A SINGING SENSATION IN THE MAKING –THANURI MADURIYA – By Sunil Thenabadu THANURI MADURIYA   Is a student following a Bsc (Hons) Geographical information science  degree at the University of Peradeniya is the only child of two distinguished music teachers in prominent boys and girls schools in Matara. Thanuri  obviously  has had hereditary affiliations to music via her parental duo who are musicians themselves .She is an distinguished old girl of famous Sujatha Vidyalaya in Matara where she had excelled in her vocals from her younger days. Though she was involved in many extra curricular activities and Music at school she did concentrate on her academic career having been selected to the University of Peradeniya with ease.   In her young career she has achieved a substantial amount of accolades having sung at the “Battles’ ,popular ‘Voice’ musical program where for her singing expertise she was selected to be trained under ...

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Manoj Peiris” SREE THAAL MUSICAL BAND NOT DEPLOYED IN TV DERANA MUSICAL PROGRAMS – By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : facebook As many are aware I am a former executive at prestigious Bank of Ceylon for 34years who turned to be a free-lance journalist having  joined the Sunday Leader newspaper as a sports journalist having visited the media box to report on international cricket fixtures, thereafter having got a passion to write articles on various worthwhile topics which were published in all English Newspapers in Sri Lanka which I continue to date. Most articles have been published in the Sunday Times mostly on popular artistes which have thrilled the readers as I had been successful in compiling them with many data not published in any media.All readers of English newspapers in Sri Lanka know me by name as a household name. Apart from my journalism involvements I am  a keen follower ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 20th November 2024 – 6th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Sanath Jayasuriya unravels the secret to Sri Lanka’s upward surge. Improved Lankans take one day series against New Zealand. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports Editor) Salt and Your Daily Diet – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Abdomen and Bleeding from the Gut – By Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam Joachim’s Letter to AKD in Sri Lanka: An Earnest Appeal-by Aubrey Joachim A phase in the precise route having entered an era of renaissance, curbed by the past rulers on aspirations of masses – By Sunil Thenabadu Watch Sri Lanka vs New Zealand ODI Series – November 2024 A Comprehensive Summary of the Policy changes, Implementation of law and order, Foreign relations, Economic activities, and New appointments made by the new president and government of ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 3rd November 2024 -1st Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter STC OBA NSW/ACT AGM & New Committee CBS Correspondent Shanelle Kaul featured on NYC Billboard and the White House SUNDAY CHOICE – His Mercy is More – By Charles Schokman ATTENTION OF A PROPOSED SPONSOR – By Sunil Thenabadu Sri Lanka: Embracing a Vibrant Future – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Sex and a Sex Therapist: Why You Must Watch “Sex Education” – By Alok Das SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS – OCTOBER 2024 The Brad and Kiara Show Podcast – 2024-11-2 Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 234 31 10 2024 From development to cricket, he had a vision Hon Gamini Dissanayake reminisced on this 30th death annoversary – By Sunil Thenabadu SRI LANKA NEWS – OCTOBER 2024 Andrew McDonald (Australia, Head Coach) | Post-Match Media Conference Transcript ...

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ATTENTION OF A PROPOSED SPONSOR – By Sunil Thenabadu Sir I am Sunil Thenabadu an ex-executive at Bank of Ceylon who retired prematurely though a good worker  Having belief in Gods I was selected soon after retirement  to the Sunday Leader newspaper under slain Lasantha Wickrematunga as a sports journalist .After which  I developed a passion  to write on worthwhile articles to all other newspapers in Sri Lanka as such my name a became household name in Sri Lanka. My articles were published regularly in the Ceylon Daily News. Island. Sunday Times, Daily Mirror, Daily Financial Times and many web sites. Most of them are in the internet which could be read on logging to GOOGLE  under ‘sunil thenabadu’. When my articles were published many friends and artistes requested me to publish a book containing my articles mostly on reputed personalities  as they included all details.In this regard I have ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 16th October 2024 -5th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Whirlwind stand by Windies openers sink Sri Lanka in Dambulla. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports Editor) Sydney Peterites celebrate Golden Gleam in grand style – By Lawrence Machado Health & Views OCTOBER 2nd issue 2024 – By Dr Harold Gunatillake HEART ATTACK AND CARDIAC ARREST – By Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam The National Selection Panel (NSP) today confirmed men’s squads for the ODI International Series against Pakistan and Australia A matches against India. SUNDAY CHOICE – Our Hearts Always Hunger For – By Charles Schokman Children’s Festival welcomes the NSW Premier More Weber WBBL|10 matches to feature Decision Review System technology Our Women’s T 20 team needs a complete revamp after the WC debacle. – By Sunil Thenabadu Sri lanka Association NSW INC ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 6th October 2024 -2nd Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Sri Lanka batters squander chances of a winning start against Pakistan in T20 World Cup opener.- BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports Editor) RONALD JOHNSON REID 87 – By Ravi RUDRA The Sri Lankan community celebrates Sri Lanka Day 2024 food and multicultural festival PAGES WORTH PRESERVING – By Beverley Pinder OAM The conflict between Israel, Lebanon and Syria – By Dr Harold Gunatillake SUNDAY CHOICE – The Story Of The Song: “His Mercy Is More” – by Josh Maloy – By Charles Schokman LMD INTERNATIONAL OCT-DEC 2024 Younus Khan receives Redbacks Cap during visit to Adelaide Oval The Brad and Kiara Show Podcast – 2024-10-5 Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 230 03 10 2024 HUMBLE BEGINNINGS OF PRESIDENT ELECT ANURA KUMARA DISSANAYAKE WITH DESIRE ...

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HUMBLE BEGINNINGS OF PRESIDENT ELECT ANURA KUMARA DISSANAYAKE WITH DESIRE TO UPLIFT THE DIRE LIVING VALUES OF DESTITUTE – By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source :dailymirror ( captured from many sites facts not known to many) One of the most influential articulated persons in the political arena today is undeniably Dissanayake Mudiyanselage  Anura Kumara Dissanayake who was born on 24th November 1968 as the second child to the surveying  labourer father Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Ranbanda and  mother Seelawathie who has a solitary elder daughter. The humble family unit  had dwelled  in  Galewela  when Anura was born in a maternity home in the village of Makulgaswewa. In the year 1972 the family had moved from village Dewahuwa Wewa in Galewela to the village Andiagala close to Kekirawa at which time Anura had been only four years old which village belonged to the Thambuththegama Mahaweli H region. The first school of young Anura was the ...

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Political philosophies of each party will decide the winner. – By Sunil Thenabadu Acknowledgement of every one’s cultural distinctiveness, religious principles and cost schemes suits an imperative vital right in current humanities. Similarly, casting one’s vote in a democracy, too, is a vital right particularly at the elections. Fairness is the best apparatus people have come up with for steering the trade-offs and weaknesses inherent in different socio-economic systems. Democracies allow inevitable conflicts to be resolved in a way that maximises fairness and legitimacy and that broadly reflects society’s views. An individual’s choice given in an election formulates a mandate expressed with an opinion for a party or a group of alliance to administer the state forming a government. An elected government secures a mandate to restrain freedoms of the citizens within the rules respecting the fundamental rights of citizens. As such all democracies are functioning as rule-based societies. Since ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 11th September 2024 – 4th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Defiant Lankans react in savage response to thrash England by eight wickets. Pathum Nissanka and unsung pace attack were the X factors. BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports Editor) Watch England v Sri Lanka 3rd Test at the Oval – August 2024 Triglycerides: Unravelling the Fats in Your Body Compiled by Dr Harold Gunatillake Sanali: A star is born – By Sunil Thenabadu in Brisbane Face-to-Face in Admonishment: Drama at the Adelaide Oval, 23rd January 1998-by Michael Roberts The Burgher Association Australia Spring 2024 Bulletin issue Dugongs: The Gentle Giants of the Sea – By Bhanuka – eLanka The Golden Shower Tree: Nature’s Cascading Beauty – By Nadeeka – eLanka “Marawila Kurusa Palliya: A Beacon of Faith and Heritage in Coastal Sri Lanka-by ...

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