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BOOK REVIEW: A Life on Our Planet – My Witness Statement by David Attenborough – By Wimal Kannangara Source : Brisbane Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – September 2022 To anyone interested in nature and conservation, David Attenborough needs no introduction. Sir David Attenborough is Britain’s, if not the world’s, best known natural history documentary maker. Having joined BBC as a trainee producer in 1952, he rose to become the Controller of BBC2 during which time he introduced colour television to Britain and then to be the Director of Programmes for BBC Television. Then in 1973, he abandoned administration to be documentary making and writing. The rest is history. His witness statement covers the period 1937 when he was 11 years old to 2020 when he was 94 when this book was written. During this period, the world population grew from 2.3 billion to 7.8 billion and the remaining wilderness declined ...

Sep 1, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged A Life on Our Planet, Anthropocene, BBC, book, David Attenborough, development of life on earth, natural history documentary maker, Vision for the Future

Tony Brent Collection – by Patrick Ranasinghe The saddest part of a show is the overture. What begins must come to an end. And Tony Brent knew this well. For most, it is a forgotten, if not unheard name. He did the disappearing act from music charts many decades ago. But he recorded in a few years what most contemporary singers would record in a few lifetimes. Walkin’ to Missouri, The Game of Love, In My Little Room, Cindy, Oh Cindy, Forever My Darling, Don’t Save Your Love for a Rainy Day… Brent records are classics. After all these years we wonder where he is. What happened after the 1960s? Where did he begin? How did it all end? There are questions galore but answers, none. Not even the best music encyclopedias or Internet search engines will answer your queries. First, the sad news. Tony is no more. He died ...

Jun 4, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Patrick Ranasinghe Tagged BBC, Cindy, Forever My Darling, Game of Love, Hogan BretagnePatrick Joseph, In My Little Room, Oh Cindy, Patsy Douglas

News In Sri Lanka – by Dr harold Gunatillake Website: doctorharold.com Transcript: Bringing the most important latest news to your doorstep “If the ongoing protests diminish through fatigue and fail to monitor Wickremasinghe, Lanka’s fall into the abyss will not only be inevitable but extremely painful as well”. Sasanka Perera-Professor of Sociology and Dean of Social Sciences at South Asian University, New Delhi. In his first interview since taking office, Mr Wickremesinghe told the BBC he would ensure families get three meals a day. Appealing to the world for more financial help, he said, “there won’t be a hunger crisis; we will find food”. The new PM described the Sri Lankan economy as “broken”, but he said his message to Sri Lankans was to “be patient; I will bring things back”. Sri Lanka’s political and socio-economic disaster turned into deadly combat between the progovernment thugs with the backing of Mahinda ...

May 20, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged BBC, Central Bank, Galle Face, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Mahinda Rajapaksa, P.K.Balachandran, r Nandala Weerasinghe, Ranil Wickremasinghe, Ranjith Madduma Bandara, Sajith Premadasa, Samagi Jana Balawegaya, Sanath Nishantha, Sanjeeva Edirimanna, Sasanka Perera, South Asian University, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Parliament, Sri Lankan stocks, World Bank

Ranil Wickremesinghe: Sri Lanka’s new prime minister faces uphill battle – by George Wright Source:bbc.com News that Ranil Wickremesinghe is the new prime minister has been largely met with dismay and disbelief in Sri Lanka. His appointment is being viewed as yet another arrogant response by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to weeks of protests over rising prices and shortages. Mr Wickremesinghe is seen as being close to the Rajapaksa family, and many think he has been chosen because he will be likely to guarantee their security. Protests flared up in early April in the capital, Colombo, and have grown in size and spread across the country. People are furious because the cost of living has become unaffordable, and nine people have lost their lives in the unrest. Why are Sri Lankans protesting in the streets? However some say his experience and links with India and the West could help overcome the ...

May 13, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, BBC, Colombo, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Ranasinghe Pramadasa, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka, United National Party

Blind Ashchariya Peiris listed among BBC channel’s world’s 100 most inspiring Women in 2019 – By Sunil Thenabadu This article was compiled after Ashchariya Peiris was elected after she was elected by the BBC channels one among the 100 most inspiring women in the world in year 2019 Blind Ashchariya Peiris listed among BBC channel’s world’s 100 most inspiring Women in 2019 In March 2000 when she was just nineteen years old, when the civil war was at its peak tragedy struck Nayana Ashchariya Peiris Jayakody ,a product of Devi Balika Vidyalaya, a diploma holder in English from the Warwick University, a teller in an international bank when a claymore bomb exploded at Castle street when she was driving home after work. It was reported that 46 were killed many injured from this brutal LTTE attack. Ashchariya had been rushed to the accident service where she had not known what ...

Oct 24, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged Ashchariya Peiris, BBC, Devi Balika Vidyalaya, Nayana Ashchariya Peiris Jayakody