eLanka Newsletter – 27th March 2023 – 8th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter The Passion of Christ’ enactment presented by Sri Lankan Catholic Association, NSW at Mount Shoenstatt Shrine, Mulgoa on Palm Sunday (24th Mar 2024) SRI LANKA NEWS – MARCH 2024 Health & Views APRIL 1st issue 2024 – By Dr harold Gunatillake MAGIC IS LOGIC – By Lakshman Navaratne Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – April 2024 Anushka fusions academic and sensible expertise to attain aesthetic triumph,possesses a Masters in Sociology studying for PhD in Music – By Sunil Thenabadu LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS – MARCH 2024 SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS – MARCH 2024 SPC OBSC Melbourne: Events Calendar 2024 (Updated: April 2024) Sri Lanka Tourism B2B Meetings and Roadshow – By Wimal Kannangara The Body Shop launches ‘Full Flowers’ range of fragrances in Sri Lanka ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 28th February 2024 – 8th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter BIRTHDAY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT – Charles Schokman The Cricket Australia National Selection Panel (NSP) has today named the Australian women’s squads for the T20I and ODI CommBank Tour of Bangladesh. SINGING QUEEN WITH UNPARALEL LINEAGE RUVINIE DUNUWILLE REMINISCED – By Sunil Thenabadu TRIBUTE TO ACKIEL OUSMAND: A legacy of Love, Community Service, and Commitment to Excellence! – By Upali Obeyesekere reporting from Toronto, Canada Counting & Cracking 2024 – 31st May To 23rd June  ( Melbourne Event ) A Revolutionary Architect: Minnette De Silva-by Jane Russell Minette de Silva – Architect – by Jane Russell Ruvi Lakmali Exuberant, Flamboyant Tele and film Actress,Wins Award At Sumathi Tele Awards 2024 For Her Role In THUMPANE Tele Drama – By Sunil Thenabadu Good ...

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Ruvi Lakmali Exuberant, Flamboyant Tele and film Actress,Wins Award At Sumathi Tele Awards 2024 For Her Role In THUMPANE Tele Drama – By Sunil Thenabadu Television is often considered a medium for bringing joy and excitement to many. The charming, and talented Ruvi Lakmali brings her multi-faceted experience to bear in this medium in Sri Lanka.  In this years Sumathi Tele Awards she was given an award for her role in the Tele Drama Thumpane telecast over two years ago. Ruvi Lakmali,  a resident of Bandarawela, is the youngest and only girl among three siblings. She received her education up to the Advanced level at Visakha Girl’s College in Bandarawela, where she had dreamt of becoming a dance teacher. Fate, however, had supplementary strategies. Her destiny was distorted after been crowned the “Sirikatha”, Avurudu Kumari in the Uva Province. Subsequently, she received numerous invitations to portray vivid roles in Tele drams. These include  Aruna Jayawardena’s “Adaraneeya Heenaya , “Tharumalee” telecast in the ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 25th February 2024 – 7th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Sri Lanka celebrate turnaround of fortunes, but are they the real deal? – By TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports Editor) Good Shepherd Covent Past Pupils’ Association NSW Proudly Presents Shepherdian Valentine’s Dinner Dance Highlights! The Trail of the Ignominious Political Path of Sri Lanka. – By Noor Rahim SHALIKA ISHAN MULTIFACETED MUSICIAN AT PINNACLE OF FAME AT YOUNG AGE ACCOMPLISHED FEATS NO MUSICIAN HAD ACCOMPLISHED IN THE ARCHIVES OF HISTORY IN SRI LANKAN MUSIC ARENA – by Sunil Thenabadu The Trail of the Ignominious Political Path of Sri Lanka. – By Noor Rahim Pauline Corea’s Speech Shepherdian Valentine’s Dinner Dance – 16th February 2024 AN APPRECIATION – by Charles Schokman Aussies Snatch Victory in Smashing Match at Wellington – By Michael Roberts Kaleidoscope ...

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SINGING QUEEN WITH UNPARALEL LINEAGE RUVINIE DUNUWILLE REMINISCED – By Sunil Thenabadu Ruvinie Dunuwille was born to a distinguished-up-country high-class family with unprecedented lineage on Dec 17 1964.Her father’s Loku Amma her grandma Molly Dunuwille was married to Hon, DS Senanayake which is ample testimony to the unparallel lineage of her family. She had studied at Matale BMS College. She has not had any hereditary affiliations to any kind of art but only innate talent.. While in school she had won first place for singing when she was very young. Her passion for music had begun when she was at the tender age of only seven years. She had been initially dreadfully inspired by Indrani Perera’s everlasting hit song ‘Dilhani Duwanee’. She had sung initially sung this particular song in a musical contest adjudicated by a panel consisting of veteran musicians Narada Dissasekera and Rohana Beddage where she was adjudicated as the ...

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DILSHAN SCOOPS out irritating incidents – By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : island Just after the illustrious cricketing career which spanned for nearly two decades performing yeoman service as an all-rounder in all formats of the game to the country, TM Dilshan the inventor/ architect of the “Dilscoop” cricket stroke that embossed his patent on the most talked about new stroke in cricket was interviewed in an discussion over a popular TV channel for 1 ½ hours. This had been eagerly watched my millions of his cricket fans with utmost passion. The presenter aptly added that Dilshan is the most talked about and trendiest person in the country subsequent to quitting the game. Even Dilshan himself may not have known that he had such abundant crazy fans scattered island wide. The fans thronged to the Pallekelle International stadium as well as the R.Premadasa International stadium in their colossal figures to accord ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 14th February 2024 – 4th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Sri Lanka Independence Day Celebrations in Sydney Australia on 04th February 2024 Sri Lanka Independence Day Celebrations in Sydney Australia on 04th February 2024 Batters hit top gear as Sri Lanka smash Afganistan to a series win – Same team but different mindset appears to be selectors master-stroke – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka Sports editor) Health & Views – FEBRUARY 2nd issue 2024 – By Dr Harold Gunatillake The Sri Lankan Touch Footy team upcoming national training camp scheduled 24th-25th February 2024 in Melbourne ‘Made’ in Australia: The Journal SOUTH ASIA-by Michael Roberts THE FOUR CANDLES – By Charles Schokman Sri Lankan Exporters Delegation to Melbourne , Australia 11th to 16th March 2024 ( Melbourne Event ) Tribute to Icon thespian actor ...

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Tribute to Icon thespian actor VIJEYA NANDASIRI on his sixth death anniversary – By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : dailynews It is six years ago the veteran cherished Icon thespian actor Wijeya Nandasiri who gave life to many a character to stage, small screen and films breathed his last on the way to the Kalubowila Teaching hospital from his residence at Kalapura, Templars road Mt.Lavinia on the morning of the 08th August 2016, following a heart attack at the age of 72 years. Thus, Wijeya Nandasiri the celebrated thespian actor in performing arts had his final curtain call after providing ample of smiles, joy and laughter to audiences dominating and conquering the stage and the silver screen for over five decades. Wijeya Nandasiri was born on 06th May 1944 to a humble family in Maharagama had received his primary and secondary education at the Vidyakara Vidyalaya in Maharagama. He had become ...

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NARTHANA VISHARADA CUM MBBS DOCTOR UDUMBARASEVWANDI IS MULTIFACETED TALENTED PHENOMINAL RARE PERSONALITY IN AN UNVANQUISHED JOURNEY WORTHY OF EMULATION – by Sunil Thenabadu Narthana Visharada Dr Udumbara Sevwandi Kumari Aradhya Chandrarathne possesses a medical degree MBBS ( Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery) from the Faculty of Medicine, Karapitiya affiliated to the Ruhuna University, is a reputed dancer qualified in  a diverse of dance genres fondly labelled as the ‘Dancing” Doctor having concurrently later in year 2012 after her medical degree had been capped with Visharada degree in dancing from the Bharatha Natyam , Bhathkande Sangeeth Vidyapitha, Lucknow, India.  She is the eldest in a family consisting of four siblings with two younger sisters and a solitary brother. Her parents are both teachers,  father had given up his medical degree midway at the University of Peradeniya opted to take up the teaching profession. Udumbara has no hereditary affiliations to her flair for ...

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Dhananjaya celebrated phenomenal actor in theatre, television and cinema – By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : info-rain Dhananjaya Siriwardena the popular actor in television, theatre and cinema, born in Kandy as Gajanayake Arachchige Samuditha Dhananjaya Siriwardena, hails from a family comprising of. artistes, father Sunil Siriwardena is a renowned musician, vocalist and a lyricist and mother Susiri Siriwardena is also a lyricist. only sibling elder brother Madhmadhawa Aravinda also an actor. a reputed vocalist cum politician.. Dhananjaya is also a familiar television host steering professionally and competently lately in the ITN “Chat N Music’ currently for over two years conducting in a spectacular style. Dhananjaya is married to Shashini. She was a flight attendant in Dubai. Dhananjaya had first met Shashini in year 2005 by sheer quirk during a photo shoot of Indika Mallawaarachchi .after a prolonged love affair got married after eight years. The duo is blessed with a daughter ...

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