eLanka Newsletter – 27 June 2021 – 4th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “INTO THE SUNSET” – By Des Kelly Thomians in Sydney break free Night – June 19 – 2021 – A collection of Photos and Videos from a great evening Immigration Minister issues bridging visas to Sri Lankan Tamil family-By Jade Macmillan Kerrigan La-Brooy’s latest single Glorious Day goes Gold and Platinum in only its 2nd week of release Humanitarian Project – Distribution of essentials to the flood victims – In collaboration with AAKASH GREEN and THILANKA HOTELS AND RESORTS COVID-19 vaccine rollout advice in English, Sinhala (සිංහල) and Tamil (தமிழ்) Cricket T20 Highlights – England v Sri Lanka 2nd T20 – 25 June 2021 102nd St. Joseph’s College Colombo Old Boys’ Union Virtual AGM – Sunday 27 June 2021 Gavaskar says Sanga was ...

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Malini Govinnage no more Source:Dailynews Former Deputy Editor of the Daily News, veteran journalist and author Malini Govinnage passed away yesterday. Govinnage was widely known as a bilingual translator of Sinhalese and English literary works. Her English medium contributions appeared in various forms such as book reviews in the Daily News. Be it Sinhala or English, Malini Govinnage’s writing style had a marked simplicity and at times intricacy. Govinnage’s line of thinking was much moulded by translations. The very first of her lengthy list of translations is Italian novelist Ignazio Silone’s Fontamara. The translation played a crucial role in the early seventies when the access to world literature was very much limited for the Sri Lankan Sinhala readership. Veteran literary critic Reggie Siriwardana identified her as an epitome of the Sinhala-medium-educated generation well versed in European literature. ...

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