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eLanka Newsletter – 24th September 2023 – 7th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter An appreciation of Harry de Sayrah, OAM – By Ivor Novello Sri Lanka selectors make calculated risk on an improving squad much in line for their unorthodox game plan – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (Elanka Sports Editor) ජපන් සංස්කෘතියේ අනන්‍යතාව – ගීෂා ළදුන් – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම්. SUNDAY CHOICE – You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north.” (Deuteronomy 2:3) – By Charles Schokman ‘Live’ International Media Conference to announce the signing of the agreement with Hollywood, India & Sri Lanka – by Alston Koch Elephant Safari-Minneriya National Park-Sri Lanka – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Elephant Safari-Minneriya National Park-Sri Lanka – By Dr Harold Gunatillake The Brad and Kiara Show Podcast – 2023-9-23 https://www.elanka.com.au/visit-to-the-st-anthonys-church-in-wahacotte-by-dr-harold-gunatillake/ Neil Para’s Marathon Walk to Secure ...

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Hasaranga ruled out of World Cup – By  Rex Clementine Wanindu Hasaranga has been ruled out of the ICC Cricket World Cup. Source : island Sri Lanka suffered a major blow before leaving for the ICC Cricket World Cup in India later this week when star leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga was ruled out of the tournament with a hamstring injury. The 26-year-old was sidelined from the Asia Cup after suffering a hamstring injury during the Lanka Premier League but was expected to be fit for the World Cup. However, he aggravated the injury during rehabilitation and now medical experts will determine whether the former Richmond College cricketer needs surgery. Hasaranga has a grade III hamstring tear.Hasaranga had been named in the World Cup squad but now he’s most likely to be replaced by Dushan Hemantha, the leg-spinning all-rounder. There was no place for fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera either in the World Cup ...

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The Mother of all fruits the Jack Fruit ( National fruit of Sri Lanka) – By Prashanth Sentilkumar Source : Prashanth Sentilkumar Linkedin Scientific Name – Artocarpus heterophyllus Synopsis – The Jack fruit tree bears the largest fruit out of all trees found, some fruits weigh as much as 55 kg (120 pounds) in weight, and around 90 cm (35 inches) in length. Generally, a mature jackfruit tree can produce close to 200 fruits per year, some even bearing up to 500 fruits. The jackfruit is a multiple fruit which is made of hundreds to thousands of individual flowers, and the fleshy petals found inside are the unripe fruit that are eaten. The ripened fruit is sweet (depending on variety) Sri Lankan Jackfruit – Jackfruit was Introduced to Sri Lanka by Arthur V. Dias in 1918 which was brought down from Malaysia. It know has become native and is found in many backyards. It is Sri ...

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Let Not Canada Lose Its Global Identity – By N.S.Venkataraman Source : srilankaguardian It appears that the present Canadian government does not have the wisdom or foresight to realize the shape of things to come in Canada if such conditions were to continue. Those who live in Canada as Canadian citizens by birth or as immigrants (permanent residents), as well as non-permanent residents, those who have been visitors to Canada, and those who have heard about Canada from media reports and those who have studied Canada’s history, have all identified Canada as a peaceful country with a high level of personal freedom and liberty and goodwill towards all, as espoused by the liberal migration policy of the Government of Canada. The recent controversy between India and Canada, created by the Canadian Prime Minister who accused India of murdering a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil, and the strong refutation of this accusation ...

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India emerge as raging favourites for World Cup. But are they peaking too early? – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports editor)   India and Australia have parallel thinking before a World Cup in that they utilise a similar strategy to work out potentially dangerous opponents by placing a series between them before the real event.  We have seen this time and time again. And this edition of the World Cup in India sees two definite contenders go head to head with this in mind before the World Cup proper.  The cat and mouse strategy is meant to fine tune the strengths and weaknesses between the squads with the ultimate aim to outhink their opponents in the decider if they meet. Both teams loom large to take out this edition. But write off Pakistan, England, New Zealand and South Africa at your peril.  India take momentum and home ground ...

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Nirmal Saverimuttu Chief Executive Officer Virgin Voyages Nirmal Saverimuttu joined Virgin Voyages in January 2015 and was appointed the company’s Chief Executive Officer in September 2023. Previously, Nirmal served as President and Chief Experience Officer, responsible for all passenger, crew and commercial operations at Virgin Voyages. In this role Nirmal shaped the company’s award winning experience on its fleet of 3 cruise vessels. Virgin Voyages is the Virgin branded cruise line operating under the Virgin umbrella of businesses. The Company operates 3 vessels that have won numerous awards and accolades including a first ever clean sweep of all five 2023 Cruise Critic awards (best cruise line, best dining, best service, best cabins and best value for money), Travel and Leisure’s 2023 Best Cruise Line and Cosmopolitan’s Must Visit List. The company’s flagship, Scarlet Lady, has the prestigious position of garnering the most 5 star reviews on Trip Advisor. Nirmal is ...

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මහා උළුගෙදර අරුම අත් දුටුවෙමි. – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම්. ශ්‍රීලංකාවේ බන්ධනාගාරය, නිරන්තරයෙන් ම  ආන්දෝලනාත්මක පුවත් මවන රාජ්‍ය ආයතනයක් බවට පත්ව ඇත. එම ආයතනය පිලිබදව විවිධ විවේචන ඉදිරිපත් වේ. බන්ධනාගාරය පිලිබදව පොදු මහ ජනතාව තුළ පවත්නේ දැඩි කුතුහලාත්මක හැගීම් ය. මා භාවිතා කළ පැරණි රාජකාරි දිනපොතක, මගේ අත්දැකීම් සටහන්ව තිබු තොරතුරු ආශ්‍රය කරගෙන , වැලිකඩ සිපිරි ගෙය පිලිබදව මෙවන් ලිපියක් සැකසීමට මා සිත් පෙලැඹිණි.සිරකරුවන් ඔවුනට ම ආවේනික බසින් බන්ධනාගාරය හදුන්වන්නේ මහා උළුගෙදර ලෙසිණි.  අදින් වසර  23  කට පමණ පෙර, සිරකරුවන් රදවා තබා ගන්නා මේ මහා උළුගෙදර, මට ද රැදෙන්නට සිදු විය. ඒ නිකන් ම නොව බරපතල වැඩ සමුදායක් ද සහිතවය. කාලය දෙසතියකි. දිනය 2000 ජුලි 7 වන දිනය. මා වැන්නෙකුට මේ සිපිරි ගෙයි ලගින්නට සිදුවූ හේතුව ,මම මේ ලිපිය අවසානයේ ඔබට හෙළි කරලන්නට අදහස් කරමි. බන්ධනාගාරය උස් දැවැන්ත තාප්පයකින් කොටුවූ ,පියවි ලොවින් සහමුලින් ම වෙන්වූ අමුතුම ලොවක් ලෙස මට හැගිණි. ඔබ දිවියේ කිසි දා මෙහි යාමට නොපතාවී ,මෙහිදී මා ලද අත් දැකීම් කියවන්නට ...

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Lumbini Walk Source:Sundayobserver The “Step Forward 2023” walk organised jointly by Lumbini College, Colombo 5 in collaboration with the Old Lumbinians Association was held yesterday. Lumbini College is the only mixed national school within the Colombo Education Zone. School Principal Sarath Gunathilaka, the teaching staff, students, alumni and well-wishers including parents participated in the walk. The walk included decorated vehicles and various items which reflected the 94-year illustrious history of Lumbini College. Pic: Gayan Pushpika ...

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