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VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040 E-mail < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com > Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com > THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You.                                  ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  MARCH  2019 BOOKS Amazing Grace, The Memoirs of Tara Bolling, 2012  (Donated by Ms Hilary Koch, Middlesex, UK) A Different Kind of Madness by Pauline Schokman, 2019.  (Donated by the Author, South Yarra, Vic)    MAGAZINES Hi Magazine, The Society Magazine, Series 16, Vol 6, 2019 SilverKris, (Singapore Airlines Inflight Magazine), March 2019) Silkwinds,  (Silk Air Inflight Magazine), March 2019. (No’s 2 – 3, Donated by Roger Thiedeman, Keysborough, Vic)  NEWSLETTERS. Burgher Association (Australia) Inc, Summer Newsletter, March 209. The Journal of the Australia Ceylon Fellowship Inc (ACF), Vol 61, No 1, March 2019. ...

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SRI  LANKA  NEWS  IN  BRIEF  –  MARCH 2019 – By Victor Melder     The International Monetary Fund on Friday revived a $1.5 billion bailout for Sri Lanka that was suspended over a government power struggle last year that seriously slowed economic growth. The Washington-based lender said officials visiting Colombo agreed to re-activate the three-year loan, which started in 2016 and spread the instalments over an additional year.”The team reached understandings at the staff level with the Sri Lankan authorities… to allow more time for the completion of the economic reform agenda,” the IMF said. The Fund had been due to release an instalment in October when President Maithripala Sirisena sacked his Prime Minister and called fresh elections, triggering a two month power struggle in the island nation. Because of the crisis, the economy grew by just 3.0 percent last year, making it the slowest expansion in 17 years, according to the Central ...

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SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS  (FEBRUARY 2019 Compiled by Victor Melder Australia beat the touring Sri Lankans by 366 runs to win the second and final day/night Test, played at Manuka Oval, Canberra. Scores” Australia, 1st Innings – 534/5 dec (Burns 180, Head 161, Patterson 114no, Paine 45no, Fernando 3/126, Karunaratne 1/130) Sri Lanka, 1st Innings – 215/9 dec (Karunaratne 59, Thirimanne 41, De Silva 25, Dickwella 25, Starc 5/54, Lyon 2/70, Cummins 1/32) Australia, 2nd Innings  – 196/3 (Khawaja 101no, Head 59no, Rajitha 2/64, Fernando 1/43) Sri Lanka, 2nd Innings –  149 (Mendis 42, Thirimanne 30, Dickwella 27,  Starc 5/46, Cummins 3/15, Labuschagne 1/6, Richardson 1/29) Australia won the 2-match series 2-0. Man of the match: Mitchell Starc (Australia) The touring Sri Lankans beat South Africa by 1 wicket to win the first Test played at Kingsmead, Durban. Scores: South Africa – 1st Innings – 235 (de Kok 80, Bavuma ...

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        VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040 E-mail < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com > Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com >   THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You. ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  FEBRUARY  2019 BOOKS Ceylon the Portuguese Era, Vol 2 by Paul E.Pieris, 1983     (Donated by Ms Diane Inman, Sydney) Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai, 1994. It’s  Not in the Stars by Rizvina Morseth de Alwis,2015. Colombo Heat by Christopher Hudson, 1986. A Decade in the Village by Mahinda Jayaweera, 2010 (No’s 2 – 5, Donated by Jeremy De Lima, Vermont South, Vic) The Island of Singing Fish, a Colonial Childhood in Ceylon  by Tina Faulk, 2014 Kakiyan, The Story of a Crow by Elmo Jayawardena, 2018 After the Flames by ...

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SRI LANKA NEWS IN BRIEF – FEBRUARY  2019) – Compiled by Victor Melder State Finance Minister Eran Wickramaratne, Guest of Honour at the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka ( NCCSL) AGM recently said the political coup of October 26 last year cost the country in excess of 21 billion rupees. Reflecting on current economic developments he said that considering some reparation action taken by the government to correct the position of revenue which was 33 percent of GDP in 2008, this was drastically reduced to 12.6 percent of GDP by 2015. Wickremeratne added – ‘Inflation from 8.8 percent was brought down to 1 percent in November 2017. Financial progress was badly affected by the political coup of October 2018. The country faced the largest debt repayment in those few days amounting to 5.9 billion dollars. The impact of those few weeks was being consistently evaluated. Conditional loan repayment ...

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VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY – ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2019 BOOKS Ceylon Daily News Cookery Book by Hilda Deutrom, 2011 edition (Donated by Shenon Fernando, Roxburgh Park, Vic) Persaudaran (Brotherhood), Malay Life in Sri Lanka by Tuan M. Zameer Careem, 2016 (Donated by Tony Saldin, Wattala, Sri Lanka) A Man in his Time, The Jetwing Story and the Life of Herbert Cooray by Shiromal Cooray.  (Donated by Ms Sharlie Pickering, Alderley, Qld) General Denis (Perera), The Epitome of Leadership by M. D. D. Pieris, 2018 (Donated by the Perera family, Etul Kotte, Sri Lanka)       MAGAZINES HI!! – The Society Magazine, Sri Lanka, Series 16, Vol 5, 2018  NEWSLETTERS. Newsletter – Ceylonese Welfare Organisation Inc (CWO), Vol 37, Issue 1, January 2019. “Silverscene” – Newsletter of the Silver Fawn Club Inc, Qld, January/February 2019 issue. OTHERS. Article – ‘Defend Lanka Your Home’: War on the Home Front in ...

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SRI LANKA NEWS IN BRIEF (JANUARY 2019) – Compiled by Victor Melder                                              Foreign reserves had declined by USD 1 billion within the 51-day political crisis completely upsetting the debt management plans of the country, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said, yesterday, making a ministerial statement in Parliament. The PM said he was confident of overcoming all the challenges in the economic front and the government would present a “people-friendly budget”. Wickremesinghe remained focused on stabilising the rupee. “The rupee depreciated by 3.8 percent within the 51 days of the crisis while other currencies gained value. From October 26 to December 16, 2018, USD 312.9 million in Treasury Guarantees, USD 29.1 million in Treasury Bills and USD 29.8 million in Treasury Bonds flowed out of the country. We previously had ...

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VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040 E-mail < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com > Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com > THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You.                                ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  DECEMBER  2018 BOOKS A Heritage of Song, Book 2 . The Musical Journeys of Musicians with Sri Lankan Roots who have performed mainly in English, compiled by Ishan Bahar, 2017  (Donated by Dallas Achilles, Clayton South)  A Naturalists Guide to the Reptiles of Sri Lanka by Anslem de Silva & Kanishka Ukuwela, 2017. A Field Guide to the Bats of Sri Lanka by Wipula Bandara Yapa, 2017 (No’s 2 & 3, Donated by Roger Thiedeman, Keysborough, Vic) Kakiyan, The Story of a Crow by Elmo Jayawardena, 2018 (Donated by the Author, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka) ...

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SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS – (DECEMBER 2018) – Compiled by Victor Melder Sri Lanka’s off-spinner Akila Dananjaya has been suspended from international cricket with immediate effect after an independent assessment has found his bowling action to be illegal, the International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced. The ICC said the assessment revealed that his deliveries exceeded the 15 degrees level of tolerance permitted under the regulations. “In accordance with Article 11.1 of the ICC Regulations For The Review of Bowlers Reported with Suspect Illegal Bowling Actions, Dananjaya’s international suspension will also be recognised and enforced by all National Cricket Federations for domestic cricket events played in their own jurisdiction. However, according to Article 11.5 of the Regulations and with the consent of the Sri Lanka Cricket, Dananjaya may be able to bowl in domestic cricket events played under the auspices of the SLC,” it said. Dananjaya was reported with a suspect ...

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SRI LANKA NEWS IN BRIEF (DECEMBER) 2018) – Compiled by Victor Melder                               One-year no pay leave will be granted to female public officers to obtain fertility treatment to have a baby, according to a decision taken by the Cabinet recently. The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs has, in a circular informed all state institutions that the rules have been revised to include this benefit for women employees in the public sector. No-pay leave up to one year would be granted for female public officers to spend in or out of the island to obtain treatments for sub fertility on the recommendations of a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist. These provisions are effective from November 21, 2018. Fertility transition in Sri Lanka began in the mid-1960s and the declining trend continued over the decades. The Demographic ...

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