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A Circular Notice From the DBU, 7  December 2025

Dear Members,

In light of the severe flooding that has affected many areas of Sri Lanka and impacted on numerous lives, we have taken time to reflect on whether our planned Christmas Celebration on Sunday, 21st December should proceed as scheduled. We are deeply conscious of the suffering experienced across our nation.

However, after careful consideration, the General Committee has unanimously agreed not to cancel, but rather to convert the evening into a flood relief fundraiser, held in support of the national fundraising effort to aid those affected. Proceeds will be donated to an organization carrying out such relief work.

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ONE: A NOTE FROM Upali Obeyesekera Abroad

This is amazing!

More will likely be flowing in during the month from the Sri Lankan expatriate community. It is noteworthy to express my personal views that the catalyst for this inflow of funds is due to the utmost confidence people have in President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya. Fiscal accountability means governments (or organisations) must openly report how they raise and spend public money, allowing citizens and legislators to track performance against plans, ensuring responsible use of funds, and holding officials answerable for financial outcomes through clear, timely, and consistent financial statements and budgets. It involves transparency in publishing financial documents, adherence to accounting standards (like PSAS), and systems for legislative review to ensure public funds deliver promised services.

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Item sent by  Finch

WATCH … https://youtu.be/5qeNJxxktyw?si=uZXUrGnh6jy2lqZ2  …..German author Patrick Baab talks here about media propaganda and sheds light on this much neglected and misunderstood subject. The media never tell us about it because they are running it.

 The only antidote to propaganda is to stop reading newspapers and watching television and to search for alternative sources of news, and to always verify what you read and observe.

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Hiran Hewavisenti as LankanLion in Facebook

England don’t often taste Ashes glory on Australian soil, which is exactly why their triumph at Brisbane’s old Exhibition Ground in the opening Test of the 1928–29 series stands out so vividly. On this day, nearly a century ago, Australia began the final morning at 17 for 1, staring at an impossible target of 742. What followed was a total collapse of resolve. They mustered only 66 runs, offering little resistance as England wrapped up a commanding victory.

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Michael Roberts

 Moving from west to east across the Indian Ocean, the cyclone Ditwah has wrought unprecedented damage in Sri Lanka and many other countries. The damage has been via sweeping floods as well as landslides. Thus far, 374 deaths and 330 missing are said to be one set of consequences from this dramatic EVENT (see Note  A below).

The mental anguish and media imperatives have been promoting what I deem to be a BLAME GAME. The fingers have been pointed at previous administrations and the main planning authorities. Particular emphasis is being attached to the building programmes — houses and urban premises—in the lowland areas of the North-Western, Western and Southern Provinces which have seen the reduction of the wetlands in these regions. The ASSERTION is that these natural features would have absorbed the wrecking force of cyclone Ditwah.

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Harold Gunatilleka in  Sri  Lanka

A Call for Experience and Unity in Sri  Lanka’s Defining Moment

Sri Lanka finds itself at a pivotal juncture. The country faces the urgent need to recover from the Ditwah disaster and the significant challenge of reversing 20 years of stagnation in productivity. At this critical moment, effective leadership characterised by wisdom, experience, and unity is essential.

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Sir Donald Bradman’s Letter to David  Schokman in Perth on 24 July 1984 reveals a startling ‘body of batsmenship’ at the local level …… Quite  extraordinary!

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EVERY BRANCH of  AID Helps ……. VANNI HOPE is one such branch   with may  ‘saplings’ of honest outreach ,…. esepecially in the north and east of the  island

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=vanni+hope+in+flood+victim+support&qpvt=vanni+hope+in+flood+victim+support&form=IGRE&first=

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SEE ..  https://island.lk/management-committee-of-the-rebuilding-sri-lanka-fund-appointed-with-representatives-from-the-public-and-private-sectors/

Management Committee of the ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ Fund Appointed with Representatives from the Public and Private Sectors

Cabinet approval has been granted to establish the ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka’ Fund, aimed at rebuilding the country following the severe devastation caused by Cyclone ‘Ditwah’, one of the worst natural disasters in Sri Lanka’s recent history. The Fund is to be established as a statutory fund under the Presidential Secretariat and its Management Committee will comprise representatives from both the public and private sectors.

Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando, Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning, will serve as the Chairman of the Committee, while Mr. G. M. R. D. Aponsu, Senior Additional Secretary to the President, will serve as the Convener.

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Shavindra Fernando;  The Vague Poetess ...as  paperback

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