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Presumably we shall have to Call her a Stateswoman – BY Erin Watson-Lynn Source: the Interpreter The first woman to become a prime minister was appointed in Sri Lanka in 1960. One might have expected this to pave the way for generations of Sri Lankan women to pursue careers in politics. It did not. Sri Lanka is now ranked 180th in the world for women’s participation in political systems, with less than 2% representation in local office and less than 6% at the parliamentary level. Without undermining the achievement of Sirimavo Bandaranaike in 1960, as the widow of Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike she had a ready-made passage into politics. London’s Evening News notiously remarked at the time, “Presumably, we shall have to call her a Stateswoman”. Many years later, their daughter Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga continued the family tradition by becoming president. Thus, Sri Lanka’s early achievement says more about the power of political dynasties than ...

Apr 13, 2018 Posted by In Articles, Home Comments 0
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“S.L.S. eLANKA” (Part One) – By Des Kelly As the good Sri Lankan Ship “eLanka”meanders quietly around Botany Bay, the Captain in Command, Neil Jayasekera, at the wheel” it’s first Lieutenant, Desmond Kelly, has been forced to “take some time off”in “Sick-Bay”, to recuperate from a few health-problems, mainly to do, with old-age. Because of the fact that I am also it’s “Chief” Editor, I take this chance to inform our many “Readers” that, in fact, I am still very much “alive”, although the word around is that “Desmond Kelly has “carked-it”, &,   was “put to rest”, last Saturday, as a matter of fact. “Fake-Press” Ladies & Gentlemen, as Donald Trump, the American President, would say, BUT, I do feel to explain this strange phenomenon. You see, in Dandenong, Melbourne, where I did live, for many years after arriving in Australia, the last “count”of the “Desmond Kellys”(a very common name), ...

Apr 12, 2018 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY, Home Tagged Comments 0
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CONSULAR CONSULTANCY SERVICE BY THE CONSULATE GENERAL ON 14TH APRIL 2018 AT “SUNFEST”, CASTLE HILL SHOWGROUNDS Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Sydney will be present at the “Sunfest” Sri Lankan New Year Festival on 14th April 2018 at the Castle Hill Showgrounds, Castle Hill, NSW 2154 from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. Entry to “Sunfest” is free and it is organised by the Sinhalese Cultural Forum with the other Sri Lankan Associations in Sydney, in collaboration with the Consulate General. At this event the staff of the Consulate General will be present to attend to your queries about the services provided by the Consulate General including application of dual citizenship, birth registration, passport, alterations to passports, police clearance certificates, application of visa, renewal of driving license and will guide you through the application processes. However, the application lodgement facility will not be available at “Sunfest”. Consulate General invites the Sri Lankan community to visit the Consulate Stall and look forwards ...

Apr 12, 2018 Posted by In Articles, Home Tagged , , , Comments 0
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NEWS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET BOARD – FULL LIST OF CONTRACTED PLAYERS FOR 2018/19   Player State Age Ashton Agar WA 24 Alex Carey SA 26 Pat Cummins NSW 24 Aaron Finch VIC 31 Peter Handscomb VIC 26 Josh Hazlewood NSW 27 Travis Head SA 24 Usman Khawaja QLD 31 Nathan Lyon NSW 30 Glenn Maxwell VIC 29 Shaun Marsh WA 34 Mitchell Marsh WA 26 Tim Paine TAS 33 Matthew Renshaw QLD 22 Jhye Richardson WA 21 Kane Richardson SA 27 Billy Stanlake QLD 23 Mitchell Starc NSW 28 Marcus Stoinis WA 28 Andrew Tye WA 31 Well balanced list to represent Australia across all 3 formats ...

Apr 11, 2018 Posted by In Articles, Cricket News, English Videos, Home Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Comments 0
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XXI Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast 2018 4th to 15th April 2018 List of names of Sri Lankan Athletes and Officials approved by the Ministry of Sports     Name Gender Function Event 1 Mr. Chandana B. Liyanage Male General Team Manager 2 Mr. M.A. Chandana Upul Perera Male Headquarters Official 3 Mrs. Sunethra Udayakumari Weerasinghe Female Lady Chaperone 4 Miss. U. Kaushalya Danthanarayana Female Admin Official   Aquatics – Swimming 1 K.T. Cherantha Gihash De Silva Male Athlete 100m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly, 200m Butterfly, 100m Butterfly, 50m Freestyle 2 Matthew Duncan Abeysinghe Male Athlete 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle 3 H. Dimuth Akalanka Peiris Male Athlete 100m Backstroke, 50m Backstroke, 50m Butterfly, 200m Backstroke 4 Kyle Charles Abeysinghe Male Athlete 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 5 Vinoli Nilinya Kaluarachchi Female Athlete 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke, 100m Freestyle, 50m Freestyle 6 Dilrukshi Avanthi Devmini Perera Female Athlete 50m Freestyle , 50m ...

Apr 10, 2018 Posted by In Articles, Home Tagged , Comments 0
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THE MADURU OYA MARVEL – AND ROADS LESS TRAVELLED – By Bernard VanCuylenburg      “Archaeological History”, The Maduru Oya Marvel. After firstly, viewing the magnificent “flowing-flag” of “My Lovely Island Home”, as I call her, then reading through the most magnificent story of the “Mother Of Marvels”, as I would prefer it to be known as, written by, who I would simply describe as one of the very best “writers” to put pen to paper, Bernard VanCuylenberg, proudly, stolidly, soundly, a Sri Lankan Burgher with an unconditional love for the little “Pearl Of The Indian Ocean”, just as Neil Jayasekera (the flag-waver) & “your’s truly” are, as well.      We are all a part of “history”, folks. Like it, or not, the history of our entire world will someday fade into nothingness, but, until then, it is the solemn duty of every-one of us, to respect the “time” ...

Apr 10, 2018 Posted by In Articles, Bernard VanCuylenburg, Home Tagged Comments 0
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Photo of Dinner hosted by the Ex-Serviceman Assoc. In Brisbane to Honour the present Air Force Commander Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy and the previous Navy Commander Admiral Travis Sinnai ...

Apr 10, 2018 Posted by In Articles, Home Tagged , , Comments 0
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Sri Lanka Sports Association of Qld presentation to Manjulakumara – the High Jumper representing Sri Lanka   The Sri Lanka Sports Association of Qld presented $500.00 through our Patron Hon.Consul for Sri Lanka in Qld Mr. Anton Swan to Manjulakumara the High Jumper representing Sri Lanka. He is employed by the Sri Lanka Air Force and expected to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games. Mr Lal Wickramatunga, the Consul General representing Sri Lanka in Qld and NSW was also present.   ...

Apr 9, 2018 Posted by In Articles, Home Tagged , , , , Comments 0
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