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Sallitivu Island – uninhabited islet in Vakarai – By Arundathie Abeysinghe Located in *Batticaloa District in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka and significant due to its rich biodiversity, the islet is connected to the mainland over a sand bar approximately 200 meters in length. During the high tide as well as during the low tide, this sand bar is exposed, few inches below water. The islet is protected by a ring of coral reef with a 200-meter wide reef on the eastern side. During the high tide season, the sand strip gets covered with water and the sea shore is covered with dead corals. Although, the beach is wide and is pristine, it is covered with a thick layer of washed in coral rubble after the Tsunami that occurred in 2004. According to research conducted in the area, it was discovered that majority of the coral reef is not ...

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British Sri Lankans celebrate future leaders in Awards ceremony THE BRITISH SRI LANKAN ASSOCIATION (BRISLA) had much to celebrate at their annual Awards Ceremony held on 20th October 2023 at London’s Caledonian Club. Established eight years ago by Chair, Dr Zimar Sivardeen, The BRISLA Awards were set up to recognise the achievements, hard work and the professionalism of individuals and organisations who are seen to embody BRISLA’s mission, and who bring inclusivity and a community-led spirit to their day to day lives. The focus this year was on the ‘Leaders of the Future’ who will inspire and bring vision to their chosen fields. In their capacity as role models who have reached the pinnacle of their career and contribution to their particular industry, it is hoped they will mentor and create a forum for younger business people to realise their potential for leadership too. 2023 also marks an important year ...

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Melbourne Cricket Education Academy Download the PDF file . Summary: Dual Diploma Credits first year of a Bachelors Degree at RMIT University Includes High performance training at the CitiPower Centre Immediate focus Driving Registrations to Open day on: (flyers attached) 29 October 12 November Register via: https://calendly.com/melbournecricketeducationacademy/mcea-information-sessions-2023?month=2023-10   Further information on course: https://melbournecricketeducationacademy.com.au/ ...

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Good News From Jayam November 1, 2023 Pls Scroll Down 35 items Please click on link below for website and past issues goodnewsfromjayam.com USMC Staff Sergeant Rajah Rutnam First Sri Lankan American Veteran Happy Veterans Day China Renews Support for Sri Lanka In a significant diplomatic encounter, President Xi Jinping extended China’s unwavering commitment to aiding Sri Lanka in achieving economic stability and progress, devoid of any political agenda. This gesture was made during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing with President Ranil Wickremesinghe who was on a four-day official visit to China attending the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. It was also the first Presidential-level meeting since Wickremesinghe assumed office 14 months ago. China is the largest lender for Sri Lanka apart from being the biggest investor and the second biggest source for imports. Cargills Signs Agreement on Joint Project   Ranjit Page, ...

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නාවික සෙන්පතියෙක් , පරෙවියක් තුඩඟ, දියවන්නාවට එවූ සන්දේශය. – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම් . පුස්තකාලයේ පොත් රාක්කයක් අසල පොත් තෝරමින් සිටි අවස්ථාවක, අපුර්ව සංදේශ කාව්‍ය ග්‍රන්ථයක් මා නෙත් ගැටිණි. සන්දේශයක් පිලිබදව අසන්නට ලැබුණු සැනින් අප මනස දිවයන්නේ කෝට්ටේ යුගය වෙතය. ඒ සමගම තොටගමුවේ සිරි රහල් හිමි ප්‍රතිරූපය  ,අප මනසේ සිත්තම්වේ.  පරෙවි සංදේශය ,කෝට්ටේ යුගයේ දී , තොටගමුවේ සිරි රහල් යතිවරයාණන් විසින් ජාතියට දායාද කළ රසාලිප්ත කාව්‍ය නිර්මාණයක් බව අප දනිමු. රහල් සමිදුන් ,සිරි පැරකුම්බා නිරිඳුන්  රැක දෙන ලෙසත්, චන්ද්‍රාවතී  රාජ දූ  කුමරියට සුදුසු හිමියෙකු ලබා දී, මතු රජවන පිණිස පුත් රුවනක් ද ලබාදෙන ලෙස අයැදිමින්  දෙවිනුවර උපුල්වන් දෙවිදුන් වෙත යැවීමට සැකසු කාව්‍යමය අස්න  පරෙවි පක්ෂියා තුඩග රදවයි. තත්කාලීන සමාජය නව මානයකින් දකින නුතන පරෙවි සංදේශය. පුස්තකාල පොත් රක්කයේ   මා දෑස ගැටුණු , නුතන පරෙවි සංදේශය කාව්‍ය ග්‍රන්ථය සංදේශ කාව්‍යක් වුවද,එය ලියැවී ඇත්තේ උතුරේ  පශ්චාත්  යුද්ධ ගැටුම් පැවති සමයේය.එහි කතුවරයා යතිවරයාණන් කෙනෙකුන් නොවේ. නාවික සෙන්පතියෙකි. වත්මන් පරෙවි සදෙස් කව නීර්මානය  වන්නේ 20 වන සියවසේ අග භාගයේ , කන්කසන්තුරේ මහා සමුදුර පාවෙන නැවක ,රට රැකීමේ කාර්ය භාරය ...

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Xondra La-Brooy, has won not one but TWO AWARDS at the International Fair Play Country Music Red Carpet Awards in the Netherlands Wow, we at eLanka are THRILLED to announce that Xondra La-Brooy, has won not one but TWO AWARDS at the International Fair Play Country Music Red Carpet Awards in the Netherlands. Best Song of the Year (Junior) as well as Songwriter of the Year (Junior), with Xondra’s debut single Butterfly written and recorded at just 10 years of age. ...

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Dr Premasiri Khemadasa Emperor of Sri Lankan Opera who revolutionised music to completely stop copying the Indian masterpieces – By Sunil Thenabadu The statement that music induces sensation is apparent. Certain melodies are embedded in our memories for ever. The power and the ability to change us and modify the world is always linked with a soundtrack of one genre or another. Music is a lustrous light that enters through the ears and routes through the body, similar to  blood that streams inside its veins. When times get rough, the music carries us through the darkest of nights, like a narrow boat drifting off at sea through a cloud of indecision. For over fifty years of composing Dr Premasiri Khemadasa fused Sri Lankan folk elements, Indian ragas, and western classical forms into glorious melodies that captured the deepest longings of the people who shaped his life.His fusion of many genres of ...

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Netherlands destroyed by ‘Cyclone Maxwell’. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE.  (eLanka Sports editor ) Delhi was rocked by ‘Cyclone Maxwell’ as the hapless Netherlands were reduced to rubble in a one-sided World Cup game that resurrected Australia’s chances of making the top four. An outrageous show of unbridled aggression from Maxwell tore the Dutch attack to shreds as they raced to the biggest winning margin so far after amassing 399 for 8 and then reducing the shell shocked Netherlands to 90 all out in just 21overs. Maxwell smashed the fastest century in World Cup history posted only 14 days ago by South African Aiden Markram 100 off 49 balls, scoring 100 off only 40 balls in a breathtaking array of strokeplay all around the wicket.  The freakish Australian, who has been pretty subdued by his own standards recently, exploded in emphatic fashion to put Australia on course for victory ...

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