I would be ever so grateful if you could ask your readers for information about two friends who were at school with me. Boris Schrader and Glen Scharanguivel They were both from the Salvation Army in Slave Island and joined the boarding at Wesley College Colombo and remained with us from 1950-57. Friendships are ...
Read More →Seeking to contact Winston Pereira Do you know Winston Pereira, he was a classmate of mine at SPC, I would be most grateful for information Kind regards Ronnie Please email Ronald at this email address if you can assist: ronaldperera34@gmail.com The post Seeking to contact Winston Pereira appeared first on eLanka. Source ...
Read More →Photo of some the VIP’s that attended the Diplomatic and Consular Corps Christmas Dinner held at the Brisbane City Hall held on the 2nd December 2020 Photos Left to Right the Consul General for Germany Michael Rossman, The Hon. Consul for Portugal Diana Lopes, the Premier of Queensland Annastacia Palaszczuk ...
Read More →Source: Pam Ayers I have always admired the work of this wordsmith of renown, have read her poetic accomplishments over many years and feel proud to introduce her via eLanka right now. Ladies & Gentlemen, here she is, with an ode to a “bug” that we would all like to ...
Read More →Source:Dailymirror Sri Lanka’s indigenous Adivasi community—the Vedda people—have historically maintained a diet of kurakkan roti and game meat. They are also known to have various indigenous cures and treatments for their health purposes. In the past, each Adivasi person carried a pouch of indigenous health remedies—or Athbeheth—with them, along with ...
Read More →Source:Emergingcricket Asanka Gurusinha, the hard-hitting left-hander who was part of Sri Lanka’s World Cup-winning team in 1996, will be the new Nigeria head coach and high-performance manager, it has been announced. Commencing in his new role on the first day of December, Gurusinha will lead the Nigeria Cricket Federation’s high-performance unit ...
Read More →Sam Rajiah one of the most senior planters from the era of European planters, now 94 years, lives in retirement in his own private tea property at a spot called ‘Ottakade” on the road to Haputale from Bandarawela, just 15 minutes’ drive from the latter town. We have known Sam ...
Read More →Source:Dailymirror A recent article about Susil Moonesinghe on his 90th birthday by my Aunt Sumi Moonesinghe, made me wish to share a few personal memories as a tribute to him. Uncle Susil was my father’s first cousin. I first got close to Uncle Susil and Aunty Sumi in 1975 when ...
Read More →Upper Uva spreads out from the mountains of Idalgashinna, Ohiya and the Horton Plains, the peaks of Hakgala and to the cone of Namunukula and Poonagala Source:Daily Mirror Haputale, as a destination in Uva Province, has enormous attractions to cover as a traveller. Last week, in the Daily Mirror Travel, ...
Read More →St. Andrew’s Church, Palai The Northern Province of Sri Lanka has been embellished with many churches. The Anglican Church (Church of Ceylon) has been active in Jaffna and other Northern areas for 200 years. The pioneer clergymen from the Church Missionary Society came and faithfully propagated the gospel. One of ...
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