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eLanka Newsletter – 6th August 2023 – 2nd Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Up to 100,000 temporary election jobs available [SEC=OFFICIAL] Veteran journalist Srimal Abeyewardene passes away Sri Lanka, Australia New Zealand Business Council holds AGM A recap of RCOBA NSW and ACT organised and supported events over the past few months Kingslake inspires manufacturing industry with 2023 Empower Conference එදවස කොළොම්පුරේ ශ්‍රියා – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම් Between chicken and meat, what is the preference? – By Dr harold Gunatillake Orient Finance PLC Celebrates 42nd Anniversary with a Greener Vision: 6000 Trees for a Sustainable Future Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 169 3 08 2023 The Brad and Kiara Show Podcast – 2023-8-5 Seeking sustainability for the aged care sector: SBS Sinhala explainer on 04 August – By Athini Amarasiri, Soofia Tariq SUNDAY CHOICE – LOVE HAS ...

Aug 6, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged Avishka Mario Senewiratne, Charles Schokman, Dr Srilal Fernando, eLanka Newsletter, Lal Medawttegedara

Colombo to be beautified with plans provided by Surbana Jurong: President-by Ajith Siriwardeana Source:Dailymirror The vision to transform Colombo into a beautiful city is already in motion, with plans provided by Surbana Jurong while similar plans have been prepared for Trincomalee, aiming to enhance the development in that region as well, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said. He said Surbana Jurong is also actively involved in creating a tourist zone from Verugal Aru to Batticaloa and Arugam Bay areas, contributing to the growth of the tourism industry. The President made these remarks at an international conference on architecture organized by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Chapter in Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Italian Embassy of Sri Lanka, on the theme: “Architecture: A Lasting Impact,” held this morning (05) at the Cinnamon Grand, Colombo, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. ...

Aug 6, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged American Institute of Architects, Port City, Royal Institute

77th Bradby Shield Encounter: Royal win second leg, retain Shield Source:Dailymirror Royal College retained the Bradby Shield after recording a 27-17 over Trinity College in the second leg of the 77th encounter at Reid Avenue. With the seven-point victory margin Royal were able to overturn the three-point deficit they had after losing the first leg 13-10 in Kandy two weeks ago, winning 37-30 on aggregate. Royal ran in five tries, of which one was converted, while Trinity scored two converted tries and a penalty. ...

Aug 6, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Royal College, TRINITY COLLEGE

In Appreciation of Jayantha Dhanapala-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Prasad Kariyawasam: an article entitled “Remembering Jayantha Dhanapala (1938-2023)” …….. presented in a booklet entitled “Hanthana Night” produced by University of Peradeniya Western Australia Chapter, 2023, pp. 50-52. “For those who had the good fortune of knowing and working with him, Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapla, was the quintessential diplomat, trustworthy colleague, all rounder par excellence and most importantly, a humanitarian to the core. His early life was shaped by two great educational institutions of international repute during his time – Trinity College Kandy and the University of Peradeniya. The Writer standing behind Ambassador Dhanapala at the 40 nation Conference on Disarmament in Geneva in 1984 Born on 30 December 1938, Jayantha Cuda Bandara Dhanapala was a child of pre-independent Ceylon. When he joined the Foreign Service which was called the Overseas Service at the time in 1965, Sri Lanka was still Ceylon. Jayantha, ...

Aug 6, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Jayantha Dhanapala, Prasad Kariyawasam, Trinity College Kandy, University of Peradeniya

සිංහල රාජවංශයේ කඳුළු බිංදුව – ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම් ඓතිහාසික මූලාශ්‍රයන්ට අනුව, සිංහල රාජ වංශයේ, රාජිනියන් පස් දෙනෙක් රාජ්‍ය විචාල බව ඓතිහාසික මූලාශ්‍රයන්ගෙන් හෙළිවේ. මුළුමහත් ආසියාවේ මෙන්ම ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේද ඔටුනු පළන් ප්‍රථම රැජිණිය වශයෙන් ඉතිහාසයට එක්වන්නේ අනුලා දේවියයි. ඇය වෙත සිහසුන හිමිවන්නේ ක්‍රි.පූර්ව 47 වන සියවසෙහිය. අනතුරුව පිළිවෙළින් සීවලි බිසව (ක්‍රි.ව. 35), ලීලාවතී බිසව (ක්‍රි.ව. 1197), කල්‍යාණවතී බිසව (ක්‍රි.ව. 1202), දෝන කුසුමාසන දේවිය (1581) යන රාජිනියන් ඔටුණු දරමින් මෙරට රාජ්‍ය පාලනයෙහි නිරත වූහ. මෙරට කිරුළ දැරූ සිංහල රාජ්‍ය වංශයෙහි අවසන් සහ ලා බාලම බිසවුන් ලෙස සැලකෙන්නේ කුසුමාසන දේවියයි. කනස්සල්ල, සන්තාපය සහ දුක්ඛ දෝමනස්සයන් ඇයගේ මුළු දිවිය පුරාම ඇය ලුහුබැඳි සෙයක් අපට ඓතිහාසික මූලාශ්‍ර තුළින් විද්‍යමාන වේ. ඒ නිසාම ඇය ඉතිහාසයෙහි සනිටුහන් වන්නේ සිංහල රාජවංශයෙහි කඳුළු බිඳුව ලෙසිණි. කුසුමාසන දේවී , දෝන කතිරිනා ලෝකනාථා මහ බිසෝ බණ්ඩාර ආදී නම් කිහිපයකින් ඇය හැදින්වේ. ඕ තොමෝ උපත ලබන්නේ, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ රාජ්‍ය පාලනය බෙහෙවින්ම අවුල් වියවුල්ව පැවැති කාල වකවානුවකය. කුසුමාසන දේවිය. කුසුමාසන දේවිය, කරලියැද්ද බණ්ඩාර සහ ගලගම දෙනවක දේවියගේ ...

Aug 6, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Dr. Gamini Kariyawasam Tagged I වැනි විමලධර්මසූරිය රජතුමා, ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම්, උඩරට රැජින, කපිතාන් ජනරාල් පේදුරු ලෝපේස්ද, කරලියැද්ද බණ්ඩාර, කුසුමාසන දේවී, ජැක්සන් ඇන්තනි, දෝන කතිරිනා, දෝන කුසුමාසන දේවිය, පෘතුගීසි, පෘතුගීසි ජාතික කපිතාන් ජෙනරාල් නොරොන්හා, මහනුවර, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ රාජ්‍ය පාලනය, සිංහල රාජ වංශය, සිංහල රාජවංශයෙහි කඳුළු බිඳුව, සිංහල හමුදාව, සෙනරත් රජු

A visionary Rector and treasure trove to the Josephians-by Maruthai Ravindhiran Source:Dailymirror Reverend Father Ranjith Andradi, the Rector of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 10, celebrated his 30th ordination anniversary on July 31. Born on November 6, 1968, in Payagala, Father Andradi comes from a family of eight. His father, Mr. D. M. J. Andradi, was a devout Catholic, and his mother, Mrs. Lucy Suwaris, was known for her kindheartedness. He has six brothers and two sisters. His elder brother, Rev. Fr. Kamal Andradi, is also a priest. Father Andradi entered St. Aloysius Seminary and was ordained a priest on July 31, 1993. He was appointed as an assistant priest in Grand Street, Negombo, and then as assistant parish priest of St. Mary’s Church, Dehiwala, in 1994. In 1996, he was appointed as the Primary Principal, Middle School Principal, and Prefect of Games at St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 10. Under his ...

Aug 6, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Father Ranjith Andradi, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, St Joseph’s College, St. Aloysius Seminary

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 JULY 2023 BOOKS. A Maiden’s Prayer, A Family Story set in 1970’s Sri Lanka by Srianthi Perera, 2020 (Donated by the Author, Chandler, Arizona, USA vide Shiro Siriwardena, Keysborough, Vic) The Island Story by Maureen Seneviratne, 2000. Selected Essays by Maureen Seneviratne, The Story of Life, Man on Planet Earth, Letters to Mathew by Maureen Seneviratne, 2007. Journal of the End Time, Extracts from a Diary by Maureen Seneviratne, 2004. Some Facets of Sri Lanka by Maureen Seneviratne, 1985. Some Women of the Mahawamsa and Chulawamsa by Maureen ...

Aug 6, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged Mrs Elaine Tissera, Mrs Salome Perera, VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY

SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS Complied by Victor Melder (JULY 2023) Fast bowler Lahiru Kumara, who walked off the field with an injury during Sri Lanka’s Super Six win over the Netherlands on Friday, has been ruled out for the rest of the Cricket World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe. Kumara was diagnosed with a side strain, which has now ruled him out of Sri Lanka’s remaining matches, with uncapped all-rounder Sahan Arachchige, who was one of the three standby players who were already in Zimbabwe, called up as a replacement. Kumara becomes the second Sri Lankan fast bowler to be ruled out mid-tournament, after Dushmantha Chameera was ruled out on Tuesday, replaced by left-armer Dilshan Madushanka. Sri Lanka next face hosts Zimbabwe tomorrow in their penultimate Super Six match, with the winner guaranteed a place in October’s World Cup. (Daily Mirror, 1.7.2023) Sri Lanka beat the West Indies by 8 wickets to win ...

Aug 6, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged Cricket World Cup qualifiers, Dilshan Madushanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, International Cricket Council, Lahiru Kumara, Sri Lanka's Test captain, Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva

Demise of Professor Rohan Jayasundera – Former Old Boy of St Joseph’s College Colombo Source : henrywalser Rohan Jayasundera passed away with his family by his side on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at the University Medical Centre in New Orleans, at the age of 69. Beloved husband for 48 years of Jacintha Jayasundera (nee Dhanapala); dedicated father of Ranil Jayasundera (Erin) and Kishanie Jayasundera (Jason); devoted grandfather of Mason, Sloane and Zara; dutiful son of Miriam Jayasundera; and proud brother of Greg Jayasundera (Shyami) and uncle of Manishya Jayasundera. In addition, Rohan was a loving, respected and cherished brother-in-law, uncle, friend, colleague and mentor to many. Rohan was born in 1954 in Sri Lanka and migrated to Canada, settling in Waterloo in 1974. Rohan was an award winning Professor of Physics at the University of Waterloo where he taught for 38 years. Rohan was an athlete, a scholar, a true gentleman, ...

Aug 6, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Obituaries Tagged Rohan Jayasundera

Mihintalaya: A Spiritual Oasis of Ancient Sri Lanka – Nadeeka – eLanka Nestled amidst the lush greenery of Sri Lanka, Mihintalaya, also known as Mihintale, holds a significant place in the island nation’s history and spirituality. This sacred site stands as a testament to the profound impact of Buddhism on the island, marking the momentous occasion of the introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka in the 3rd century BCE. With its serene ambiance, historical significance, and spiritual allure, Mihintalaya remains a popular pilgrimage site and a cherished destination for travelers seeking to connect with the island’s ancient past. The Origins and Significance of Mihintalaya Mihintalaya is located approximately 12 kilometers east of Anuradhapura, the ancient capital of Sri Lanka. Its importance in Sri Lanka’s history stems from the pivotal encounter between King Devanampiya Tissa and Arahat Mahinda, the son of Emperor Ashoka of India. In 247 BCE, Arahat Mahinda ...

Aug 5, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Nadeeka Kumari Tagged Arahat Mahinda, Buddhism, King Devanampiya Tissa, Mihintalaya, Mihintale Rock