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Good News From Jayam July 1, 2023 Pls Scroll Down 35 items Source : goodnewsfromjayam Natasha Rutnam Daughter of Daniel and Shalina Rutnam of Vancouver, Wa. Married Austin Morissette at Cape Horn Estates, Stevenson, Wa. (Photos by Patsy) Past Presidents of the Sri Lanka America Association of Southern California (SLAASC)(Celebrating 50 Years serving the community – Founded in 1973) Mike Khalid SLAASC Past President in 1985 Noel Perera SLAASC Past President in 1986 Sirali Pieris SLAASC Past President in 1987 Dr. Gamini Gunewardena SLAASC Past President in 1988 Hazel Gunapala Daughter of Dr. Sarath and Vajira Gunapala of La Crescenta, Ca. Married Spencer Feliciano – Lyons at the Hilton at Universal City, Ca. Jayam’s Choice “That’s Amor’e” by Dean Martin (Please click on arrow) www.utravel.com SLAASC Helps Sri Lankan Immigrants with Household Items Happy Birthday Dr. Lilamani Wijayaratna (here with family in Colombo) Happy 100th Birthday Esmie Herft Our Mum Esmie ...
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කේ.ජයතිලක අද්විතීය සාහිත්‍යධරයාගේ 97 වන ජන්ම දිනය. – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම්. “කේ.ජයතිලක ලෙසින් පාඨකයින් වඩාත් හොඳින් හඳුනන,කළුඅච්චිගමගේ ජයතිලක, වර්තමානයේ පහළවූ ඉහළම නිර්මාණශීලී ලේඛකයන් සහ බුද්ධිමතුන් අතරට ශ්‍රේණිගත කළහැකිය. ඔහු දෙවෙනිවන්නේ මාර්ටින් වික්‍රමසිංහට පමණි.” – මහාචාර්ය සරච්චන්ද්‍ර කේ ජයතිලක ශුරීන් උපත ලබන්නේ 1926 ජුනි 27 වැනිදා රඳාවාන, කන්නිමර නැමති ගම් පියසෙහිය. කළු ආච්චිගමගේ අරනෝලිස් අප්පුහාමි සහ මද්දුමගේ පොඩි නෝනා ගෘහපති යුවළ සෙනෙහසින් හැදූ වැඩු දරුවන් නම දෙනා අතරින් කේ.ජයතිලක පවුලේ තුන් වැන්නා විය. මහගම සේකර මහා විද්‍යාලය ලෙස වර්තමානයේ හඳුන්වන රදාවාන පිරිමි පාසල වෙතින් ජයතිලක ශුරීන් සිප් සතර හදාළේය. ඔහුගේ පාසලේ සමීපතම මිතුරා වූයේ මහගම සේකර කවීන්ද්‍රයාය. මතු දිනෙක මෙම සුමිතුරන් දෙදෙනා එක්ව . ඔවුන්ගේ පළමු සාහිත්‍ය නිර්මාණය ‘ව්‍යාංගා’ නමින් එළි දැක්වුහ.සේකර, කේ.ජයතිලක මහතාගේ සමීප ඥාතියෙකි. ඔහු ඉංග්‍රීසි දැනුම මුවහත් කර ගන්නේ මරදාන ලෝරන්ස් විද්‍යාලයෙනි. ඉංග්‍රීසිඅධ්‍යාපනය නිම කිරීමෙන් පසුව ,පවුලේ ආර්ථික දුෂ්කරතා මගහරවා ගැනීම උදෙසා හෙතෙම වෙළද සැල් කිහිපයක ගිණුම් තබන්නෙක් ලෙසින් සේවය කළ බව සදහනි. පසුව ඔහු ස්ව උත්සාහයෙන් ලන්ඩන් විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයෙන් ශාස්ත්‍රවේදී උපාධිය හිමි කර ගැනීමට සමත්වේ. ජයතිලක යොවුන් වියේදී ම පාලි හා සංස්කෘත ප්‍රාචීන භාෂා පිළිබඳ දැනුම ද ප්‍රගුණ ...
Obituary: Alistair Gonsal Alistair Gonsal (84) dearly beloved husband of Camille, father of Gavin, Michelle, Jacqueline & Danielle, Grandfather of 10 Great Grandfather of 2 children. Son of Herbert & Zena Gonsal (decd) brother of Heather – Dinky (decd) Dugald (decd) Jeanne (decd) Russell (decd) Rowenna, Aloma, Chris & Cheryl (decd) Passed away peacefully on the 4th June in Quuensland Australia…RIP ...
Sri Lanka tick all boxes in World Cup Qualifier Sadeera Samarawickrama with a career-best 73 entertained the spectators in Bulawayo yesterday as Sri Lanka posted a massive 355 for six. There were four half-centuries in the Sri Lankan innings before Wanindu Hasaranga claimed career-best figures of 6-24 to complete a 175-run win. Source:Island A ruthless performance by Sri Lanka showed the rest of the teams in the World Cup Qualifiers that former champions mean business after they brushed aside the United Arab Emirates with a comprehensive 175-run win in Bulawayo yesterday. It was the kind of game where they ticked all the boxes with a commanding win. The openers provided the team a solid start before the middle order consolidated and the lower middle order finished things off expertly in piling up a gigantic 355 for six in 50 overs. While defending the huge total, the quicks bowled with fire ...
PHU declares intention to visit Kurundi temple Kurundi temple Source:Island The Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) yesterday (19) announced that a 50-member group led by its leader Udaya Gammanpila would visit the Kurundi temple in Mullaitivu, tomorrow (21). Responding to The Island queries, Gammanpila said that it would be the responsibility of the government to ensure safety and security of everyone. “The Constitution guarantees the freedom of movement, and therefore we do not expect any obstacles,” MP Gammanpila said, adding that they would also visit Nedunkerni viharaya, also targeted by those who still propagated separatist views. ...
Navy assists devotees traveling from Jaffna to Sella Katharagama by foot Source:Island Sri Lanka Navy on 10th June 2023 began providing assistance to devotees who are traveling by foot on the annual pilgrimage from Jaffna to Sella Katharagama. The Navy will assist the pilgrims by providing medical facilities, life-saving amenities, clean drinking water, meals and various other services while they are traveling between Kumana and Kumbukkan Oya. The Pada Yaathra is to end on the 27th of June. ...
Winners of 30th Gratiaen prize and H.A.I. Goonetileke prize for translation announced 2022 Gratiaen winners with Orlando Edwards, Country Director, British Council. Prof. Neloufer de Mel, Chair, The Gratiaen Trust, Manel Eriyagama (Winner H.A.I. Goonetileke Prize), Yudhanjaya Wijeratne (Joint Winner Gratiaen Prize), Chiranthi Rajapakse (Joint Winner Gratiaen Prize) Carmeline Jayasuriya from the John Keells Foundation, and the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Sarah Hulton Source:Island The joint winners of the Gratiaen Prize 2022 are Chiranthi Rajapakse for her short story collection Keeping Time and Other Stories, and Yudhanjaya Wijeratne for his novel The Wretched and The Damned. Chiranthi Rajapakse was shortlisted for the Gratiaen Prize 2017 for her short story collection Names and Numbers and is a writer, lawyer and developmental professional, while Yudhanjaya Wijeratne is a science fiction writer, activist and data scientist. The winners were announced at an event held at Westminster House, Colombo, the official residence of the British High Commissioner, on ...
Praveena Perera wins”Top 50 Women” professional award Source:Island Praveena Perera – Associate Vice President & Group Account Director from MullenLowe was recognised as an emerging woman leader and is this year’s recipient of the award for ‘Leadership in the field of Advertising & Public Relations Sector’ at the “Top50 Professional & Career Women Global Awards – Thirteenth Edition” organised by Women in Management (WIM). She received her award at the Global Awards Ceremony held on the 17th of June at the Shangri-La Colombo. The event celebrated and awarded twenty other international award winners representing 15 countries. Commenting on her recognition, Praveena Perera – Associate Vice President & Group Account Director from MullenLowe avers, “While women make up over 50% of our population, their representation in the workforce remains disproportionately low. Within the ad industry, this disparity becomes even more pronounced, largely due to the insufficient progress made at organisational levels ...
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