry, Nick Hockley and Christina Matthews as Australian Cricket launched its Women and Girls Action Plan at the MCG WHAT IS MINE – By Charles Schokman Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 207 25 04 2024 The First Presidential Election and Colvin’s dejection. – By Dr .Tilak S. Fernando Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – May 2024 Janashakthi Group-Sponsored Inaugural “Battle of the Golden Blues” Concludes with a Draw Wishing a Legend of Wesley a Happy 90th Birth Day A Sri Lankan Lady Bishop for Wellington, NZ-by Michael Roberts A MESSAGE OF THANKS FROM AJITH PERERA OUR ...

May 1, 2024 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , , , ,
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The latest blow to the oil markets: Chinese manufacturing activity slows down again! – By Hemantha Yapa Abeywardena   With the latest manufacturing data from China that shows a relative slowdown, compared to March, both the traders and investors have been compelled to accept the inevitable; it is neither easy nor feasible to shore up the oil and gas prices in the current circumstances. According to China’s National Statistics Bureau, the manufacturing manager’s PMI for April was 50.4%,  a drop of 0.4% from that of March; having been below 50% since September, 2023 – the threshold – the key Chinese manufacturing index rose above the latter in March. Investors, not just in oil and gas sectors, breathed a collective sigh of relief, when they noticed a growth in the manufacturing sector in the world’s second largest economy, China. The evolving volatility in the Middle East, coupled with China’s encouraging manufacturing ...

May 1, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Hemantha Yapa Abeywardena Tagged ,
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MY APPRECIATION “He’s My Brother” – By Alix Vaz My brother Ronald, loved music like our mum & all the family and we had a very happy childhood in Sri Lanka. In his youth, when The Shadows & Cliff Richards were in their heyday, he wore drain pipe trousers & Hank Marvin’s dark wrap-around sunglasses, which to me resembled a racehorse with blinkers – focussing only on what was in front! He liked the sound of the monotonous bass guitar & practised endlessly driving us crazy. He & his, friend Randy Peries had music in their veins. I was absolutely thrilled when on my 21st birthday, he organised a group named the Commodores to play – complete with disco lighting. It was the craze at the time. The 1st disco lights were invented in 1968 when someone decided to control lighting using electronics (Transistors – no silicon chips). The idea ...

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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, THEY ARE MOST WELCOME. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You.                                        ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  APRIL  2024 BOOKS. Jaffna Heritage, National Trust of Sri Lanka, 2024 (Donated by Stefan D’Silva, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka and convyed to Australia by Stefan. Crisis in Sri Lanka and The World, Colonial and Neoliberal Origins: Ecological and Collective Alternatives by Asoka Bandarage, 2023.                     (Donated by the Author Maryland, USA, Co-ordinated by Ranjith Soysa, Dandenong, Vic) MAGAZINES.  NEWSLETTERS Newsletter, Burgher Welfare League of WA Inc (BWL), Vol 34.3, March 2024. News Mag, The Old Aloysian, April 2024. OTHERS “After the King of Beasts”: Samuel Baker and the embodied historical geographies ...

May 1, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , ,
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OBITUARIES (E & O.E.) (APRIL  2024)   BERTUS, Maurice Benedict, (20.6.1942 – 16.2.2024), husband of Agnus, father of Christine, Jude, Neil,  Romane, Yvonne, Ralph and Maureen. (Contributed) ANTHONISZ, Kingsley Eustace (Snr), (10.3.1945 – 1.4.2024),  husband of Phyllis, father of Kingsley and Brian, grandfather of Sam Toby, Ruby, Tom, ben and James.in Melbourne. (Contributed & Tobin Bros Site)) PERERA, Errol Joseph, husband of late Irangani (Ira), father of Sarla and Sasha, father-in-law of Chris Attard (dec) and Julie Perera, grandfather of Daniel, Liam and Mylo in Melbourne on April 2024. (Contributed) DE ZILVA, Darrel Errol (3.8.1940 – 1.4.2024), husband of late Ingrid (née Siriwardene), father of Darine and late Darren, father-in-law of Shiral Fernando, grandfather of Shenal and Shenaya. Brother of  Iona Van Ran Zow and Yvette Baldsing, in Sri Lanka. (Contributed) PADMANABHAN, Vasantha, wife of C.K. Padmanabhan (dec), Loving Mother and Mother-in-Law of Vin and Rosemary, Viv and Florence, Vish ...

May 1, 2024 Posted by In Obituaries, Victor Melder Tagged
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Jayasekera’s Study of British Colonialism in Ceylon reviewed-by Chandra R De Silva Chandra R De Silva, in Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences 41(1) 2018, pp 65-68, with highlighting emphasis being the Work of The Editor, Thuppahi Source:Thuppahis reviewing Confrontations with Colonialism: Resistance, Revivalism and Reform under British Rule in Sri Lanka 1796- 1920, Vol. I, by P. V. J. Jayasekera (Colombo: Vijitha Yapa, 2017), Rs. 1500. In one of the most challenging and thought-provoking history books published in Sri Lanka in the last decade, P. V. J. Jayasekera has used a wide variety of sources to challenge a number of existing interpretations relating to Sri Lanka under British colonial rule in the nineteenth century. While the book is based partly on his own doctoral dissertation completed in 1970, in Jayasekera’s own words “The scope and the foci of the original study have been substantially changed (p. ix)” in view of new theoretical approaches in the study of colonial history and the ...

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