Aditya Abeysinghe Archives

eLanka Newsletter –02 May 2021 – 1st edition – Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “EGGS” (FREE RANGE) – By Des Kelly Sinhala and Tamil New year celebration event ‘Sunfest 2021’ “GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TRIVIA” Robots in Supermarkets: A self-assistant culture or invasion of consumer privacy? By Aditya Abeysinghe SRI LANKA NEWS – (APRIL 2021) – Compiled by Victor Melder Watch Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 2nd Cricket test International Women’s Day Celebration at Swathi Women’s Inspiration Group CELEBRATING THE EARTH DAY 2021: THE VOICE OF THE NEXT GENERATION – 22nd April 2021 Pat Cummins speaks to WION Is there a relief for Parkinson,s Disease-by Dr Harold Gunatillake Strategic geopolitical relevance of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean Region By Arundathie Abeysinghe Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo KTravel to Sri Lanka KIF – by RUDYARD KIPLING JKSB : STOCK MARKET ...

Cable Bridge over Kelani River – major engineering feat By Aditya Abeysinghe Sri Lanka’s first Cable Bridge, a great engineering achievement is planned to be opened to public in July, 2021. Funding for the project is provided as a loan by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) with a financial assistance of 35,020 million Japanese Yen. Due to the high volume of traffic entering Colombo City, the need for a new link bridge to reduce the traffic over the current bridge and its urban surroundings were planned over a long period. Hence, the Government of Sri Lanka began constructing a new elevated road project in 2014 running parallel to the current bridge (above *Kelani River) and extending to urban areas in Colombo by the river such as *Dematagoda and *Baseline road. The new bridge is built as a cable suspension bridge to withstand harsh environmental conditions and wear out ...