Coconut- an Asian dietary essentialwas bashed again by Western researchers, despite its increasing popularity in the West. – By Dr Harold Gunatillake In the fifties, sixties and before, our coconut properties, belonging to the private landowners and companies, paid particular attention to fertilising the coconut trees, and the production was sufficient for the local population and exports as copra for our foreign currency earnings. The trees were big and healthy looking. Coconut plantations flourished in the Sri Lankan coasts from Chilaw to Matara in the post- Anuradhapura period. In the 15th century, King Parakramabahu VI gifted a coconut plantation to the Thotagamuwe Vijayaba Pirivena. Spanish and Portuguese explorers coined the name coconut in the 16th century. We were proud then of our coconut growth, including rubber and tea plantations, the main products that gave us sufficient foreign exchange. Then, in 1972 – The land Reform Act was introduced with political ...

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Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 173 31 08 2023 From California to India, Greece to Sri Lanka, we check out backward waterfalls, a world’s first, a young woman pushes beyond her hearing impairment, zoo weigh-ins, economic sketches & Rohan Pethiyagoda on “What’s wrong with the boys?”. That’s Kaleidoscope this week! Have a super weekend ahead. Savithri ...

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Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 161 08 07 2023 Happy Thursday! World Environment Day is all about preserving our eco-systems and that’s what Sriyan de Silva Wijeyeratne says PLANT wants to do.  And there’s more today on Kaleidoscope: Rohan Pethiyagoda takes stock of the state of our economy, a committed woman entrepreneur weaves her craft for other women’s financial independence, there are coffins to eliminate bad luck, ducks ducking everywhere & economic news from the week that was in the backdrop of Sinharaja. Here’s the link to see it all:   Have a super weekend. Savithri ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 5th February 2023 – 2nd Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “LISTENING HELPS”-by Des Kelly Sydney is pumped up and ready to Honour The Legend Desmond De Silva! “The Lazarus Story” – SUNDAY CHOICE – By Charles Schokman THE BATTLE FOR THE KARI-LAWTON TROPHY 2023 match report written – by “PSNK & ECLL” First Independence Day Sri Lanka – 1948 February 04 Sri Lanka Cricket appoints Olympic medalist Susanthika Jayasinghe to promote women’s cricket What is the significance of eGFR? – By Dr harold Gunatillake Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 143 03 02 2023 Lesser-known Forest Dwellers of Rathugala – By Arundathie Abeysinghe The Brad and Kiara Show Podcast – 2023-2-4 Sri Lanka Festival 2018 Welcome Speach – by H E Somasundaram Skandakumar Some Presentations on Independence Day in the Past in Thuppahi-by Michael Roberts Qld ...

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Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 137 23 12 22 Wishing you the joys and blessings of Christmas as we bring you this Kaleidoscope Christmas Special with the heavenly voices of the choir of Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour, some US trade sentiments with Vrai Raymond, The Pethiyagoda Pages with Rohan Pethiyagoda on our bleeding state owned enterprises, baubled beards, a tree in Kyiv, baila for your party genes with Prof Shihan De Silva Jayasuriya and announcing the winners of our Christmas staycations, high tea and curated tea. Enjoy, Next week – it’s our year end special. Enjoy the season and best wishes Savithri Rodrigo & Prishan Pandithage Co-Producers Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo ...

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Good News from Jayam – congratulations 2022 graduates – Samantha – Sydney – Lianne – Wathni – Shehan – Queen Elizabeth jubilee – Happy Birthday Athena June 15, 2022  Pls Scroll Down  35 items Dr. Kohona Explores Ways to Boost Trade with China Sri Lanka Ambassador in Beijing Dr. Palitha Kohona has requested the China Asia Economic Development Association Urban Cooperation Committee (CAEDAUCC) to establish Sri Lanka national pavilions, both online and offline, as part of the overall efforts to promote Sri Lanka products.Declaring Sri Lanka should make every effort to increase exports to China, Ambassador Kohona said increase of Sri Lankan exports to China could help Sri Lanka overcome the current crisis. Newlyweds Alexa and Trey of Bellevue, WA Cruising Alaska on the ‘Discovery Princess’ Happy 4th Birthday Athena (You can’t beat that smile!) Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth Celebrations in London (Please click on arrow) Congratulations Graduates ! ...

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Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 106 20 05 2022 Hello & Happy Friday The coming months are going to be bleak if what Rohan Pethiyagoda says on my show has some semblance of reality and he normally speaks sense…. Today we ask some questions on Prime Group Kaleidoscope & add some smiles, hope, bike rides, patchwork, curve edits & a bunker museum. Enjoy,  Have a great weekend  ...

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Frog genus named after Rohan Pethiyagoda   Source: Financial Times SL Rohan Pethiyagoda In a paper published in the journal Zootaxa this week, an international team of scientists has named a new genus of diminutive Asian treefrogs in honour of Sri Lankan scientist Rohan Pethiyagoda.  The genus ‘Rohanixalus’ includes eight species, which range through Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, northeast India, and southern China. Led by Professor S. D. Biju and Dr Sonali Garg of the University of Delhi, the team includes leading scientists also from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Indonesian Institute of Sciences and Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Rohanixalus was discovered through a wide-ranging study of DNA, morphology and behaviour in Asian treefrogs, with one of the eight species becoming the first treefrog to be discovered in the remote Andaman Islands. Rohanixalus is also the first non-Sri Lankan genus of animals or plants to be named ...

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