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eLanka Newsletter – 23rd October 2022 – 8th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “SIR TOM SINGS” – by Des Kelly As you get old – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Sri Lanka clip the wings of flying Dutchmen to enter Super 12’s. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports Editor) Shehan Karunatilaka lands on the BOOKER ‘Moon’-by Michael Roberts The voice of Junker Queen – Leah de Niese – Australian-Sri Lankan actress and voice actor KANCHANAMALA (KANCHI) RANASINGHE-MULTIFACETED GENIUS HIGHLY QUALIFIED MEDICAL DOCTOR ,LECTURER,VOCALIST,CHARITY WORKER, DRAMTIST IN SINHABAHU AT PEAK OF CELEBRITY – BY SUNIL THENABADU Kaleiedoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 128 21 10 22 Dorawaka Ethubandi Cave – venture into Neolithic Era By Arundathie Abeysinghe New trends in making AI useable for non-tech people – By Aditya Abeysinghe Watch: Mendis fires Sri Lanka past Netherlands into T20 ...

Oct 23, 2022 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , , ,
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Prof. Channa Jayasumana named among top scientists Source:Dailymirror Parliamentarian Prof. Channa Jayasumana is among 38 Sri Lankans in the Stanford-Elsevier classification of top scientists.  The database for the last exercise (10 Oct 2022) for citations in Scopus up to the end of 2021, was released last week.  This scientometrics exercise is an ongoing collaboration between Stanford University, USA and the well known publishers Elsevier. The database comprises the top 100,000 scientists by what is called a “c-score”; plus those within the top 2% of such c-scores in 176 sub-fields. ...

Oct 19, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged
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Covid-19 claims 71 more lives Source:Island Director General of Health Services (DGHS) last night reported that Covid-19 claimed the lives of 71 persons. With that the total number of deaths rose to 2,704, the DGHS stated. State Minister Prof. Channa Jayasumana responsible for procurement of Covid-19 vaccines said that in spite of some shortcomings the inoculation drive was continuing in several parts of the country. Sri Lanka would receive two million more doses of Sinopharm vaccines during the first week of July, he added. ...

Jun 26, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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Sputnik-V vaccination begins in Gothatuwa The first phase of the Russian Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine program for those between 30 to 60 years of age from Gothatuwa, Colombo yesterday – Pic by Pradeep Pathirana  Source:FT Vaccination of persons in the Gothatuwa MOH area began yesterday with the use of the 15,000 doses of the Sputnik-V vaccine the country received on 4 May. A vaccination centre was set up in the Madinnagoda Purana Rajamaha Viharaya and State Minister of Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation Prof. Channa Jayasumana said the vaccine is recommended for persons below the age of 60 and has to be administered in two doses. The second dose will be administered three weeks after the first jab. ...

May 14, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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Vaccine due in Lanka within two months- BY NADIRA GUNATILLEKE Source:Sundayobserver Sri Lanka could obtain a vaccine/vaccines for Covid-19 between the second week of February and the last week of March, Pharmaceutical Production, Supply and Regulation State Minister Prof. Channa Jayasumana said. The Russian company which produces Sputnik V vaccine informed Sri Lanka on December 29, Tuesday that the vaccine can be provided to the country following successful discussions, he added. Prof. Jayasumana told the media in Colombo that the effectiveness of the local syrup produced by Dhammika Bandara will also be revealed to the country in two weeks at the end of the scientific clinical trials. ...

Jan 9, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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