eLanka Newsletter – 12 Aug – 4th edition – Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter THE HISTORY OF TEA AND CRICKET IN SRI LANKA – BY David Colin Thome  “DREAMWORLD REVISITED” By Des Kelly  Royalists elected to Parliament 2020 – Prepared by eLanka Sri Lankan-born Mars 2020 engineer who designed NASA rover’s internal electrical layout – By Ranjini Fernando mahil-wijesinghe Major Announcement: ICC Men’s T20 World Cup A Day On Batticaloa Lagoon & Elephant Delights on the Polonnaruwa – ‘Batti’ Road – Stefan 2020 https://www.elanka.com.au/calcium-channel-blockers-by-dr-harold-gunatillake/ A lost Kingdom – by MAHIL WIJESINGHE Antonian Franklyn Burke brought honour and fame to his school – Hafiz Marikar BECOMING A MINIMALIST – SRI LANKAN STYLE Ancestral Powers & Properties – by Gajalakshmi Paramasivam Bonikka – Sinhala Full Movie JIIVA Tamil Thriller Full Movie LanCatholic – Quarterly Newsletter of the Sri Lankan New ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 26 July – 8th edition – Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter THE JETLINERS(My Story) – By Felix Fernando  “BEAUTIFUL OLD CEYLON” by Des Kelly  Frederick Dornhorst and Royal College – By Senaka Weeraratna  Sydney Well-wishes donated SLR 116,711 for Dry Rations and welfare activities conducted by the Sri Lanka Embassy in State of Kuwait  Prime Minister – Joint Media Release – JobKeeper payment and income support extended Watch: Engelbert Humperdinck invites you to a special live-streamed performance, Engelbert Live Important updates regarding student visa arrangements/review of the Working Holiday Maker Program Health & Views – July 3rd Issue – by Harold Gunatillake Kandy Perahera as usual sans spectators – Asela Kuruluwansa and Lahiru Fernando CENTENARY OF ST. PETER’S COLLEGE – By Algi Wijewickrema Australian town ‘Badagini’ named by Sinhala migrant labour in 1880s? – By ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 19 July – 6th edition – Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter The Peterite Chorale: A Brief History “GOD’S CREATIONS, ALL” – By Des Kelly (Editor-In-Chief) eLanka Mr. TIDDY WIJERATNE – dedicated teacher and an inspiring cricket coach at St. Anthony’s College 6 Royalists have become Commander of Sri Lanka Navy ANURA TENNEKOON’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY – Passionately Cricket Noel News – By Noel Whittaker To Canada with Love from Sri Lanka – A Beautiful song presentation from Sri Lankans in Mississauga!. Anuradhapura Kingdom & heritage-Harold GunatillakeSCC & SCF – COVID-19 Community Support Program Open Mike with Emcee Duke Ramachandran “Brief introduction of the arrival of the Malays in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)”.By Noor Rahim Memories….photo of “Old Josephians in Melbourne 2015” Kerrigan La-Brooy #1 on Aussie Charts for the 2nd Consecutive Week SCC – Sri Lankan Food – Take ...

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December 2019 – Vol: 3 – This Week’s Events + Sponsors & Advertisers of eLanka Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Voluntary Outreach Club In collaboration with Whispering Hope present –New Year’s Eve – Gala Ball 2019 “NYE 2020” BAILA Cruise Christmas Day Lunch – Presented by the BLUE ELEPHANT Bellbird Club Inc presents 2019 New Years Eve Dance (Sydney Event) Alkira Christmas Lights Performance New Years Eve Diner Dance Greetings for 2020 – New Year’s Eve Dinner Dance (Brisbane event) Sinha Entertainment proudly presents – MARIANS LIVE IN ADELAIDE 2020 Click below for events ...

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eLanka Newsletter: June 2019 5th edition: Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s eLanka eNewsletter     Sinhalese Cultural Centre (SCC) Nite 2019 – A Night of Support – Photos thanks to RoyGrafix THE STRANGER I GREW UP WITH & “THE INTRUDER” – By Des Kelly Watch Sri Lanka vs South Africa ODI ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Highlights MEDIA RELEASE: Consulate General of Sri Lanka – Australian Travel Agents visit to Sri Lanka on Familiarisation Tour Showing off Geraldton businesses – ( Business women in Geraldton hope to pitch Mid West products to a new Asian market) – By Tamra Carr 33 Dengue deaths and nearly 23,000 patients in six months Photos from – A Night of Glitz & Glamour – Bollywood in Brisbane in aid of Shanthi Palliative Care Hospital Health & Views – June 2nd edition – By Dr ...

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  eLanka Newsletter: June 2019 1st edition: Sri Lankans in Australia – News, Photos and Events for the Sri Lankan Down-Under! Click here or on the image below to read this week’s eLanka Newsletter for the Sri Lankan Down-Under! Photos from the Ceylon Society of Australia – 2nd Public Meeting 26th May 2019 AND Vicarage murders hold guests spellbound – from Doug Jones “A TERRIFIC TRIO” – By Des Kelly AND This is how the Burghers of Bambalawatha spoke in the good old days.  Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews at the Sinhalese New Year Celebrations at the Dandenong Showgrounds – Video and Photos thanks to Trevine Rodrigo Cricket: Watch highlights of the New Zealand vs Sri Lanka match at Cardiff, Game 3 of the ICC World cup – 1st June 2019   Sandra Jackson – Memories are made of this – FROM TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE Seri Vanija Jathakaya AND Sri Lanka ...

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eLanka Newsletter: May 2019 4th edition: Sri Lankans in Australia – News, Photos and Events for the Sri Lankan Down-Under! Click here or on the image below to read this week’s eLanka Newsletter for the Sri Lankan Down-Under! eLanka Newsletter: May 2019 4th edition eLanka, Lankan-Australian “News-King”: Always read eLanka! (Circulation 20,000 plus members! – The Largest Sri Lankan News Circulation in Australia!) You can also view this email in your browser Welcome to eLanka News – for the Sri Lankan Down Under! We will be sending a mid week eLanka EVENTS newsletter from this week Keep an eye out! First Ever Digital Pandol (Thorana) in Australia – Presented and erected to view at Lankarama Buddhist Temple in Sydney 5 meter by 4 meter structure – Presented and erected to view at Lankarama Buddhist Temple in Sydney by the Sri Lanka Consulate Office in Sydney – An initiative by the ...

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eLanka Newsletter: May 2019 2nd edition: Sri Lankans in Australia Please click here or on the image below to read this week’s eLanka Newsletter for the Sri Lankan Down – Under! eLanka Newsletter: May 2019 2nd edition eLanka, Lankan-Australian “News-King”: Always read eLanka! (Circulation 20,000 plus members! – The Largest Sri Lankan News Circulation in Australia!) Welcome to eLanka News – for the Sri Lankan Down Under! We will be sending a mid week eLanka EVENTS newsletter from this week Keep an eye out! Shemara Wikramanayake: Australia’s $17mln female executive tops pay list – By Angela Priestley Macquarie’s Shemara Wikramanayake gives all women something to celebrate as she tops the list for executive pay. Women’s Agenda’s Angela Priestley tells us more.By Angela Priestley (financy – women’s money matters) There’s nothing like playing ‘spot the women’ when it comes to lists ranking the salaries of those in the mega-rich stratosphere. “NATIONAL ...

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eLanka Newsletter: April 2019 1st edition: Sri Lankans in Australia – News, Photos, Events & Articles Please click here or on the image below to read this week’s eLanka Newsletter eLanka Newsletter: April 2019 1st edition eLanka, Lankan-Australian “News-King”: Always read eLanka! (Circulation 20,000 plus members! – The Largest Sri Lankan News Circulation in Australia!) You can also view this email in your browser Welcome to eLanka News – for the Sri Lankan Down Under! (If you are based outside of Australia… enjoy the News from the Lankans Down Under!) eLanka Articles Yasodai Selvakumaran – Western Sydney teacher named among top 10 in the world Yasodai Selvakumaran, a humanities teacher at Rooty Hill High School, has been named in the top 10 teachers in the world, taking her a step closer to the $US1 million Global Teacher Prize…………. “OUR ALMA MATER” – BY Des Kelly As we quickly approach yet ...

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eLanka Newsletter: March 2019 3rd edition: Sri Lankans in Australia – News, Photos, Events & Articles Please click here or on the image below to read eLanka Newsletter Welcome to eLanka News – for the Sri Lankan Down Under!  (If you are based outside of Australia… enjoy the News from the Lankans Down Under!) eLanka Articles Prime Minister – Media Release – Community Language Grants to build stronger communities THE HON SCOTT MORRISON MP Prime Minister THE HON DAVID COLEMAN MP Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Thursday, 14 March 2019 COMMUNITY LANGUAGE GRANTS TO BUILD STRONGER COMMUNITIES More young Australians will learn another language with a funding boost set to connect people to new languages and cultures. The Morrison Government has committed $10 million through the Community Languages Multicultural Grants Program to support not-for-profit community language schools. .. ”IT’S FUN TO PUN” by the “Star ...

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