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Yasoja Gunasekera: Lankan Ambassador in Canberra

Item in the DAILY ISLAND, 26 April 2025 … with highlights imposed by the Editor, Thuppahi Yasoja Gunasekera assuming duties last Tuesday High Commissioner-designate of Sri Lanka to Canberra, Australia, Yasoja Gunasekera, assumed duties last Tuesday (22). Addressing the staff … Continue reading

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Sri Lanka Smother Kiwis in First 50-Over Match

Andrew Fidel Fernando in ESPNcricninfo, 13 November 2024 . Sri Lanka 324 for 5 in 49.2 overs (Kusal 143, Avishka 100, Asalanka 40, Duffy 3-41) beat New Zealand 175 for 9 in 27 overs (Young 48, Robinson 35, Bracewell 34*, Madushanka 3-39) by … Continue reading

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Sri Lankan Women’s Team in Remarkable Cricket Win

Priyan in The ISLAND, 25 July 2026, where the title reads thus: “Gunaratne 123, Samarawickrama 100* ace 274 chase for 1-1′ Sri Lanka aced their third highest chase in women’s ODIs in emphatic fashion with centuries from Vishmi Gunarathne and … Continue reading

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Sri Lankan Migrants Abroad as Productive Oysters for the Island

Item circulated by Sunil Thenabadu, Keith Bennett and  one Dee de  Silva The Sri Lankan diaspora consists of approximately three million Sri Lankans living abroad, significantly contributing to their host countries and maintaining ties with Sri Lanka. Demographics and Distribution … Continue reading

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Huge Casualties in the Ukraine-Russia War

Observer from A Black Sea Port …. with highlights imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi ONE:  “God is with us” …. watch the new Russian Army recruitment video. The clip promotes military service while focusing on religious diversity and national unity. … Continue reading

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Rise Sir James Anderson & Captain Lancashire At Age of 43! Volaarey! Cantaarey!

Item in ESPNcricinfo, 12 December 2025 James Anderson will be taking on a new responsibility in his 44th year next summer, after being appointed as Lancashire’s full-time captain for their County Championship campaign. Anderson, 43, stepped in as an interim captain … Continue reading

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Inspirations: A Female Rhodes Scholar in Engineering

Kate Rogers, in Dalhousie News  ….6 …in RHODES  CONNECT, https://www.dal.ca/news/2026/01/08/all-rhodes-lead-to-home-sierra-sparks.html Sierra Sparks was inspired by strong female role models from a young age. The first-year medical student from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, entered a field where women were few and stereotypes … Continue reading

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Elephant House breaches Australian Market … Icily

An Item in the  Financial Times 23 December 2025 …..Sent by Jayantha Somasundarum of Canberra … where the web deployed this  title: “Elephant House Ice Cream marks historic launch in Australia” Ceylon Cold Stores PLC (CCS), a subsidiary of John Keells Holdings … Continue reading

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Memories: Growing Up Jewish in New York

Richard Koenigsberg Just to go back in time a bit. Before High School, I lived in a lower-middle class neighborhood, (Irvington, New Jersey). I lot of Italians, Poles, etc., although I didn’t pay much attention to ethnicity. Many of the … Continue reading

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Rejuvenating the Sinhala World at S. Thomas’ College

Professor Sandagomi Coperahewa, in Daily News, 2 February 2026, where the title runs thus: “The Thomian legacy in the promotion of Sinhala ….. In connection with the 175th anniversary celebrations of S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia, which takes place on … Continue reading

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