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 The latest Sinhala song from a Melbourne musician Indrajith Mirihana – Vawanthaya Awasan: My Song Source : SBS Sinhala Wasanthaya Awasan_ a latest Sinhala song from Melbourne musician Indrajith Mirihana My Song – SBS Sinhala monthly musical program, reviewed the latest song, Vasantaya Awasan, sung by Melbourne-based musician Indrajith Mirihana. Lyrics by Narada Wijesuriya. SBS Sinhala ‘My Song’ monthly musical program – Introducing lyricists, vocalists, musicians, and the new Sinhala songs from Sri Lankans who live in Australia. Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly to your inbox! ...

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7 perches of bare land on Thimbirigasyaya Road   Flat rectangular land in Prime location. In catchment of sought after schools. On Main Road Price : Rs. 15,000,000Per Perch ( Price negotiable. ) Contact Sanjika Kotelawela For More Details – Phone : +61 404 408 593   |  Email : sanjika_k@hotmail.com Location      ...

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MULTIFACETED ANURA PATHIRANA SOUGHT AFTER TELIVISION PRESENTER, LAWYER, ACTOR,IN A UNBLEMISHED GLITTERING JOURNEY – By Sunil Thenabadu Image Source : Anura Pathirana Linkedin Anura Pathirana is a ‘Multipotentiality individual with many interests and creative pursuits and passions. In this context Anura has excelled in many fields as television presenter, actor, lawyer and in many other pursuits.  He is the eldest sibling among three brothers recollects that the family had lived in several locations in Kandy but he remembers his young days when the family lived in the small yet very beautiful village named ‘Nugatenna” within the Hunnasgiriya village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province. Hunnasigiriya is one of the entering point to the Knuckles massif. It is in the southern part of the Knuckles Mountain Range.Anura remembers well the fauna with an abundance of lakes, streams, rivers and paddy fields owned by his grandfather. He reminisces how he ,brothers and friends walked ...

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Eshan Pieris Brings Home a Triumphant Silver Class Win at Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia 2024! Colombo; 27th June 2024: Eshan Pieris arrived back in Sri Lanka this week after achieving a remarkable Silver Class win in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia 2024 held at Fuji International Speedway, Japan, last Saturday. At the Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia, Eshan stood as the only racer on the grid representing Sri Lanka and one of the thirteen entrants from Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific to take part. For the race, he paired once again with Tanart Sathienthirakul in the Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992), following their previous successful stint together at Buriram recently. Their victory is a part of a series of wins by Eshan this year starting with his race at 12 Hours of Sepang in Malaysia in April, with the Absolute Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R together with ...

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Vision Care 109th Colombo Championships Supports Tennis Talent 26th June, 2024, Colombo – Vision Care, Sri Lanka’s largest vision, hearing, and eyewear solutions provider, is reaffirming its commitment to the sport as the Title Sponsor for the 109th Colombo Championship. Organized by the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA), the 109th edition of the prestigious Grade A tennis tournament commenced on June 21, 2024, at the SLTA (playing section) courts on Green Path. This marks the tenth consecutive year that Vision Care has been a key sponsor for this esteemed event, which has attracted a record number of participants, showcasing the crème de la crème of Lankan tennis talent. The 109th Colombo Championship promises an exciting lineup of matches and events, drawing attention from tennis enthusiasts and sports lovers across the nation. Vision Care’s continued sponsorship reaffirms its commitment to promoting sports and wellness in Sri Lanka, fostering a culture of ...

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eLanka Newsletter – 26th June 2024 – 8th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Sri Lanka women heap more more pain on Windies in T20 opener. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports Editor) Usman Khawaja launches Prime Café in Melbourne Athapaththu leads Sri Lanka to clean sweep over West Indies for the first time. – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE. (eLanka Sports Editor) Jesus our friend and comforter – By Charles Schokman WAS THE THIRD PRIME MINISTER OF CEYLON THE SON OF A MURDERER ? THE TRIAL OF JOHN KOTELAWALA (SENIOR) – By HUGH KARUNANAYAKE Afghanistan ‘talibans’ Australian T20 Cricket Aspirations-by Michael Roberts Brain Draining Pearl – By Nisal Rukshan MULTI FACETED LEGENDARY TITUS THOTAWATTE REMINISCED – By Sunil Thenabadu OBITUARY – CHANDRA SENARATNE (9 Feb 1933 – 3 June 2024 ) – By Hugh Karunanayake ...

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Yvonne Schrader RIP  Notice on behalf of the Schrader Family Yvonne Schrader, the very First Lady of the old Antonian Social Club in Melbourne passed away peacefully a few days back. The funeral service for Yvonne is on Wed 3rd July at 1.30 at Bunerong Memorial park Dandenong South.  No flowers as requested by the family.  Donations to Old Antonians Club, for the scholarship fund. ...

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දිවංගත ජනාධිපති ප්‍රේමදාස ශ්‍රීමතුන්ගේ 100 වන ජන්ම සංවත්සරය – By ආචාර්ය ගාමිණී කාරියවසම් Image Source : island 2024 ජුනි 23, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කීර්තිමත් නායකයෙකු වන, දිවංගත ජනාධිපති  රණසිංහ ප්‍රේමදාස මැතිතුමාගේ 100 වැනි ජන්ම සංවත්සරය සනිටුහන් කරයි. එතුමා  පොදු ජනතාවගේ යහ පැවැත්ම වෙනුවෙන්   සුවිසල් ජන මෙහෙවරක්  ඉටුකළ , මානව හිතවාදී ජන නායකයෙකි. වත්මන් පරපුරට එම ජන මෙහෙවර  සිහිපත් කිරීම පිණිස, .එතුමා සමීපයෙහි දිගු කාලයක් රාජකාරියෙහි නියැලී සිටි රාජ්‍ය නිලධාරියෙක් ලෙසින් මෙවන් සටහනක් තබන්නේ මහත් කෘතවේදීත්වයෙන් යුක්තවය. 1924 දී කොළඹ දී උපත ලද ප්‍රේමදාස ශ්‍රීමතුන්ගේ  ජීවිතය ජාතියේ සංවර්ධනයට ඉටුකළ දැවැන්ත මෙහෙවර,  මෙවන්කෙ ටි  ලිපියකට සංක්ෂිප්ත කර ගැනීම පහසු කාර්යයක් නොවේ. ප්‍රේමදාස ළදරුවා සිය දෙමාපියන Image Source : wikimedia රණසිංහ ප්‍රේමදාස මැතිතුමා නිහතමානීව ආරම්භයේ සිට ඉහළම තලය  දක්වා පැමිණි ගමන ඔහුගේ වීර්යය සහ සමාජ  සාධාරණත්වය වෙනුවෙන් වූ කැපවීම මනාව පෙන්නුම් කරයි. කොළඹ ශාන්ත ලෝරන්ස් විද්‍යාලයෙන් අධ්‍යාපනය ලැබූ  හේ සමාජ සේවයට මුල් කාලයේ  උනන්දුවක් දැක්වූ අතර එය පසුව ඔහුගේ දේශපාලන ජීවිතයට පරිවර්තනය විය.සුචරිත ව්‍යාපාරය සාරධර්මවලින් පෝෂිත දිවි පෙවෙතකට  ,දරු  පරපුර යොමුකරවීමේ අධ්යාශයෙන් ස්ථාපිත වුයේ  එතුමාගේ සමීප අධීක්ෂණය යටතෙහිය.  ප්‍රාදේශීය ප්‍රජාවට, විශේෂයෙන්ම අඩු ...

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Late President Hon. Ranasinghe Premadasa: Celebrating His 100th Birth Anniversary. – By Gamini Kariyawasam Image Source : island June 23, 2024, marks the 100th birth anniversary of Sri Lanka’s legendary leader, the late President Ranasinghe Premadasa. He was a philanthropic people’s leader who performed a great public mission for the welfare of the common people. In order to remind the current generation of that public mission, it is with great gratitude that I write this note as a public officer who was engaged in duty for a long time, closer to him. Sri Lanka’s most distinguished leader, the late President Ranasinghe Premadasa, was born in 1924 in Colombo. It is not an easy task to condense the life of Hon. Premadasa, who played a huge role in the development of the nation, into such a short article. Image Source : wikimedia Hon. Ranasinghe Premadasa’s journey from humble beginnings to the highest echelons ...

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