eLanka Newsletter – 10th September 2023 – 3rd Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Sri Lanka scramble into Asia Cup super fours but skipper Shanaka’s form slump is concerning. BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (Elanka Sports Editor) Sri Lankan Women’s Cricket Team trounce England in England-by Michael Roberts The British Council hosts a pre-departure briefing for Sri Lanka’s 11 selected Commonwealth Scholars MEDIA RELEASE – Premier congratulates Children’s Festival – on 25th anniversary Triumphant Sri Lanka grab a piece of history with first ever emphatic series win over England. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (Elanka Sports Editor) Esric Jackson launches new CD, ‘Second Generation ‘, and did it, his way – By TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE GLORIOUS PATH FOR THE G-RACE – By Lakshman Navaratne ජනසවියේ නියමුවාණන් දැයෙන් සමුගෙන දෙවසරක් සපිරේ . – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම්. ...

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Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 174 07 09 2023 We’re in Georgetown, Texas! Plus – a fashion designer with a passion to make things better for abused women, an entrepreneur transforming Jaffna’s agriculture, mouthwatering Swiss cuisine, an abandoned village, an innovative power, trips to the sun and much more! Have a super weekend ahead. Savithri ...

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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 172 24 08 2023 Hello from Baltimore! The Waterfront is inviting as are our stories – bringing you a champion for little people, a look at presenting a positive business case for Sri Lanka, dinosaur races, luxury cruises, hunting for Nessie, empowering cane, vignettes on the markets & so much more. Have a super weekend ahead. Savithri ...

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Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 171 17 08 2023 Today – watch us close as we bring you the A to Z of conflict, a blue whale champion reveals some interesting facts about the largest animal on earth, vegan horse riding, dog surfing championships, falling off the IMF rails, take a walk around Bevis Bawa’s Brief Garden & so much more. Have a super weekend ahead. Savithri ...

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Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 168 27 03 2023 Happy Thursday and Happy World Conservation Week! We’re on a date with a 200-year-old Nuga Tree to celebrate World Conservation Day –  also, the latest in oncology, the fallout of medical migration, an amazing designer whose hearing impairment is an asset, Barbiemania, resurging animal species, a pitch perfect male soprano, the stats on Asia’s regional growth and much more.  ...

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Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 167 20 07 23 It’s proving to be a packed programme! Welcome to Kaleidoscope today. The dog days may have just begun! Also it’s about Riverston while we dive into Sri Lanka’s standing with the IMF & the world of imported fish, give a child a meal, check out the world’s best buildings, repurpose old things, take a flying race, become a transformer, take a leaf from France & check the market sketch. Have the best weekend ahead Savithri ...

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Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 165 6 07 23 Hello – Happy Thursday. Why were the banks excluded from Sri Lanka’s Domestic Debt Restructuring Plan? Let’s find out this week, while we visit Suwa Arana – a Place for Healing, chat to the no-holds barred Sara Kabir on why the country’s peace building is yet rhetoric, find out about the Buddhi Batiks journey, give you a market sketch on stocks, oil and gold plus a robot who conducts an orchestra, divine marriages between a mayor & a croc, applaud woman cricketer Chamarie Atapattu on an amazing feat & show off our microscopic handbag while floating in Talpe’s rock pools! That’s Kaleidoscope this week.  Have a great relaxing weekend. Savithri ...

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