Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 169 3 08 2023 It’s your jolly Thursday! Yeehaw! Asia’s only cowboy rides his steed into our show today, a long-time investor is confident, a spiritual artist is on a Yatra, elephant gatherings, old castles, sun bears, an underperforming interim budget & much more! ...
eLanka Newsletter – 2nd August 2023 – 1st Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Lanka Premier League 2023 Opening Ceremony – By Dr Sagara Lakmal de Mel ජීවමාන සංස්කෘතියක උරුමය සුරැකි පුරවරය. – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම්. Anton Swan’s Exemplary Service As Sri Lanka’s Honorary Consul Feted at FSOQ’s Gala Dinner – By Lawrence Heyn Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – August 2023 Kotmale Dam and Reservoir. Renamed: Kothmale Gamini Dissanayake Reservoir – By Dr Harold Gunatillake SONGS OF PRAISE – Jesus Loves Me – By Charles Schokman Will The Agreement Between France and Sri Lanka be signed after the French President visits Sri Lanka-By Dr Tilak S. Fernando Let’s try to make Kurakkan Kada ( කුරක්කන් කැඳ )- Sri Lankan Finger Millet Porridge – By Malsha – eLanka LEST! YOU DID NOT KNOW? – By Charles ...
එදවස කොළොම්පුරේ ශ්‍රියා – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම් කැලණි ගඟේ පැරැණි පාරු පාලම ‘‘පාරු පාලමෙන් කොළඹට – ගැල් පේලිය සැපැත් උනා ගෑස් පහට ළං වෙනකොට – අපි හොඳටම හවස් උනා සෙක්කු වීදියේ කම්බා දැක – උඹ මට මතක් උනා කයිමන් දොර කොඩ ඉදපං – මං එනතුරු සෙලෙස්තිනා කොළඹ රටේ ඉපදුනාට – මටම ඔබින සෙලෙස්තිනා බේරෙ වැවට හඳ පෑව්වා වාගේ මට ඔබේ සිනා කබාකුරුත්තාව ඇඳං – මුතු දෙපොටක් ගෙලේ දමා සාන්ත බස්තියන් ඇළේ – පාරු පදිමු සෙලෙස්තිනා පාමංකඩ කවි මඩුවක් – හෙට හවසට පැවැත් වෙනා ට්‍රෑම් කාර් එකේ ගිහින් – කවි අහමුද සෙලෙස්තිනා ඉංගිරීසි රැජිණ වගෙයි – මට නං උඹ සෙලෙස්තිනා…’’ මෙම ලිපිය කියවීම ආරම්භ කිරීමට පෙර,එදවස කොලොම්පුර සමාජමය සහ පරිසරයේ භෞතිකමය පැතිකඩ සබැඳි සජීවී චිත්‍රයක් මනසින් ස්පර්ශ කර ගැනීම පිණිස පහත දැක්වෙන යොමුවට පිවිසීම ( CLICK ) මැනවි. යුරෝපා අධිරාජ්‍යවාදීන් කොලොම් පුර ඉතිරි කර ගිය මග සලකුණු ස්මාරක පිළිබඳව විමංශනාත්මක තොරතුරු සංග්‍රහ කෙරෙන මෙම ලිපිය තත් ගීතයේ පද වැලින් ආරම්භ කළේ, එවක සමාජ සහ භෞතික පරිසරයේ පැතිකඩක් සංක්ෂිප්තව එමගින් නිරූපනය වන නිසාවෙනි. මෙම ගීතය, අප සිත් සතන් නිරායාශයෙන් ම ශතක කිහිපයක් ඇත අතීතය වෙත ගෙන ගොස් එහි රඳවන සුළුය. එවකට යුරෝපීයයන් ගේ ගති සිරිත් කොලොම්පුර දේශීය සමාජය ද දැඩි සේ වැළඳ ගත් අයුරු මෙම ගීතයෙන් සංකේතාත්මකව මැනවින් සජීවීමත් වේ. මෙහිදී කොලොම් පුර මානව සමාජ ක්‍රියාකාරකම් සිතුම් පැතුම් සංස්කෘතිය, සමාජ පරිසරය හැඩ ගැසෙන්නේ විජාතික අභාෂයට අනුගතවය. කැලණි නදී නිසලව ගලා බසී. සියනෑ කෝරළේ හද්ද පිටිසර ගමක තරුණයෙක් ගැලක නැගී, කොලොම් පුර වෙසෙන යුරෝපා පන්නෙට ...
Kingslake inspires manufacturing industry with 2023 Empower Conference Kingslake, Sri Lanka’s leading manufacturing solutions expert, is celebrating the success of its Empower Conference -held recently at the Hilton Residences Colombo- with the aim to both educate and ignite conversations on emerging trends such as AI and its potential in the manufacturing industry. The evening brought together industry leaders and experts to share their insights, latest industry trends, and past triumphs over business challenges. The conference featured a broad and engaging agenda with an impressive lineup of speakers, each offering unique perspectives from their respective fields, providing also valuable learnings on the many opportunities of emerging digital technologies and overcoming obstacles in the corporate world. Also brought to the table was best practice advice and technical insights on how to utilize new applications, solutions, and technologies to transform and futureproof businesses in the fast-evolving manufacturing landscape. ...
Orient Finance PLC Celebrates 42nd Anniversary with a Greener Vision: 6000 Trees for a Sustainable Future 02nd August 2023 – Colombo: Orient Finance PLC, a leading financial institution in Sri Lanka, proudly celebrated its 42nd anniversary on July 26th, 2023. In commemoration of this momentous occasion, the company reaffirmed its commitment to environmental stewardship by spearheading a tree planting project with the intention of contributing to a greener, healthier tomorrow. The tree planting initiative, aims to plant 6000 trees in and around the pristine Wilpattu forest, spanning from Wanathawilluwa to Anuradhapura, Kilinochchi, and Mannar. This endeavour reflects the company’s dedication to nurturing a sustainable future, for all. Director and CEO, of Orient Finance, K.M.M. Jabir, passionately expressed the organization’s enthusiasm about the reforestation project. He stated, “As an environmentally conscious and responsible entity, we take immense pride in joining the reforestation efforts around the Wilpattu forest. Acknowledging our human contribution ...
Book Review – Fruits of Virtue: an Early History of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo – By Avishka Mario Senewiratne and Dr. Srilal Fernando – By Lal Medawttegedara Source : dailymirror When we turned into the College Drive, I was of course, most anxious to get a view of the building, but in those days the present great stretch of playground was covered with fine spreading trees which hid the structure, and it was not until we arrived at the lawn in front of the Lake House that St. Joseph’s College came into view. Description of St. Joseph’s College by a teacher who accompanied Fr. Lytton to the school at the turn of the 20th Century. The above description by an unnamed teacher quoted in Senewiratne’s textual labour of love, Fruits of Virtue, is perhaps too close to the authors’ own efforts to reign in a historical narrative of one of Sri Lanka’s ...
Sri Lanka, Australia New Zealand Business Council holds AGM Source : dailynews The 28th Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka – Australia – New Zealand Business Council (SLANZBC) was held recently, with Paul Stephens, High Commissioner of Australia to Sri Lanka and the Maldives and Michael Appleton, High Commissioner of New Zealand to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, as Chief Guests. South Asia Gateway Terminals Senior Manager Commercial and Marketing Udara Cumaratunga, was elected as the first female President of SLANZBC, while Sampath Jayasundara CEO and Director hSenid Business Solutions and Dr. Dhananjay Kulkarni, Dean, Universal College Lanka, were elected Vice-Presidents for 2023/24, with Ruwan Rajapakse, Managing Director Jiffy Products S.L. (Pvt) Ltd., serving as the Immediate Past President Cumaratunga outlined her vision for the upcoming year, aiming to provide a platform for new business ventures, encourage trade delegations and work closely with respective trade missions to build stronger and ...
The Story Behind MosAway: Siddhalepa’s All-Natural Mosquito Repellent Spray – By Melanie Senanayake MosAway, a revolutionary mosquito repellent by Siddhalepa hails from the deeply historic ingredient in Sri Lanka, Citronella, which has evolved as a multi-faceted oil with its ability repel mosquitoes being its key usage in the country. Lankani Hettigoda, Director Research and Development at Siddhalepa, insights that no synthetic chemicals are used in the product, certifying it as non-toxic and having no side effects. “Repellents that contain chemicals are often used for killing mosquitoes thus a prolonged period of usage can make it harmful to humans as well. However, MosAway aims to keep away mosquitoes, signifying that it is not bad for humans even with consistent usage. Countries like the United States consider citronella as a bio-organic and nature friendly pesticide safe for anyone in the family to use to ward of insects,” she further describes. Citronella oil ...
‘Cruel and unnecessary’: The decades-long wait for a visa for your mum-by Michael Bachelard Source:SMH When Vicky Heaton is asked how she’ll feel if her mother cannot get a permanent parent visa to join her in Australia, her voice suddenly wavers. Her mother, Jane, is 77, and Vicky knows that, even if she trusts the Home Affairs department’s current estimate of a 12-year wait time for a parent visa, there is slim hope that they’ll ever live in the same country again. Vicky says she and her two children are now counting the number of times they might see her again. Vicky Heaton is one of many thousands of people waiting for their parents receive a parent visa. ...
July 2023 records highest tourist arrivals since Covid outbreak-by Varuna Dayaratne Source:Dailynews July 2023 recorded the highest ever tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka within a single month since the onset of the Covid pandemic, surpassing the total number of tourist arrivals for the entire year of 2022, within just seven months. This is a tremendous boost for the Sri Lankan Tourism industry and a welcome change as the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority together with the Tourism Ministry has been working hard using every possible avenue to increase tourist arrivals from around the world, post Covid. The first 27 days of July 2023 recorded an outstanding 123,503 foreign visitors arriving in Sri Lanka which has propelled the cumulative number of tourist arrivals in the island to an incredible 748,377 thus far. ...
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