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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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Sri Lanka Tourism B2B Meetings and Roadshow – By Wimal Kannangara Source : Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – April 2024 Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau hosted the first ever Sri Lanka Tourism Business to Business (B2B) Meetings and Roadshow in Brisbane on 19 March 2024. Attended by the High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Australia, Mrs Chithranganee Wagishwara, Consul General for Sri Lanka in Victoria, Sandith Samarasinghe, Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Chalaka Gajabahu, and Ex Honorary Consul for Sri Lanka in Queensland, Anton Swan, with nearly 50 delegates representing 32 travel and tourism companies in Sri Lanka and an equal number of Australia based companies, the roadshow was a great success. The evening started with B2B Interactive Meetings and Networking followed by an opening ceremony, keynote speeches and a 3 course dinner. The theme of the roadshow was “Sri Lanka: You’ll Come Back for More”. Statistics ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 3rd September 2023 – 1st Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Pathirana and Theeksheena lay the platform for a sensational Sri Lanka triumph over Bangladesh – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (Elanka Sports Editor) Magic and glamour at all events our focus SRI LANKA NEWS – by Victor Melder. Injury ridden Sri Lanka’s gamble on sacrifice in Asia Cup with plans for World Cup is up fordebate? – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (Elanka Sports Editor) Photos from the Facilitation to 7th Royalist to become Navy Commander- Admiral Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratne Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 173 31 08 2023 SUNDAY CHOICE – A FATHER’S LOVE – by Charles Schokman Festival of the Tooth – By Dr harold Gunatillake A Man-Created Warming of Mother Earth. – By Noor R. Rahim MEDIA RELEASE: Celebrate spring with Liverpool ...

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Book Review: Can Asians Think? by Kishore Mahbubani Source:Brisbane 4EB Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – September 2021 “Can Asians Think” is a soul searching and provocative collection of essays by the former Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani. Mahbubani is a Singaporean of Indian descent. His parents moved to Singapore when they were displaced from the Sindh province of British India during the “Partition of India”. Mahbubani was born in Singapore. Supported by a President’s Scholarship in 1967, he graduated from University of Singapore in 1971 with B.A in Philosophy and a M.A in Philosophy from Dalhousie University, USA. Written a few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall (in November 1991) and the collapse of the Soviet Union in a world riding on western triumphalism and becoming replicas of liberal democracies, Can Asians Think poses views against the tide at the time. Mahbubani mentions of his personal experiences of ...

Sep 3, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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ANZAC Day Celebrations Source:Daehaena – Monthly Newsletter – May 2021 – Radio 4EB Sri Lankan Group After a lapse of one year due to COVID, members of the Sri Lanka Ex Servicemen’s Association marched alongside the members of RSL Kenmore Moggil Branch at the Brookfield showgrounds. The usual parade at Kenmore featuring a large number of veterans, community groups, school children, military vehicles etc was downsized this year to a much shorter parade to the Brookfield showgrounds. The school children lined up along to route to cheer the veterans into the showgrounds. Admiral Travis Sinniah, the 21st Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy laid a wreath on behalf of the Sri Lankan contingent. The President of the RSL Kenmore Moggil Branch, Lieutenant Colonel Rick Maher recounted the significance of the Brookfield showgrounds in the recruitment drive for World War I. The grounds was the site of the horse muster where ...

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  Pray for Australia: Multi-Faith Prayer for National Fire Relief – By Wimal Kannangara Source: Dæhæna – Monthly e-Newsletter Brisbane City Council, Radio 4EB and GOPIO held a Multi-Faith prayer for Australia seeking relief from bushfires on Sunday, 12 Janu-ary at Suncorp Piazza.   The event, attended by the politi-cal, religious and community lead-ers was well represented by several religions including Christianity, Catholicism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Bhahai and several other religions. Radio 4EB presented a cheque for $ 10,000 at the event and several other multicultural and multicul-tural organisations presented their donations to the Bush Fire Relief Fund. Wimal Kannangara   ...

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