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Good News From Jayam May 15, 2023 Pls Scroll Down 35 items Swearing-In Ceremony of SLAASC President Niroshan Kahawatte SLASC President Michael Kurera and President Elect Niroshan Kahawatte before the ceremony SLAASC President Michael Kurera swears in New President Niroshan Kahawatte, while Founder President Jayam Rutnam looks on. The event was held in a beautiful Hall in West Covina, Ca. Part of the elegant crowd of 128 people watch the proceedings. Some of those present were Dr Lakshman Makandura, Dilip Niranjana, Nandasiri Jasentuliyana, the Consul General, Past President Kapila Wimalaratna, George Silva, Dr Amila Silva, Prabha Bamunuarachchi, Thusitha de Silva, Nandakumaran and many others including past and incoming committee members. The event was televised on Rupavahini Television in Sri Lanka. Founder President said the SLAASC is the first incorporated association of its kind in the US. Founded and Incorporated in 1973. He stated many firsts. It was the SLAASC that ...

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Sri Lankan Americans’ IMPACT ON Life in America – By Nandasiri Jasentuliyana Photo: Outstanding achievements of Sri Lankan Americans are recognized at the Sri Lanka Foundation Award Ceremony held at the Baltimore Hotel in Los Angeles. Credit: Sri Lanka Foundation. Source:-indepthnews The writer is former Deputy Director-General of the United Nations. LOS ANGELES (IDN) — The earliest Sri Lankans to enter the United States were classified as “other Asians.” Immigration records show that between 1881 and 1890, 1,910 “other Asians” were admitted to the United States. It is unlikely that many of these were from Sri Lanka. In 1975, immigration records classified Sri Lankans as a separate category for the first time. That year, 432 Sri Lankans immigrated to the United States. The numbers increased since the outbreak of the civil war in Sri Lanka, with an average of 400 Sri Lankans immigrating to the United States each year and ...

Feb 1, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Sri Lankan Americans, University of California