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Cricket in the desert by Clifford Lazarus It was late in the evening, March 17, 1975, when former Nationalised Services and ex-Josephian cricketer, Sunitha Goonetilleke, looked anxiously to the skies for the first-ever Air Ceylon Avro charter to arrive in Oman carrying 73 Sri Lankans. Passionate about cricket, Sunitha arrived in Oman in 1973, joined by another pioneer and ex-Air Ceylon colleague, Padma Leanage. Stationed at the Seeb International Airport, Sunitha made friends with cricket-crazy Afzal Chaudry from Pakistan, whose duty was to meet staff recruited for construction firm, Skanska. Finding common ground in the sport, the two gentlemen laid the foundation for the first-ever cricket tournament to be launched in the Sultanate – the Skanska Cup! Sunitha teamed with other airline and airport staff including the late Michael Raj (former Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year and ex-St Anthony’s College, Katugastota) whose brother, Charles (fondly known as CPP Raj ex-BRC), also in Oman at the time and played for ...

Mar 12, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Chandana Fonseka, Clifford Lazarus, Kevin Balthazaar, Ranjithkumar Benjamin, Rohan Wijesinghe

SRI LANKAN MISSION IN SYDNEY ELEVATED WITH THE FACELIFT The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Sydney has been renovated and refurbished on the initiatives taken by Mr. Lakshman Hulugalle, Consul General of Sri Lanka in Sydney. The management of the building agreed to undertake the facelift to the Reception area; Board room and the Office room of the Consul General on complementary without any financial burden on the Sri Lankan government. The Consul General also re-negotiated the rental reduction to the office premises of the Sri Lankan Consulate in Sydney and renewed the Agreement for 5 years resulting a huge amount of savings to the Sri Lankan Government. To mark the occasion, the Consul General organized an event with soft opening of Sri Lanka Mission in Sydney on Thursday, 11th March 2021 inviting officers of the building management, representatives of the Sri Lankan Associations and the selected Sri ...

Mar 12, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Mr. Lakshman Hulugalle, Sri Lankan community in New South Wales, Sri Lankan government, The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Sydney

Thomians win the 10th Annual Rev A J C Selvaratnam Challenge Shield for the 03rd consecutive year Source:Stcmloba Young Manith Perera playing his maiden 01st XI game came up with a match bag of 11 for 83 dismantling the Johnians, giving STC their 03rd consecutive victory in the series. St. John’s could only make 61 in their first innings an hour before lunch, after the Thomians decided to declare overnight. T Dinoshan 21 was the only batsman for the visitors who looked solid but threw his wicket away. Manith with his left arm leg spin was the pick with 4 for 23, with the rest of the bowlers sharing the wickets. Captain Shalin had no hesitation in sending the Johnians back into bat after being 180 runs in the plus. The second essay for the visitors was not easier, as they were 40 for 3 at the lunch, needing another ...

Mar 11, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Young Manith Perera

US honours Lankan woman lawyer Source:Island First Lady of the United States Dr. Jill Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday (9) honoured Ranitha Gnanarajah as an International Women of Courage (IWOC) award winner for her commitment to justice, accountability, and women’s rights in Sri Lanka, The US Embassy announced in Colombo A lawyer, Ms. Gnanarajah advocates for Sri Lanka’s most vulnerable populations, including families affected by enforced disappearances, survivors of gender-based violence, and religious and ethnic minorities. The Secretary of State’s IWOC award was established in 2007 to commend women around the globe who demonstrate exceptional bravery and leadership in advocating for peace, human rights, and women’s empowerment. ...

Mar 11, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Alaina B. Teplitz, Dr. Jill Biden

A Novel Presentation of Nursery Rhymes in Sinhala ...

Mar 11, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged A Novel Presentation of Nursery Rhymes in Sinhala

PAYable surpasses Rs. 15 billion in transactions on platform 1.2 billion processed in December 2020 Average Rs. 950 million in transactions per month PAYable (Pvt) Ltd., Sri Lanka’s leading cashless payment solution provider, announced that it has processed Rs. 15 billion in transactions on its platform to date. Commenting on the milestone, Yohan Wijesiriwardane, CEO & Co-founder of PAYable Sri Lanka said, “PAYable entering the cashless ecosystem in 2016 was a gamechanger; we disrupted the existing status, empowering MSME merchants who previously were not eligible for cashless payment terminals from banks. By empowering these merchants, we were able to change the way they manage and grow their revenue.” ...

Mar 11, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged The PAYable solution, Yohan Wijesiriwardane

‘Make it work on the ground’: Meet Australia’s pandemic whisperer-By Rachel Clun ANU Associate Professor Kamalini Lokuge has worked hard behind the scenes on Australia’s COVID-19 response.CREDIT:ALEX ELLINGHAUSEN Source:SMH High-tech hospital wards and advanced medical treatments were not going to save Australia from the ravages of a previously unknown virus, as Associate Professor Kamalini Lokuge well knew. Three basic things would be key: preventing the virus from entering the community, tracing all cases of the disease, and most importantly of all, ensuring the public understood and trusted the government’s health messaging. “In some ways it was a near miss, what happened in Australia,” Professor Lokuge said. “Like almost all developed countries Australia was very confident, given the past track record, that they could manage with technology, with therapeutic intervention: there wasn’t a [widespread] understanding that for this, the only intervention was prevention.” Kamalini Lokuge is not a household name. ...

Mar 11, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Kamalini Lokuge, Medecins Sans Frontieres

Hooker Ansar Buksh did Kandy SC and Sri Lanka proud-by Althaf Nawaz Source:Dailynews The game of rugby which is played globally is a tough body contact game. Some of the players who played in the past took to the game because their friends and relatives handled the oval shaped ball. Mohamed Ansar Buksh was one of them who hailed from a family of ruggerites, who played the game for the love and passion reaching great heights. Ansar had two nicknames as his family called him ‘Anchu’ and the rest called him ‘Anju’ especially in his normal life and in sporting circles. He was born in 1977, Allowdeen Buksh was his father who passed away in 2007 and mother is Doreen Buksh and has three siblings. His father was an old boy of Zahira College, Gampola and played hockey there. He joined the Sri Lanka Navy as a Chief Engineer later ...

Mar 10, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Malik Samarawickrema, Rikaza Alith

RTC conducts successful Mock Race at Nuwara Eliya The Class I horse from the Fearless Stables and Stud Farm after finishing first in the third and final race with the jockey K. Sanjeewan, trainers S.V. Mathialagan and owner Source:Dailynews The Royal Turf Club (RTC) made a rousing launch to their upcoming Horse Racing Festival 2021 with the Mock Race at the Race Course in Nuwara Eliya, where the Fearless Stables and Stud Farm made an impressive warm-up leading up to the three-race event. Fearless Stables and Stud Farm runners Honourius and Spirited Touch, both ridden by jockey K. Sanjeewan, were placed first in the second and third races, while Santos, ridden by S.D. Janaka and owned by the Edwards Stables, claimed the top spot in the first race of the day. The RTC Mock Race 2021 was held successfully last weekend at the Race course in Nuwara Eliya ...

Mar 10, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Nihara Jayatilleke, The Royal Turf Club

Mahesh Wannigama volleyball player par excellence-by Dilwin Mendis Source:Dailynews Sri Lankan Youth Player, and All Island School Best Player 2019 Mahesh Wannigama has brought honour and glory to his Alma Mater Vijayaba Vidyalaya, Hungama and his motherland . Mahesh was admitted to his Village School in Batana North and he did not do any sport up to Grade Eight. Then his parents W. G. Piyadasa and J. W. Charlotte noticing his talents and interests in volleyball encouraged him to commence volleyball and handed over their son to the head coach Tharaka Ratnaweera and his Assistant Coach was Keerthi Pushpakumara. ...

Mar 10, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Alma Mater Vijayaba Vidyalaya, Keerthi Pushpakumara, Sri Lanka Army