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PERCY RECEIVES RS. 5 MN FROM SLC – By Sunil Thenabadu Source : info-rain Sri Lanka Cricket has presented Rs. 5 million to Mr. Percy Abeysekera, Sri Lanka’s legendary cheerleader on the cricket field. The decision has been taken by the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, headed by Mr. Shammi Silva, President of Sri Lanka Cricket. “Percy’s contribution to the game of cricket in Sri Lanka as a cheerleader is immeasurable, and he has been a tower of strength for the players and to the game as a whole, and it was our turn to give back and look into his wellbeing,” said Mr. Mohan de Silva, Honorary Secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket.The donation was handed over to Mr. Abeysekera by the Honorary Secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket, Mr. Mohan De Silva, when he visited Percy’s house on behalf of Sri Lanka Cricket to inquire about his health and wellbeing. ...

Sep 19, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Percy Abeysekera, Shammi Silva, Sri Lanka Cricket, Sri Lanka Cricket Fans, Sri Lanka’s legendary cheerleader, Sunil Thenabadu

කනමරා මත්සුරි – ජපානයේ ශිෂ්ණෝත්සව වසන්ත සැණකෙළිය . – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම් ස්ත්‍රී පුරුෂ සම්භෝගයෙන් දරුවකු පිළිසිද ගැනීම ආදී කල්පික මානවයාට හිතා මතා ගැනීමට නොහැකිවූ අති විශ්මිත, ප්‍රාතිහාර්යාත්මක සංසිද්ධියක් විය. එබැවින් ඔවුහු දරු උපතකට ඒකාත්මික වන ස්ත්‍රී යෝනියට සහ පුරුෂ ලිංගයට දේවත්වය ආරෝපණය කිරීමට පෙලඹූනේ නිරායාසයෙනි. එහි ප්‍රතිපලයක් ලෙසින් ක්‍රි.පුර්ව. 3300 වන සියවසේ, ඉන්දුනිම්න හරප්පා ශිෂ්ටාචාරය පහළවූ මුල් යුගයේදී ස්ත්‍රිය- මව දේවත්වයෙන් අතිශයින් බුහුමනට බදුන්වුවාය. ඔවුහු මාතෘත්වයේ සංකේතය ලෙසින් වන්දනයට මුලික කරගනු ලැබුවේ මෝචන ද්වාරය ලෙස සැලකෙන ස්ත්‍රී යෝනියයි.එය භාව රුප සංකේතයක් ලෙසින් ද සැලකිය හැකිය.පුරාවිද්‍යා කැණීම්වලින් එකල වන්දනයට බදුන්වූ ස්ත්‍රී යෝනි ස්වරුපයේ පාෂාණ හමුවී ඇත. කිහිපයක් ඇවෑමෙන් හරප්පා ශිෂ්ටාචාරයේ අතර මැදි අවධියේ මාතෘ මුලිඛ සමාජය අභිබවමින් පිතෘ මුලිඛ සමාජයක් ඉස්මතු වන්නට විය. ඉන්දුනිම්න ශිෂ්ටාචාරය ප්‍රභවය ලැබු ඉන්දු ගංගා නිම්නයේ සිදු කරන ලද පුරාවිද්‍යා කැණීම්වලින් කොනාකාරී උල් ස්වභාවයෙන් නිර්මිත පාෂාණ මෙන්ම උද්ගාමක පුරුෂ ලිංගයක් සහිත පුරුෂ පිළිරුවක් සොයා ගෙන ඇත. ඒ තුළින් ගම්‍ය වන්නේ ශිව ලිංග වන්දනයේ ප්‍රාථමික අවස්ථාව ...

Sep 17, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම්, ශිෂ්ණෝත්සවය

RUWAN KUMARA ALREADY A SHINING SINGING STAR – By Sunil Thenabadu Ruwan Kumara Ranasinghe is a native of Alapalawa a village in Peradeniya is in his late twenties has had his education at Alapalawa Maha Vidyalaya in his native village.He is the eldest of three siblings, the parents are farmers. Ruwan Kumara had shown interests to music not inherited from parents perhaps with innate talent. Though he had been beating on the desks and singing unfortunately the teachers; had not identified his talent. However his mother had noticed his talent had encouraged him to sing and rendered a huge backing.She had even taken bank loans to pursue a career recording songs and then music videos. Ruwan had studied music under musician Romesh Sugathapala also from Kandy area and studied up to Visharada level.Ruwan had a craze to listen to all types of songs and music from the radio and other ...

Sep 15, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Derana Drea Star, Derana FM, Hiru FM, Nadeeka Guruge, Nimanthi Chamodini, Rhythm FM, Rookantha Gunatilleke, Senasumak Patha, Sha FM, Sirasa Super Star, Sunil Edirisinghe, Sunil Thenabadu, TM Jayaratne, Victor Ratnayake

APPRECIATION – A calm, generous, unique, philanthropist with humane virtues – Kirinelis Samararatne Mudalali – by Sunil Thenabadu in Brisbane Kirinelis Samararatne Mudalali expired at the age of eighty seven years on the 8th September after been treated in the ICU of Durdans hospital on Friday and cremated at the Galkissa cemetery on Monday the 11th amidst a huge gathering of mourners. As many successful businessmen Samararatne Mudalali too hailed from down south in Hakmana came to the capital Colombo to pursue a career as a businessman. He has had intentions to be a ‘builder’ having travelled to Colombo with a ‘saw’ and just a few rupees to work in a building site.It not had taken much time for him to grasp the work to fulfil his intentions of becoming a building contractor. He registered his ‘Samararatne builders” small company which in no time had grown in stature with an able ‘Liyana Mahattaya’ having his own office.He was ...

Sep 13, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Kirinelis Samararatne Mudalali, Sunil Thenabadu

ASHA TENNAKOON ALREADY A SHINING SINGING STAR IN A SPARKLING VOYAGE WITH DEEP FOUNDATIONS LAID – by Sunil Thenabadu in Brisbane Asha Tennakoon though has no music intelligence through inherited affiliations certainly had been born with innate music talent. Asha is a native of Kegalle who’s parents are not living has only one elder sibling now a science teacher in a reputed school in Sri Lanka.Asha had been educated at St.Joseph’s College in Kegalle had followed music both singing and playing music instruments for ordinary levels even up to Visharada level having passed initial examinations of the Bhatkhande music University in Lucknow India. She had come second in the All Island school’s Ekala Kyal Ragadari music competition while in the ordinary level class in school.After her triumph she had been selected to the Sri Lanka Army music Band to sing but had not accepted the offer owing to her higher studies. Among ...

Sep 11, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Anjeline Gunatilleke, Asha Tennakoon, Australian citizenship, Bhatkhande music University, Marketing Executive at Ms Tritel Services( Pvt) Ltd, Melbourne, Rohana Siriwardena, Ruwan Hettiarachchi, Shashika Nissansla and Nirosha Virajini and Yuresha Ravirari, Sri Lankan, Sunil Thenabadu, Tharaka Mallawarachchi, vocalist

Abrupt reduction of FD interest leaves senior citizens in a quandary – by Sunil Thenabadu in Brisbane Under the strict instructions of the Governor of the Central Bank all State and commercial banks have delivered an intense executioner strike abruptly to all the senior citizens under the DDR/DDO by drastically reducing the interest rates on fixed deposits which have been slashed alarmingly to between 10 -12% from the month of June 2023. The interest rates were enhanced to 23 -27% by the banks in the middle part of 2022, probably mainly to attract more deposits to bank coffers. With this increase many senior citizens who were fortunate to hold fixed deposits were able to some extent to make ends meet without pleading for donations or borrowings. Even then they had not lived in a luxury life which all senior citizens of developed countries are privileged to live in. It is learnt that ...

Sep 9, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Central Bank, FD interest, senior citizens, Sunil Thenabadu

Sanali Lihansa Silva a contestant in Derana Dream Star Season 11 contest a favourite of all audiences – by Sunil Thenabadu Derana Dream Star reality grueling singing contest is being currently held for the 11th season.This reality singing contest is clearly the most sought among the other similar contests. Over the years many contestants had found proper routes to become popular singing artistes having had the roots and groomed from the Derana Dream Star contests.Some vocalists had been selected to portray roles in many tele dramas in the TV Derana popular channel. In every season many new budding artistes have been able to become overnight stars via performing in this contest. One contestant who has won the hearts of the panel of adjudicators and listeners has been Sanali Lihansa Silva a twenty two year old hailing from Kiribathgoda. Among over one hundred thousand applicants initially after auditioned by knowledgeable musicians in Sri Lanka ...

Sep 5, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Ashanthi De Alwis, Derana Dream Star contests, Derana Dream Star Season 11, Indra Chapa Liyanage, Keethi Pasquel, Nadeeka Guruge, Samitha Mudunkotuwa, Sanali Lihansa Silva, Sri Lanka, TV Derana

Sunil Thenabadu turned to book writing Source : sundaytimes A banker turned journalist Sunil Thenabadu released his maiden Kindle Edition book recently titled ‘Tributes to Popular Personalities’. Sunil worked as a journalist attached to now defunct ‘The Leader’ after his stint at BOC. He is now based in Brisbane, Australia working as a freelance journalist. Most articles in this book to be published contain not only about cricket but feature articles and on government flaws. It is learnt that the author had contacted all those persons about whom he had written to confirm the correctness of the information stated in the articles. This, exercise had no doubt been a huge endeavour completed with patience, endurance and toil. The quality of them to be of a fair standard. It is learnt that Sunil Thenabadu, the author is a self-made journalist whose name is somewhat of a household name among those who read ...

Sep 4, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Sunil Thenabadu, Tributes to Popular Personalities

Sigiriya to be developed from USD 15mn loan – By Sunil Thenabadu Source : info-rain The Ministry of Urban Development and Housing said that steps will be taken to develop Sigiriya as a fully-fledged tourist zone under nine sub-projects. These nine sub-projects are; establishment of new car park, providing sanitary facilities and preparation of Sigiriya entrance road, establishment of Sigiriya information center, conservation of Mapagala archaeological site, rehabilitation of Sigiri lake, establishment of heritage route from Ramakele to Pidurangala, conservation of archaeological sites around Kaludiya Pokuna, development of infrastructure for tourism and recreational activities focusing on Inamaluwa Lake, development of infrastructure for tourism and recreational activities focusing on Galewela Lake, and the development of the solid waste management system in Digampathana.Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said that this project will be implemented at the cost of USD 15 million to be received under the loan assistance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In ...

Aug 29, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Asian Development Bank, developing Sigiriya, Minister Prasanna Ranatunga, Tourism

Asitha Fernando gets Top UK Cricket deal – By Sunil Thenabadu Source : info-rain Sri Lankan fast bowler Asitha Fernando has reportedly agreed to a deal to play county cricket in the United Kingdom (UK) this season. According to cricket sources, he is likely to sign with Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club to play the England and Wales Cricket Board’s County Championship competition in September. The deal is important for cricketer Asitha Fernando as Sri Lanka does not play test cricket during this season this year.Sri Lanka is also scheduled to tour England next year as part of the Test Championship. Meanwhile, retired Sri Lankan fast bowler Suranga Lakmal is also currently playing in the UK county championship for Derbyshire County Cricket Club. (NewsWire) ...

Aug 26, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Sri Lankan cricketer, Sri Lankan fast bowler, Suranga Lakmal, Test Championship