{"id":149778,"date":"2025-02-26T18:47:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T18:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=149778"},"modified":"2025-02-26T18:48:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T18:48:04","slug":"elanka-newsletter-26th-february-2025-8th-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-26th-february-2025-8th-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"eLanka Newsletter &#8211; 26th February 2025 &#8211; 8th Edition &#8211; Sri Lankans In Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\"><strong>eLanka Newsletter &#8211; 23rd February 2025 &#8211; 7thEdition <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\"><strong> Sri Lankans in Australia<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 20px;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/gem.godaddy.com\/p\/1e2afb1?pact=1803869-186014561-00e7a99d-0ce9-4dc2-b744-c7f58fd3b2f7-ca3e896bd4c7406a5fbb7fb0c4a1dc6f275feea2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Click here or on the image below to read this week\u2019s elanka Newsletter<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gem.godaddy.com\/p\/1e2afb1?pact=1803869-186014561-00e7a99d-0ce9-4dc2-b744-c7f58fd3b2f7-ca3e896bd4c7406a5fbb7fb0c4a1dc6f275feea2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Elanka-1.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/charles-schokman-happy-96th-birthday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Schokman Happy 96th Birthday<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/st-johns-college-nugegoda-valentines-night-at-melbourne-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St John\u2019s College Nugegoda Valentine\u2019s night at Melbourne.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/ravindra-chandrasiri-wijegunaratne-retired-admirals-63rd-birthday-treat-to-royal-college-scouts-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratne: retired Admiral\u2019s 63rd Birthday treat to Royal College Scouts today !<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/introduction-to-economics-markets-and-markers-dr-gnana-sankaralingam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introduction to Economics \u2013 Markets and Markers Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/%e0%b6%85%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b8%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8a-%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%9c%e0%b6%bb%e0%b6%a7%e0%b7%94-%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%94%e0%b6%ad%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%bb%e0%b6%ba%e0%b7%8f\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0d85\u0dc3\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dad\u0dca \u0db8\u0ddc\u0dbb\u0da7\u0dd4 \u0db4\u0dd4\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dba\u0dcf, \u0daf\u0dd0\u0dba\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc3\u0db8\u0dd4\u0d9c\u0dd9\u0db1 17 \u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dbb\u0d9a\u0dca \u0dc3\u0db4\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dda. \u2013  \u0da7\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0ddd\u0db1\u0dca \u0db4\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0db1\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dca\u0daf\u0dd4  \u2013  \u0d86\u0da0\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dba \u0d9c\u0dcf\u0db8\u0dd2\u0dab\u0dd3 \u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0db8\u0dca.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/dilini-rashmi-hasara-on-course-to-be-a-budding-actress-by-sunil-thenabadu\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DILINI RASHMI HASARA ON COURSE TO BE A BUDDING ACTRESS \u2013 by Sunil Thenabadu<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/bam-bam-scoop-aussies-outdo-england-in-high\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bam! 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