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eLanka Newsletter – 4th August 2024 – 1st Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Sundown Karaoke Night – 27th July 2024 ….. Shades and Moods of a community (organised by the Sri Lankan NSW Catholic Association ) – photos thanks to Claude Perera Further Donation of Five Eye Corneas from Sri Lanka to Pakistan International Masters Cricket (IMC) Over 70 World Cup Cricket Tournament – July-August 2024 in Englands – Scores and Highlights Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – August 2024 SRI LANKA NEWS – JULY 2024 Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 221 01 08 2024 The Brad and Kiara Show Podcast – 2024-8-3 Pilikuttuwa – ancient forest monastery in Western Province By Arundathie Abeysinghe Susila Malaviarachchi (82) of Henderson, Nevada passed away on July 30, 2024 – By Jayam Rutnam Lymph Nodes: Guardians of the Immune System ...

Aug 4, 2024 Posted by In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged , , , ,
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SRI LANKA NEWS (JULY  2024) Compiled by Victor Melder In a remarkable dive that highlighted historical reverence, the Diving Unit of the Sri Lanka Navy on 30th June 2024 explored the sunken remains of HMS Hermes, a fascinating and historic World War II shipwreck off Batticaloa. The event, which took place in the eastern seas, was joined by the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera and former Commander of the Navy, Admiral Piyal De Silva (Retd). During the World War II, HMS Hermes was targeted and ultimately sunk by Japanese aircraft. During the Second World War, following the Japanese bombing of Colombo on 05th April 1942, the Royal Navy’s HMS Hermes and HMAS Vampire, stationed in the South Sea area of Trincomalee, were sunk by aerial attacks on 09th April 1942. Under the directives of Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera, a seasoned diving expert, the Navy Diving Unit conducted ...

Jul 31, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , , , , ,
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SRI LANKA NEWS  (APRIL  2024) Compiled by Victor Melder Traffic on the Badulla – Randenigala – Kandy main highway came to a standstill last morning when a wild elephant from Randenigala forest reserve stood motionless across the road.   The vehicles from either direction were halted at a distance to avoid any possible danger. However the jumbo that kept standing on the road for about half an hour had gone back padded towards the Randenigala reservoir reservation much to the relief of the drivers. (Daily Mirror, 1.4.2024) Sri Lanka’s Services sector recorded notable net inflows in terms of earnings from tourism, sea transport, air transport, and computer and IT/BPO-related services. The major outflows from the services sector in February 2024 were mainly attributed to air transport, sea transport, and technical, trade-related and other business services. In addition, Computer and IT/BPO-related services were the major contributors to the inflows to the services ...

Apr 30, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged
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SRI LANKA NEWS (MARCH  2024) Compiled by Victor Melder The Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (YoY) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI, 2021=100)1 decreased to 5.9% in February from 6.4% in January 2024. The Central Bank said the increase in the headline inflation is mostly in line with its projections.  It said the Food inflation (YoY) increased to 3.5% in February from 3.3% in January 2024, while the Non-Food inflation (YoY) decelerated to 7% in February from 7.9% in January 2024.  CBSL also said the monthly change of CCPI recorded -0.05% in February due to the combined effect of price decreases of 0.67% observed in the items of Food category and price increases of 0.62% observed in the items of Non-Food category. The core inflation (YoY), which reflects the underlying inflation in the economy, increased to 2.8% in February from 2.2% in January 2024.  The Central Bank ...

Mar 31, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , ,
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SRI LANKA NEWS (DECEMBER  2023) Compiled by Victor Melder Sri Lanka’s inflation, as measured by the change in the Colombo Consumers’ Price Index (CCPI) marginally increased to 3.4 percent in November 2023 from 1.5 percent in October, the Department of Census and Statistics reported Thursday. The CCPI for all items for the month of November 2023 increased to 193.4 from 191.4 in October 2023. The Year on Year inflation of Food Group increased to -3.6 percent in November 2023 from -5.2 in October 2023 and the Year on Year inflation of Non Food Group increased to 6.8 percent in November 2023 from 4.9 percent in the previous month. For the month of November 2023, on year‐to‐year basis, contribution to inflation by food commodities was -1.20 percent and the contribution of Non Food items was 4.56 percent. (Colombo Page, 1.12.2023) Pastor Jerome Fernando has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department ...

Jan 2, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , ,
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58 වන කොළඹ බාලදක්ෂ කැම්පොරියට අගමැතිගෙන් සුබ පැතුම්! 58 වන කොළඹ බාලදක්ෂ කැම්පොරියට අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා සුබ පැතුම් එක කළේය. ඒ, කොළඹ කැම්පොරියේ සංවිධායක කොමසාරිස්වරුන් සහ දිස්ත්‍රික් නායකයින් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය කාර්යාලයේදී 2023.12.07 දින අගමැතිවරයා මුණගැසුන අවස්ථාවේදීය. රටට දක්ෂ මෙන්ම විනයගරුක නායකයන්ගේ අවශ්‍යතාවය පිළිබඳව අදහස් දැක්වූ අගමැති දිනේෂ් ගුණර්වධන මහතා ස්වෙච්ඡා නිලධාරීන් මෙවැනි වැදගත් සමාජ හිතකාමී ව්‍යාපාර ඉදිරියට ගෙන යාමට දක්වන කැපවීම ඉහළින් අගය කළේය. මෙම අවස්ථාවට කොළඹ බාලදක්ෂ කොමසාරිස් අමිල් අබේසුන්දර, කඳවුරු සංවිධායක කොමසාරිස් ෂබීන් අහමඩ් සහ කොළඹ බාලදක්ෂ සංගමයේ සභාපති සරත් චන්ද්‍රසිරි විතාන යන මහත්වරු ඇතුළු නිලධාරී පිරිසක් සහභාගී වූහ. 58වන කොළඹ බාලදක්ෂ කැම්පොරිය දෙසැම්බර් 8, 9 සහ 10 යන දිනවල කොළඹ විහාර මහාදේවි උද්‍යානයේදී පැවත්වෙන අතර බාලදක්ෂයෝ මෙන්ම බාලදක්ෂ නායකයෝ දොළොස් දහසකට වැඩි පිරිසක් සම්බන්ධ වන මෙම කඳවුරේ මෙවර තේමාව ‘හදවතින් මෙන්ම මනසින් පිරිපුන් බාලදක්ෂයින්’ (Scouting with Heart and Mind) යන්නය. ...

Dec 8, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , ,
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New Ambassadors and High Commissioners with Foreign Minister and Foreign Secretary – Sri Lanka L to R – first Row -Mr Dharmapala ( Bangaladesh), Mr Weerasena ( Belgium and EU), Foreign Minister, Mr Dissanayale ( Singapore), Foreign Secretary, Mrs Madurika  Joseph Venninger ( Egypt) Mr Sathya Rodrigo ( Italy) Second Row – Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenna ( Cuba), Air Chief Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana ( Nepal), Admiral Ravi Wijegunaratne ( Pakistan), Mrs Shenuka Senaviratme ( India).  ...

Nov 29, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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SRI LANKA NEWS (JULY  2023)  Compiled by Victor Melder. Sri Lanka›s tourism industry continues to thrive as arrivals have exceeded 600,000, showcasing the resilience and appeal of the country as a travel destination.  Despite being the off-peak season, the daily average of tourist arrivals has shown remarkable improvement, exceeding 3,200 visitors. This upward trend in tourist footfall further underscores the growing interest in Sri Lanka as a preferred destination among global travelers. During the first 26 days of the month, 84,003 visitors have arrived in the country, with only 3,518 arrivals required to achieve the monthly target of 87,521. “The surpassing of the 600,000 tourist arrival milestone signifies the resilience of Sri Lanka›s tourism sector and its ability to bounce back from the challenges faced in recent years. It is a testament to the concerted efforts made to revitalize the industry, showcasing Sri Lanka›s immense potential as a top travel ...

Aug 5, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , , , ,
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SRI LANKA NEWS – MARCH 2023 – by Victor Melder. Sri Lanka’s inflation, as measured by the change in the Colombo Consumers’ Price Index (CCPI) declined to 50.6 percent in February 2023 from 51.7 percent in January, the Department of Census and Statistics reported Tuesday. The CCPI for all items for the month of February 2023 marginally increased to 189.5 from 188.6 in January. The Year on Year inflation of Food Group decreased to 54.4 percent in February from 60.0 percent in January and the Year on Year inflation of Non Food Group increased to 48.8 percent in February 2023 from 47.9 percent in the previous month. For the month of February 2023, on year‐to‐year basis, contribution to inflation by food commodities was 17.23 percent and the contribution of Non Food items was 33.36 percent. The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) following internationally accepted guidelines, has revised the base ...

Apr 1, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged ,
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