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Abhisheka – Vocalist, Playback Singer, Lyricist, Author Cum Entrepreneur By Sunil Thenabadu Being able to control pitch to develop further is one of the prime fundamental aspects of singing, we do know that a good singer like Abhisheka Wimalaweera typically should possess exceeding control over the pitch of her voice singing sans strain going through her range with relative ease. Since she was a toddler her parents Sunil and Damayanthi Wimalaweera ,the former was a film director, lyricist and author had identified Abhisheka’s innate talents for singing had been adamant to pursue a singing career for their only child.her Father’s elder brother was Sarath Wimalaweera, the renowned announcer. As she grew up she had improved her vocal control under the guidance of her mentor Sangeeth Nipun Sanath Nandasiri at his music school in Nugegoda which had made a huge impact on her talents with different vital elements of singing such ...
Oct 27, 2021
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Oct 27, 2021
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A POLONGA (Russell’s Viper) ATTACK OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO IN TRINCOMALEE (Reported by Dr Alfred Spaar in Spolia Zeylanica of May 1910) At midnight on April 6 1910, I was hastily summoned to see the late Mr MacIntyre, Postmaster of Trincomalee, who had been bitten by a Polonga. On arrival at his residence, thirty to forty minutes after the accident, I found him seated erect on a chair on his verandah. He was bathed in a cold, clammy sweat, and complained of feeling sick, and was vomiting continually. The ejected matter consisted of a few grains of boiled rice and water and bile stained fluid, and later on of glairy mucous. He had been attended to, within five or ten minutes of the accident, by a constable, who applied to the wound a black ‘snake-stone’ such as I have seen in the possession of ‘snake-charmers’. Internally, a remedy ...
Oct 27, 2021
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Santin Gunawardena:Stage actor— Obsessive, Passionate,Purpose Driven, Dedicated sans EGO-By Sunil Thenabadu One of the utmost universal qualities of successful professional working actors is that they play well with others and they’re able to make genuine acquaintances with everyone on set. They’re truly good people, passionate, purpose driven and dedicated sans ego. They always handle themselves with grace and dignity and they have the courage to bring their personalities to every role entrusted. One such inimitable actor who had conquered the stage, mini and silver screen with consummate luxury for over a half a century is celebrated actor ‘the Sonduru Minisa’ Santin Gunawardena. ...
Ronnie Stephens R.I.P. Very Sad News has come from Katugastota. Ronnie Stephens passed away today Famous Antonian Cricketer – A.C.M.Lafir and Ronnie Stevens put up a 266-run partnership for the first wicket establishing a new schools record in 1954 at the Trinity-Antonian big match Funeral Arrangements will be notified Later.. May His soul R.I.P. ...
How many roads must a man walk down? – by Capt Elmo Jayawardena The journey has been long, very very long. It started in a little village called Dandu Bendi Ruppa in Nuwara Kalaviya when Dingiriamma rolled Jayathilaka in a ‘borrowed’ wheel chair for his first day in the village school. “Hodatama Wahinawa Mahaththayo” she told me, the skies were gray and raining and the distant clouds were coughing thunder. She had covered her 10 year old handicapped son with a plastic sheet and pushed him on rickety old wheels which were gifted to them when some old man died in the next village. Such was the beginning…. That was then, twenty five years ago. The ceremony was solemn, opulent and almost sacred. The National University of Singapore does not spare anything when it comes to their ‘lime light’ events. The Class of 2011 all gathered in their robes of ...
Oct 26, 2021
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Leading professionals to judge ‘Top50 Professional and Career Women Awards 2021’ by Women in Management and IFC The highly anticipated annual ‘Top50 Professional and Career Women Awards 2021’, has received an outpouring of applications since it opened for entries in September. The 11th edition of the Awards that champions gender equality and recognizes leading women professionals, has assigned to its judging panel a line-up of formidable forces in the workplace. Initiated in 2010 by Women in Management (WIM), the ‘Top50 Professional and Career Women Awards’ is now supported by Women in Work –a partnership between the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the government of Australia. The Awards aim to identify and honor the trailblazing achievements of women and women-led organizations in Sri Lanka. With a new bar being set every year, the task of evaluating the strong line up of applicants becomes an increasingly difficult feat. ...
Oct 26, 2021
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Wellawatte removed from Australia post and appointed as envoy to Italy Source:Colombogazette Jagath Wellawatta has been appointed as the new Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Italy following strong criticism after he was nominated as the High Commissioner of Australia. The Committee on High Posts today approved his appointment as the new Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Italy. Wellawatte was previously nominated as the High Commissioner of Australia and cleared by the Parliament committee. The appointment of J.M Janaka Priyantha Bandara, the current High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Nigeria, as the new Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Myanmar was also approved. The Committee on High Posts also approved the appointment of three Secretaries to Ministries. Approval was given to the appointment of J. J Ratnasiri, Secretary to the Ministry of Public Services, Provincial Councils and Local Government, Prof. J. M. Udith K. Jayasinghe, Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and ...
Travellers and traders: Muslims of Sri Lanka-By Uditha Devapriya Source:Island In 851 AD, an Arab merchant, called Soleyman, wrote an account of his travels to the island of Serendib. Impressionistic but insightful, it records the earliest known engagement of a Muslim with Sri Pada, also known as Samantukuta. Soleyman does not refer to Sri Pada as “aadam malayi”, the name we see in later Muslim reconstructions of the peak. Instead he calls it “Al-Rohoun”, which is what the ninth century Indian poet Rajasekhara used in the Balaramanaya. “Rohoun” was a corruption of Ruhuna, to which the area around the mountain belonged. Literary sources inform us that this was the term used, and preferred, by Arabs and Indians from that time. Around five centuries later, the scholar and traveller Ibn Batuta is reported to have climbed the peak. Patronised by the king of Jaffna, Batuta ascended the summit and came across ...
