India beats Sri Lanka by 91 runs; wins series 2-1 Source:Dailymirror Suryakumar Yadav slammed a 45-ball century to help India beat Sri Lanka by 91 runs and win their Twenty20 series 2-1 on Saturday. Yadav finished 112 not out off 51 balls for his third T20 hundred, and India amassed 228-5. ...
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Christian Medical College Vellore’s donation To the Northern Provincial Health Ministry ‘ Not to be ministered unto but to minister ‘ Teaching Hospital, Jaffna has been fortunate in that it has received help from numerous sources during these difficult times. Among those who have come forward with such help has been Christian Medical College, Vellore . For the second time in less than six months they have made a significant donation of medicines and consumables to the hospital. On this occasion they also donated medicines and consumables for the Northern Provincial Health Ministry. All in all a total of twenty five boxes of items ranging from badly needed medicines and consumables. The commercial value of the consignment would be approximately LKR 20 million. ...
Reflecting on Victor Ratnayake-By Uditha Devapriya Source:Island Somewhere in early 2015, I took the bus from Maradana to Nugegoda, the 176. It was, by all accounts, an ordinary weekday morning, and people were going about and shuttling from one workplace to another. Normally, the 176 bus can be a long ride, but on this occasion, it wasn’t. Having left a meeting with a friend, I was now on my way to get a gift for my father, a book at Sarasavi. It would have been around 10 am when I boarded the bus, and it was around an hour and 10 minutes later when I reached Nugegoda. There was, I recall, hardly a sound. The city seemed to have gone to sleep, apart from the occasional public announcement and the passing trains. As I stepped down from the bus, however, the loudspeakers along the road to the Station played a ...
550 new Job opportunities for Sri Lankans in USA Source:Dailymirror The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington DC, has managed to secure a confirmed job order for 550 employment opportunities in the United States of America for Sri Lankans. While issuing a media release, they said the job order was in association with the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Agency (SLFEA). Accordingly, 250 registered nurses, 100 lab technicians, and 200 nursing assistants will gain employment in the United States. Ambassador Mahinda Samarasinghe had reached out to Messrs. Karma Services LLC of Florida and facilitated an agreement between Karma Services and the SLFEA, the media release said. ...
Biblical Pool in Israel to Reopen, 2,000 Years Later-by Benjamin Weinthal Rendering of the Pool of Siloam, Second Temple period (Shalom Kveller, City of David Archives). Source:Meforum Published originally under the title “Biblical Site Where Jesus Healed Blind Man Excavated for Public View: ‘Affirms Scripture.'” JERUSALEM — The Israel Antiquities Authority, the Israel National Parks Authority and the City of David Foundation announced days before the new year that the Pool of Siloam, a biblical site cherished by Christians and Jews, will be open to the public for the first time in 2,000 years in the near future. “The Pool of Siloam’s excavation is highly significant to Christians around the world,” American Pastor John Hagee, the founder and chairman of Christians United for Israel, told Fox News Digital. “It was at this site that Jesus healed the blind man (John:9), and it is at this site that, 2,000 years ago, Jewish ...
World Braille Day 2023: Vision Care highlights significance of regular eye testing to avoid visual impairments and even blindness Vision Care, Sri Lanka’s largest vision and eye wear solutions provider, is celebrating World Braille Day and acknowledging the immense, life-changing contribution made by Louis Braille in transforming the lives of millions of visually impaired people across the globe by providing them access to a better quality of life and greater acceptance in society. World Braille Day is celebrated on January 4, in honour of Louis Braille, the French educator and inventor of the globally-acclaimed reading and writing systemintended for use by visually impaired people.Braille is a tactile representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols using six dots to represent each letter and number, as well as musical, mathematical and scientific symbols.In November 2018, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) officially approved World Braille Day. The first World Braille Day was observed ...
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2 Weeks in Sri Lanka | A Cinematic Travel Film 2 Weeks in Sri Lanka | A Cinematic Travel Video Have you ever been to… Sri Lanka? They say that travel broadens the mind, but I think that undersells it. Being trapped inside for 2 years made us appreciate the little things in life, But after our freedom was taken away, made us appreciate every single second of our journey. When you visit a country for the first time, you have to accept all the things that come with stepping outside your comfort zone. You can learn more about the world and yourself in one trip than anything online will teach you. From the outside world, this is a country in turmoil – with blackouts and riots and no fuel or food. and while it would be easy to accept that this is the only truth, the country that we ...
How to Make Every Day a Celebration in 2023? | Sadhguru Sadhguru speaks about the significance of New Year, and explains why every day and every beginning is worth celebrating. He also speaks about the immense privilege of being human and tells us to exercise this choice in the New Year. ...
The Brad and Kiara Show Podcast – 2023-1-7 Source : omny A lifestyle radio show that connects with your community and focuses on topics that you can relate to, a little bit of this and a little bit of that with a real Sri Lankan touch – Anything and everything goes on The Brad & Kiara Show – Tune in Saturday Mornings 7-8 right here on Triple H 100.1 FM ...
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Chaminda & Kath Samaraweera (KATCHA) – Sent by Joe Paiva (Adelaide) Chaminda & Kath Samaraweera ( KATCHA), an outstanding role model for the youth of today, in any endeavour in life. Whether music, academics, business, high school studies , hospitality industry, trade or whatever. A success narrative born out of passion, discipline and sheer hard work. Elanka applaudes your success and God speed Joe Paiva Adelaide 7 January 23 Intelligence alone is no guarantee of success in any endeavour. Hereunder is a fore taste of their perseverance to get to the summit of music. Quote And just like that it’s 2023 When Kat & I started our journey together in this industry no one was willing to give us a chance, or an opportunity. I mean no one. We had to walk into venue after venue handing our self made cds that we’ve made of our versions of demos so that we ...
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