ceylon filmfest – friends dance – real jaffna – thaminie’s piano – bilal and dimanthi – By Jayam Rutnam Good News From Jayam July 1, 2022 Pls Scroll Down 35 items Lankan Tri Forces Receive Rapturous Welcome by British Public at Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant Lankan High Commissioner Saroja Sirisena and her Minister Counsellor (Defence) to the Sri Lankan High Commission in the UK, Brigadier L H Mahinda Rajapaksha with the Lankan military contingent participated at the Pageant. At the invitation of British Government, a contingent of Sri Lankan Tri Forces participated at the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant and official birthday held last week. Distinguished military personnel from Sri Lanka bearing the national flag fluttering in the air, marched past Buckingham Palace in the presence of the Royal family members. Lobero Theatre Hosts First-Ever Sri Lankan Ceylon International Film Festival in Santa Barbara, Ca. The historic Lobero Theatre in ...

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Lanka ‘hopeful’ to be off UK red list by September Source:Island Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to the UK, Saroja Sirisena, hailed the country’s “phenomenal” healthcare response and said she was hopeful it was “on track” to take it off the UK’s red list from September. Sirisena told ‘Travel Weekly’ that when a country has gone through something, it comes out better prepared for things in the future. “We have been really disciplined [with Covid]. Our approach was criticised by some because we got the military involved to handle some sections of the operation, but we moved really quickly. ...

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Sri Lanka ‘hopeful’ to be off UK red list by September Sri Lanka is ‘hopeful’ it will be removed from the UK red list by September. The country’s high commissioner to the UK, Saroja Sirisena, hailed Sri Lanka’s “phenomenal” healthcare response and said she was hopeful the country was “on track” to make it off the UK’s red list from September. Sirisena told Travel Weekly that when a country has gone through something, it comes out better prepared for things in the future. “We have been really disciplined [with Covid]. Our approach was criticised by some because we got the military involved to handle some sections of the operation, but we moved really quickly. We shut our airports and wouldn’t even let Sri Lankan nationals back in. The army set up hospitals in 10 days, and our healthcare system was phenomenal. “There were about 20,000 Brits who actually opted to stay in ...

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