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 MEDIA ALERT – STEVE KAMPER – OPENING OF WESTERN SYDNEY MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTRE CAMPBELLTOWN – WEDNESDAY, 5 JULY 2023 Steve Kamper Minister for Small Business Minister for Lands and Property Minister for Multiculturalism Minister for Sport ***PIC FAC***  The Minister for Multiculturalism Steve Kamper, and Acting CEO of Western Sydney Migrant Resource Centre Mohan Gunasekara will be delivering speeches as part of the opening of the new Western Sydney Migrant Resource Centre in Campbelltown. Interviews will be available afterwards with Mohan Gunasekara and a former Western Sydney Migrant Resource Centre client from Burundi.  WHEN: 11:45am – Speeches to begin at 12pm WHERE: 178 Queen Street, Campbelltown  MEDIA: Jonathan Symons | Minister Kamper | 0407 488 158 ...

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දැයේ ශිෂ්ඨාචාරයේ තිඹිරිගෙය පෝෂණය කළ – මල්වතු ඔය. – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම්   ගංගාවන් මානව ශිෂ්ටාචාරයේ බිහිවීම, පැවැත්ම, වර්ධනය උදෙසා සැලසු,සලසන මෙහෙවර අතිමහත්ය. ලංකාවේ මුල්ම ආර්ය ජනාවාස පැතිර යන්නේ චිත්ත පබ්බත නොහොත් රිටිගල කඳු පියස ජන්ම කොට ගලා බස්නා මල්වතු ඔය ගංගාධාරය ඔස්සේය. මීටර් 766 ක උන්නතාංශයකින් යුත් රිටිගල කඳු පද්ධතිය පිරිවරා පිහිටි වැද්දාකන්ද, ඖෂධ කන්ද, කොඩිගල කන්ද, උන කන්ද,ආඬියාකන්ද , අමරපති කන්ද, උල්පත් කන්ද යන සප්ත කඳු ශිඛර මතින් පැනනැගී දිය උල්පත් ඇසුරෙන්   මල් වතු ඔය උපත ලබන්නීය. මල්වතු ඔයට උපත දෙන,  සප්ත කදු සිරසින් සුසැදි  , රිටිගල ගිරි ශිඛරය. කඳුවැටි කපොල්ලක් තුළින් ගලා බස්නා ඇල දොල අවුරා , කපොල්ල වසා වේල්ලක් බැඳ, කඳුවැටි නෙරු දෙක එකට යා කර අප මුතුන් මිත්තෝ වැව් නිර්මාණය කළහ. මෙනයින්  සිංහල වාරි ශිෂ්ටාචාරයේ ප්‍රමුඛ වැව් පද්ධතිය වන අභය වැව,  නාච්චදුව , නුවර වැව, තිසාවැව, මහකනදරා වැව,අකතිමුරුප්පු වැව හා යෝධ වැව  බිහි වන්නේ මල්වතු ඔය ජල ධාරිතාව  ආශ්‍රයෙනි.   මල්වතු ඔය ජලයෙන් පෝෂිත මෙම වැව්,  ඇල මාර්ග  ඔස්සේ එකිනෙක සම්බන්ධ කර තිබිණි.මෙමගින් යම් ...

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Live in Concert in Kandy Chandraleka, Rookantha and Raini 1st June 2023 Oakray Regency Hotel Kandy. – By Dr harold Gunatillake Website: www.Doctorharold.com I had the opportunity of attending this concert and it was an amazing experience, and I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it. The energy of the crowd and the music was simply electrifying. The bands played their famous hits, and the crowd sang along to every song. The sound quality was top-notch, and the stage setup was also incredible. This concert gave me the thought once again to ask myself, ‘Where are the starving people? According to the World Food Programme, 6.3 million people, or over 30 percent of Sri Lanka’s population, are “food insecure” and require humanitarian assistance. Of these, around 5.3 million people are either reducing meals or skipping meals, and at least 65,600 people are severely food insecure. That was the situation as reported ...

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How to find a rental property in Australia – By By Nipuna Dodangoda, Melissa Compagnoni Rental Market Source: AAP Source : sbs Right now, fewer than 50,000 rental properties are available across the country. Two years ago, that number was almost double. With the vacancy rate at a historic low, finding a rental property is tougher than ever. Understanding the process will give you a head start. This episode of Settlement Guide looks at How to find a rental property in Australia ...

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Chamari Athapaththu Makes History as First Sri Lankan to Lead Women’s ODI Rankings – By eLanka Chamari Athapaththu, the captain of the Sri Lankan women’s cricket team, has achieved a remarkable feat by claiming the top spot in the women’s ODI rankings for batters. Her exceptional performances in the series against New Zealand propelled her six places higher, surpassing Australia’s Beth Mooney to become the first Sri Lankan woman to achieve this milestone. Athapaththu’s outstanding display began with an unbeaten knock of 108 runs in the first ODI against New Zealand. In a rain-affected match, she steered Sri Lanka to victory while chasing down a target of 172 runs. Although she was dismissed for a duck in the second match, which New Zealand won, she rebounded in spectacular fashion in the third game. Athapaththu unleashed a breathtaking innings, smashing an incredible 140 runs off just 80 deliveries, securing another rain-hit ...

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‘80 Club’ in Colombo 7 becomes public property following UDA acquisition – By Sanath Nanayakkare 80 Club in Independence Avenue Colombo 7 Source : island * Opens the doors of the members-only club to the general public * Run by Waters Edge as a high-end restaurant at present * UDA looking for a lessee who can fully capitalize on the property as a heritage hotel * Colombo has plans to create a ‘heritage corridor’ like in Barcelona 80 Club in Independence Avenue Colombo 7, an exclusive clubhouse whose doors were open only for a select group of elite members of society, was officially declared public property following its full acquisition by the Urban Development Authority (UDA) on 23rd June 2023. Before the acquisition by UDA, 80 Club used to foster a sense of exclusivity among the country’s so-called elite on a legacy management system with only its tenants changing from time ...

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Muthu Raja touches down in Thailand after five hour flight The special aircraft carrying Thailand gifted tusker Muthu Raja or Sak Surin landed at the Chiang Mai Airport yesterday afternoon. Source:Dailynews A Thai elephant gifted to Sri Lanka two decades ago arrived back in its birth country Sunday, following a diplomatic spat over the animal’s alleged mistreatment. Thai authorities had gifted the 29-year-old Muthu Raja also known as Sak Surin to Sri Lanka in 2001. But they demanded the elephant back last year after allegations that it was neglected while kept at a temple. The elephant arrived in Thailand just after 2 pm having been transported inside a specially constructed giant steel crate onboard an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane yesterday. The special compartment in Muthu Raja was flown back to Thailand heading for the BIA in Katunayake. “He arrived in Chiang Mai perfectly,” Thai environment minister Varawut Silpa-archa said at ...

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‘Dingiri Dingaale’ The Tamil film song liked by many Sinhalese-by D.B.S Jeyaraj   Source:Dailymirror The rollicking  song from the Tamil movie ‘Anbu Engey’ was widely popular during my childhood days   It was the Indian music director S.S. Vedhasalam who composed the tune for Dingiri Dingaale No sing-song or dance at a party was  complete without it The most popular Sinhala version of the song had the opening line ‘Harima Wedak Nedha Machang, Harima Wedak Ne’ set to the tune of  Dingiri Dingaale Another version ‘Pissu Vikare, Dagena Polkatu Male’ was sung by H.R. Jothipala and also Milton Perera and M.S. Fernando In later years different versions based on the tune were rendered by performers like Anton Jones, Desmond de Silva and the Gypsies  An important reason for Dingiri Dingaale’s success in Sri Lanka was because the tune was extremely conducive to dancing the Baila Writing about the song at this ...

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