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76th Independance Day Celebrations held in Toronto – Photos thanks to Noor Rahim 76th Independance Day Celebrations held in Toronto; and elaborately and meticulously arranged and produced by H.E Mr. Thushara Rodrigo, Consul General, his staff and the many Volunteers & Sponsors that made it a wonderful and colourful event. They are very worthy of praise without doubt. All kudos & thanks to them. Of course, the participants deserve much credit/praise for their very wonderful performances which kept the audience spell bound – A very big thank you. Please see the attached photographs of the proof & quality of the performers and the organizers including the Sound System and Graphics which were excellent. Please click here to visit eLanka facebook page to view the full set of photos ...

Feb 6, 2024 Posted by In Articles, Photo Gallery, Photos Tagged , , , ,
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Siddhalepa honors Asian Games Gold Medalist Tharushi Karunarathna for Her Record-Breaking Sprint! 31st October 2023, Colombo, Sri Lanka – Siddhalepa, a respected name in natural healthcare, took the opportunity to honor and appreciate the outstanding achievements of Tharushi Karunarathna, the young Sri Lankan track and field athlete who made history with her remarkable performance at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China last month. Tharushi, with her determination and prowess, secured a gold medal, competing in the women’s 800m final, becoming the first Sri Lankan since Susanthika Jayasinghe and Damayanthi Dharsha to clinch the Asian Games gold medal for Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan sprinter also set an Asian record and a national record at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championship held in Bangkok, Thailand. The victory marked a historic moment for Sri Lanka by breaking a 25-year-old Asian record in the event. This extraordinary feat places her among the elite athletes and revives the spirit of sporting excellence in Sri Lanka. ...

Nov 3, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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SRI LANKA NEWS  (SEPTEMBER  2023) Compiled by Victor Melder. Merchandise trade deficit widened in July 2023 compared to July 2022, due to the combined impact of relatively low export earnings and high import expenditure, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka reported, releasing the External Sector Performance Review for July 2023. The deficit in the merchandise trade account increased in July 2023 to US$ 367 million, compared to US$ 122 million recorded in July 2022. However, the cumulative deficit in the trade account during January to July 2023 narrowed to US$ 2.657 billion from US$ 3.628 billion recorded over the same period in 2022, driven by lower imports. Earnings from merchandise exports declined by 12.4 percent in July 2023, over the corresponding month in 2022, to US$ 1.020 billion. The decline in earnings from industrial exports, including garments, associated with slowing external demand mainly contributed to this contraction in export earnings ...

Sep 30, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged ,
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SRI LANKA NEWS (AUGUST 2022) Compiled by Victor Melder. A Sri Lankan athlete and a senior official have gone missing after the fifth day’s events of the 22nd Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England on Tuesday. Initial reports indicate that a female judoka and the manager of the Sri Lanka Judo Team have disappeared from the Sri Lankan camp soon after she lost her first-round event on Monday. The Sri Lankan Team Management have immediately informed the relevant authorities about their disappearance and the Birmingham Metropolitan Police have started a special inquiry into the incident. As a result, the Chef-de-Mission of the Sri Lankan contingent Maj. Gen (retired ) Dampath Fernando told that he has decided to acquire all passports of the Sri Lankan contingent to avoid further disappearances. Sri Lanka are fielding a 110-member strong contingent and 51 officials for the Commonwealth Games with the Judo Team consisting of three ...

Sep 1, 2022 Posted by In Articles, Victor Melder Tagged , , , , , ,
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