eLanka Newsletter – 18th February 2024 – 5th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Nissanka, Fernando and Mendis lead Sri Lanka blitz and bowlers complete series clean sweep. T20 series should decide new look Sri Lanka revival. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports Editor) Looking after your gut health – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Obituary: Trevor Rajaratnam – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. Cricket Australia commits to Multicultural Action Plan SQUAD Nepal turns one RAJITHA HIRAN MULTIFACETED RENOWNED, CHARACTER ACTOR,COMEDIAN,VOCALIST,SCRIPT WRITER, SKETCHER,FILM DIRECTOR, POEM LYRICIST IN A FASCINATING UNBLEMISHED VOYAGE – By Sunil Thenabadu Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 197 15 02 2024 SUNDAY CHOICE – WHAT HE’S DONE–MESSAGE FOR LENT – By Charles Schokman Obituary : Doris Vannitamby – By Charles Schokman Sri Lankan Exporters Delegation to Melbourne , Australia 11th to 16th March 2024 ( ...
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eLanka Newsletter – 11th February 2024 – 3rd Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter 76th Anniversary Independence day Celebrations in Adelaide, Australia Seventy Sixth Anniversary of Independence of Sri Lanka is celebrated in Melbourne – Photos by Johann Jayasinha (SNNI) Australia The hills in Pallekelle rained boundaries as Nissanka double century sinks Afganistan – Historic first double hundred gives Lankans first up win – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports editor) Victor Melder – Sri Lanka Independence Commemoration event in Melbourne – Award to Victor Melder For His Services to the Community and Sri Lanka in Australia. The 28th Annual Royal Thomian Cricket Festival – A battle enlaced in tradition and camaraderie President meets Sri Lankan Diaspora in Australia, outlines plans for economic modernization Good News From Jayam – By Jayam Rutnam Angelo Matthews, Dinesh Chandimal and ...
Lionel Wendt, Count de Mauny, David Paynter and Raman-by Hugh Karunanayake Source:Island Image Source:Island The self styled “Count”. De Mauny was born as Maurice Marie Talavande on March 21, 1886. The circumstances under which he left for Ceylon were controversial, some writers suggesting that he was compelled to leave France for misbehaviour with young men in his charge. None of these rumours have ever been established, and to this day remain as rumours. According to William Warren, author of the book “Tropical Asian Style”, de Mauny was first invited to Ceylon in 1912 by SIr Thomas Lipton the tea magnate. He followed that up with several subsequent visits concluding with his purchase of an island off the coast of Weligama, which was only a rocky outcrop one and a half acres in extent and overrun with weeds. He paid Rs 250 for the island, and soon settled down to ...
eLanka Newsletter – 7th February 2024 – 2nd Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Audrey’s 100th birthday – by Trevine Rodrigo (eLanka – Melbourne) Australian men’s fast bowler Jason Behrendorff spoke to the media in Perth today ahead of the Dettol T20 Series against the West Indies. ST ANTHONY’S VS ST BENEDICT’S – A proud SAINTS partnership – by Afzal Laphir 76th Independance Day Celebrations held in Toronto – Photos thanks to Noor Rahim Watch Cricket Test match Hihglights – Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka – February 2-5, 2024, Kerrigan La-Brooy – Concert Dance Health & Views – FEBRUARY 1st issue 2024 – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Kerrigan La_Brooy is honoured to be Nominated in 12 Categories at the 2024 International Red Carpet Awards Australian 15-player men’s squad for the T20 Series on the Qantas Tour of New Zealand ...
eLanka Newsletter – 31st January 2024 – 9th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Shamar Joseph the new whizzkid in world cricket – Heroic return despite injury has unearthed a superstar who single handedly destroyed Australia – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports editor) Australia Day Celebrations at Many Little Bar & Dining supports FOG’s Plates of Goodness, at Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula. Australia Day Celebrations at Many Little Bar & Dining supports FOG’s Plates of Goodness, at Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula. Interview – Australian men’s head coach Andrew McDonald following the second Test against the West Indies in Brisbane. Sr Lanka’s pride and joy Chamari Athapaththu picked to lead the world’s best – Also named Women’s player-of -the -year – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports editor) Duruthu Poya Day Celebration in Kandy. – By ...
eLanka Newsletter – 24th January 2024 – 7th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter H.E. Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Pakistan attended Expo- Engineering and Healthcare Show, held from 18-20th January 2024 in Lahore “Why do I think that beer is beneficial for health?” – By Dr Harold Gunatillake MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS. – By Charles Schokman SERENDIPITY: THE ROMAN DISCOVERY OF TAPROBANE – by MELINDA SZÉKELY (University of Szeged, Hungary) Will Australia Day citizenship ceremonies become a thing of the past: SBS Sinhala Explainer 19 January – by Dinesh Liyanage A tribute to our beloved son and one of a kind human being – By Marie Wambeek NETANYAHU TEETERS ON SHIFTING SANDS – by Joe Van Langenberg CHAMUDITHA AWARD WINNING ACCLAIMED TELEVISION HOST,MEDIA SECRETARY AT THE APEX OF FAME AT TIMES ...
eLanka Newsletter – 21st January 2024 – 6th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Wishing Esther Margaret Dunsford & Randolph John Victor Melder a Very Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary Down musical memory lane … on Alive 90.5 FM Reminiscing the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s music scene in Colombo. – By Aubrey Joachim Charity work that Australia’s former High Commissioner Mr. Skanda Kumar is doing for the less fortunate in Sri Lanka – sent to elanka by Mr. Anton Swan Watch Highlights of T20 Series – Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe – January 2024 Inauguration of Nimal Dias Jayasinha Administrative Enclave at SSC Sri Lanka KFC BBL|13 Team of the Tournament Announced Australia’s bowlers stifle West Indies challenge to a record an easy 10 wicket win – Travis Head century makes the difference after bowlers exploit windies vulnerability against pace- ...
OBITUARY Dr AHMED NAISZ HANIFFA 9 JANUARY 1935 – 7 DECEMBER 2023 It is with much sadness that I refer to the death of Dr AN Haniffa who I have known for the past nearly eighty years. Affectionately called “Hani” or even “Honey” he was one of three Moor boys who entered Royal College in 1946. The two others viz Hussein Ismeth Rahim aka Tooty, Jehan Raheem, have both predeceased him. Dr AN aniffa Haniffa on completing his education at Royal College, entered the Ceylon Medical College following in the footsteps of elder brother MN Haniffa who was a year senior to us in school. I know that the elder brother represented Royal at Rugby, and I have a faint recollection of Hani too playing rugby for Royal. Both brothers passed out as doctors in the mid to late nineteen fifties. After gaining post graduate qualifications in England, Hani ...
OBITUARY – PRASANNA NIMAL WIKRAMANAYAKE. KC (11 August 1933 – 20 December 2023) – By Hugh Karunanayake Nimal Wikramanayake, KC, eminent lawyer and the only Asian born Kings Counsel in Australia, passed away on 20 December at a private nursing home where he was recuperating following surgery. He celebrated his 90th birthday just a few months ago. Born in Colombo as the second son to EG(Guy) Wikramanayake, a leading counsel in Colombo in his day, Nimal schooled at S Thomas College, Mount Lavinia. On leaving school, unlike his elder brother Ranji a well known endocrinologist in Sydney, Nimal chose to follow in the footsteps of his forefathers. His paternal grandfather Edward Beauchamp was a lawyer himself, but it was Edward Beuchamp’s two sons Eric Bird, and Emil Guy, who created legal history by being granted silk, the only instance in Sri Lanka of two brothers being appointed Kings Counsel. Nimal’s ...
eLanka Newsletter – 20th December 2023 – 6th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Nathan Lyon grabs the headlines with his 500th and Australia grab the first Test. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports editor) The XVth Anniversary Celebrations of the Thomian Carol Service, heralds the Advent Season in Sydney Gethsemane’s Carols by Candlelight 2023 Television Spectacular Premiers on Channel 31 as well as Gethsemane TV on Monday December 18th @7.30pm Australian Time. Australia’s bowlers stifle Pakistan fightback. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports editor) Obesity and potbelly issues – By Dr Harold Gunatillake An Inspirational Message for the Month of December 2023 – By Charles Schokman National Community Cricket Awards 2023-24 Merry Christmas & A Bright and Prosperous New Year – By Noor Rahim Are You Aware About ...
