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Attending the Gem and Jewelry fair in Bangkok-6-10th Sept.2023 – By Dr harold Gunatillake Is there an economic crisis in Sri Lanka today? What is the status of Sri Lanka in 2023, as far as the economy and well-being of the people are concerned? Government data showed that Sri Lanka’s economy shrank 11.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2023 from the previous year, even as the cash-strapped island nation struggles to overcome the economic crisis. Sri Lanka faces the worst economic crisis in the island nation’s history. With that depressing situation in mind, to cheer me up, I visited the Gem and Jewellery Fair in Bangkok held from the 6th to the 10th of September this year and compared personally what progress that country has made over the recent years, even after going through a worse period with the Covid endemic. Of course, Thailand’s dramatic economic growth has ...

Sep 13, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged ,
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Sri Lankan who walked 1,000 KM over Australia asylum issue gets PR Source : newswire Sri Lankan asylum seeker Neil Para, who walked 1000km from Ballarat to Sydney, and his family have been granted permanent visas. Mr Para, who had been living on a bridging visa for the past 10 years along with his family, embarked on the walk to urge Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to give refugees stranded on bridging visas a “fair go” Immigration lawyer Carina Ford said on Sunday the visas were granted as Mr Para neared the end of his walk. She said he had completed his walk out of compassion for his friends, who remained in limbo. “I am glad and grateful,” Mr Para said on Sunday. “Thank you, Australia – now it really is my home.” Mr Para arrived in Australia from Sri Lanka by boat in 2012 and sought protection with his wife and ...

Sep 12, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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Lankan team driving force of Australian managed services provider USEZER as company marks 5 years USEZER Founder and Managing Director Nuwan Fernando Source : ft As Australian managed services provider USEZER marks five years of delivering excellence in managed services, the company recognises its core technology team based in Sri Lanka that has supported growth over the years and efficiently enables service delivery for clients based in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.  The Sri Lankan team plays a pivotal role in providing managed IT support, cyber security services, IT procurement, cloud services and other IT services to enterprise and SME clients across multiple industries.  USEZER is one of many tech companies that have turned to Sri Lankan talent to fuel international operations and growth as the country solidifies its position as a top choice for innovation and knowledge-driven solutions. The company’s journey began when Sri Lankan-born Nuwan Fernando founded ...

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Matara Dutch Fort – By Channa de Silva Source : Channa de Silva Linkedin Matara Dutch Fort should be now ready to take off as a prominent location in the tourism map of Sri Lanka. Being less than 45 Km from the famous Galle Dutch Fort, will support Matara Dutch Fort to be an important destination in the tourism map of Sri Lanka. Unique features of the Matara Dutch Fort – Having a beautiful beach and swimmable ocean Broad and long river running along side of the Matara Dutch Fort Matara having its own culinary recognition – Matara rice & curry is quite unique Matara has its own industry such as embroidery which was widely done as a cottage industry specially in the Dutch era.  Having historical sites such as Dutch Star Fort, Dutch trading center, Dutch churches  The Government in recent times have been relocating magistrate courts and building a ...

Sep 7, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , ,
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You think less of your country than I do’ – Mo Gawdat Former CBO of Google X, regarding Sri Lanka upon his recent visit to the country Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts hosted Mo Gawdat, the former Chief Business Officer of Google X and Best-selling author, at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo last week to enlighten a Sri Lankan audience of IT specialists, businessmen, professionals, and corporates on the future of Artificial Intelligence. As an entrepreneur with a 30-year career in technology, he gave profound insights into where AI will lead society. “The seriousness of AI is that earlier, we used to write coding to solve the problem. With AI, we don’t do that anymore, we tell the machine to look for solutions which prompts them to develop their own intelligence,” he revealed speaking about the pros and cons of deep learning. Mo also brought to attention how jobs will be changed at ...

Sep 5, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Sanali Lihansa Silva a contestant in Derana Dream Star Season 11 contest a favourite of all audiences – by Sunil Thenabadu Derana Dream Star reality grueling singing contest is being currently held for the 11th season.This reality singing contest is clearly the most sought among the other similar contests. Over the years many contestants had found proper routes to become popular singing artistes having had the roots  and groomed from the Derana Dream Star  contests.Some vocalists had been selected to portray roles in many tele dramas in the TV Derana popular channel. In every season many new budding artistes have been able to become overnight stars via performing in this contest. One contestant who has won the hearts of the panel of adjudicators and listeners has been Sanali Lihansa Silva a twenty two year old hailing from Kiribathgoda. Among over one hundred thousand applicants initially after auditioned by knowledgeable musicians in Sri Lanka ...

Sep 5, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Sunil Thenabadu Tagged , , , , , , , , ,
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Chamari Athapaththu sets up T20 series decider as Sri Lanka cruise past England Chamari Athapaththu scored a half-century and took a key wicket as Sri Lanka defeated England at Chelmsford. Photograph: Tony Marshall/Getty Images Source : theguardian England may come to regret treating their September series against Sri Lanka as an Ashes afterthought. Saturday’s T20 at Chelmsford was an embarrassing display of hubris, which the hosts lost by eight wickets, after being bowled out for 104 in 18 overs – their worst performance at home since Australia saw them off for 87 eight years ago. Heather Knight, though, was still bullish. The captain said: “We’ve had a bad day, we’ve lost a game of cricket. There’s not going to be a big inquiry about it. We haven’t played well and Sri Lanka have given us a bit of humble pie.” Inquiry or not, the reality is that Sri Lanka have not beaten ...

Sep 4, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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Sri Lanka’s women shock England and Athapaththu questions BBL indifference – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE  (Elanka Sports Editor) Sri Lanka’s women have set the stage for their counterparts to follow with a shock win over England, ending a ten year drought against one of the powerhouses. Skipper Chamari Athapaththu led the chase for a gettable target after Sri Lanka’s bowlers stifled the strong England batting line-up to 104, with a memorable performance that will be long remembered.  What has been heartening is the sudden upsurge of the team since Rumesh Ratnayake took over as head coach. They have taken the scalps of New Zealand and now England which has been for a long while, a bridge too far. Now the World game wii be wary of the plucky Lankans who have let the others sit up and take notice. Their allround skills appear to have lifted way beyond anything ...

Sep 4, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Trevine Rodrigo Tagged , , , ,
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Norah Roberts: A Letter from Her Past, April 1995 – By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis My sister Norah Roberts, I now realise, was a remarkable woman. Further elaborations along these lines will follow in a second “Memoriam.” The present display is via a Letter she sent to Fr Corera of the Vanareeth House for Elders run by the Sisters of Charity in Galle on the 15th April 1995 …. a copy of which has been preserved by Moninna Goonewardena of 15 Parawa Street, Fort, Galle.[1] The copy of the Letter below will be followed by a commentary on several facets touched on within the letter; while my Ode in Praise in a subsequent essay will present details on Norah Roberts and her difficult circumstances of total deafness from her 32/33rd years on earth. No. 15. A. First Avenue, Kirilapone, Colombo 5 15-4-95 Dear Rev. Fr. Basil Correra A Happy Easter to you & ...

Sep 4, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged , , , ,
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