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Locality: West Pennant Hills

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Address: Eaton Rd 2125 West Pennant Hills, NSW, Australia

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24.01.2022 Arsalan Tariq Khawaja . the brother of Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja has been jailed for a minimum two-and-a half years after he framed a Sri Lankan International Student as a terrorist. In the NSW District Court on Thursday, Judge Robert Weber jailed the 40-year-old for four years and six months with a non-parole period of two years and six months.

23.01.2022 Scottish movie legend Sean Connery, who shot to international stardom as the suave, sexy and sophisticated British agent James Bond and went on to dominate the silver screen for four decades, has died aged 90.

23.01.2022 A man who hit and killed a 20-year-old Sri Lankan Student as she was crossing the road will spend at least eight years in jail. Judge Liz Gaynor sentenced the 38-year-old to 10 years’ jail with eight years non-parole in the County Court of Victoria on Tuesday.

22.01.2022 Whats app will force users to agree to its new privacy policy within the next month, or else lose access to the app. Agreeing to the terms will mean that a user’s private data, including their phone number, will be shared with Facebook, which now owns WhatsApp. WhatsApp updating its terms of service and privacy policy is not new. Most software services do update their services occasionally. It is standard practice that in order to continue using these services, the user accepts the new conditions and policy. This time, WhatsApp is giving a deadline of February 8, 2021 to accept the new policy or delete your account.

20.01.2022 Popular singer Paul Fernando passed away today at the age of 68 while receiving treatment at the Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Kalubowila, sources said. Egoda Gode Mal nelana, Awe Wana Bambarek wage, Ran Kirilliye, Golu Hadawatha, Maala are some of the popular songs sung by Paul Fernando.

19.01.2022 Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a further easing of COVID-19 restrictions for Melbourne today, after cases have remained consistently low for the past few weeks.

19.01.2022 Sri Lanka will reopening its airports for foreign tourists from January 21, following a successful pilot programme to assess the country’s capability in managing tourists under a bio bubble amid the pandemic, with the expectation of bringing a maximum of 2,500 travelers to the country per day, according to Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga. Under the bio bubble, all arriving travellers must stay in one of 40 certified hotels for the first 14 days of their trip. These hotels will not accept any local guests nor local events. After this period, travellers are free to move to their hotel of choice and mingle with locals.

18.01.2022 The COVID-19 cluster from Minuwangoda factory cluster surged to 832 after another 124 employees of the factory tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the Information Department said.

16.01.2022 A well-known Chinese financial think tank, YICAI Research Institute, released a comprehensive survey report in terms of Covid-19 pandemic prevention measures, ...economic recovery and international cooperation in 108 countries, with Sri Lanka ranked 2nd in overall score. It’s the highest international recognition so far for the island nation in fighting the coronavirus. See more

16.01.2022 Born in Sri Lanka and having completed her medical education in the United Kingdom, Dr. Maheshi Ramasamy is now world-renowned as the pioneer of the most widely accepted vaccine for the global outbreak of Covid-19. Maheshi Ramasamy is the daughter of two scientists. Her mother is Prof. Manthri Samaranayake Ramasamy. An alumnus of Visakha College, Colombo, Samaranayake received a first class honors degree in Zoology from the University of Colombo and later came to the University of Cambridge on a Commonwealth Scholarship. She then became the first Sri Lankan to receive a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. She married Ranjan Ramasamy, a Tamil scientist who had come to Cambridge University from Sri Lanka for postgraduate studies.

16.01.2022 South Australia has reintroduced a number of significant restrictions in from 12.01 am on 17th November in response to a coronavirus cluster in Adelaide's northern suburbs.

14.01.2022 Calling on the newly elected Sri Lankan government to fully implement the 13th Constitutional amendment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted India’s conc...erns about the rights of the Tamil minorities, during talks with his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa. During the bilateral talks held on Saturday, New Delhi promised a $15-million grant for the promotion of Buddhist cultural exchanges, but demurred from a decision on Colombo’s twin requests of a deferment of its debt repayment and a currency swap. See more

13.01.2022 Sixty nine employees of the Minuwangoda apparel factory have tested positive for Covid-19, Army Commander Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva states. He said tha...t they tested positive for the virus from the 150 PCR tests carried out and 1,400 employees of the apparel factory are to be subjected to PCR tests. See more

13.01.2022 India’s coronavirus case tally passed 6 million on Monday after it reported 82,170 new infections in the last 24 hours, as the pandemic rages across the vast South Asian nation.

12.01.2022 Inspiring Sri Lankan- born Doctor Dinesh Palipana, the state’s first quadriplegic doctor, has been named Queensland’s Australian of the Year for 2021. The doctors with disabilities advocate was awarded the honour at a special ceremony at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre on Tuesday night. Doctor Palipana is a senior resident doctor at Gold Coast University Hospital, and a qualified lawyer. He is A Griffith Health trained Emergency doctor who is also the Project Co-lead on the University’s innovative Biospine project

12.01.2022 State Minister of Women and Child Development, Pre-School & Primary Education, School Infrastructure & Education Services Piyal Nishantha who experimented and took a sip of the syrup introduced by Dhammika Bandara has become the fourth Parliamentarian to test positive for Covid 19. Nishantha accompanied President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and several Ministers and State Ministers during the opening of the Ferentino Tire factory in Horana on Thursday. Ministers Rohitha Abeygunawardena, Ramesh Pathirana, Mahinda Amaraweera, Wimal Weerawansa, State Minister Kanaka Herath and Defence Secretary, Gen.(Retd) Kamal Gunaratne were also among those present at the opening ceremony. It is not known whether he was Covid positive at the time.

12.01.2022 Sri Lanka on Tuesday confirmed a cluster of more than 300 garment factory workers infected with the coronavirus, days after reporting its first community infection in two months.

10.01.2022 Sri Lanka has tumbled from best to worst in Asia’s dollar bond market, underscoring how fast the pandemic can chill sentiment toward weaker emerging-market assets.

10.01.2022 Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today congratulated the President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victory in the 2020 US presidential election. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa also extending his congratulations recalled that the two countries are marking 72 years of diplomatic relations. Opposition Leader and Leader of Samagi Jana Balawegaya Sajith Premadasa congratulating the new President and Vice President extend wishes for their efforts to transform America.

08.01.2022 A part of the fights against a new mutant strain of COVID-19, Australia will lower the cap on the number of international arrivals and introduce additional rules and conditions related to air travel, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced. Mr Morrison said the national cabinet had decided on Friday to take "a number of actions" that relate to quarantine and flights to "reduce and de-bulk the risk in terms of exposure to the new UK strain". The Commonwealth has also declared Brisbane a hotspot, after a cleaner who worked in a hotel quarantine tested positive for the UK strain.

08.01.2022 President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday ordered the completion of construction on Bandaranaike International Airport Second Terminal before the end of 2023. The ...President ordered the officials to continue the construction of the second terminal uninterrupted day and night and complete the project soon. Construction can be continued uninterrupted as the airport is not fully functional due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The construction of the second terminal of the airport, commenced in 2014 and was scheduled to be completed by 2017. See more

08.01.2022 China has clarified that President Xi Jinping and his Sri Lankan counterpart Gotabaya Rajapaksa had not engaged in an online discussion over the weekend.

08.01.2022 Raising hopes for a major victory in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech have said their experimental vaccine may be 90 percent effective at preventing COVID-19. The announcement on Monday reverberated across the world, with stock markets surging to new records and political leaders welcoming the late-stage trial results even as scientists and doctors cautioned many questions remained unanswered and warned any celebration would be premature.

06.01.2022 No new cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, with the total number of cases in NSW remaining at 4,029. This is the second day in ...a row that NSW has had no new cases, either locally acquired or in hotel quarantine. Premier Gladys Berejiklian hailed the achieved but warned people not to be "lulled into a false sense of security" after the state recorded zero new coronavirus cases. See more

04.01.2022 Police curfew has been imposed with immediate effect in Divulapitiya and Minuwangoda Police Divisions. The curfew will be in effect until further notice, said Commander of Sri Lanka Army Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva.

03.01.2022 NSW has recorded its 10th day in a row without a locally acquired COVID-19 case. In the 24 hours to 8pm Sunday, there was one case in a returned overseas traveler in hotel quarantine.

03.01.2022 Chinese authorities are testing millions of people, imposing lockdowns and shutting down schools after multiple locally transmitted coronavirus cases were discovered in three cities across the country last week.

02.01.2022 Australia could be in for another year of international border closures and minimal overseas travel, despite plans to complete nation-wide vaccinations by October. The head of Australia's health department Professor Brendan Murphy, believes it is unlikely international borders will substantially reopen this year, even if most people are vaccinated against coronavirus. He downplayed the prospect of a widespread easing of border restrictions, meaning dreams of international travel this year remain on hold. Professor Murphy’s prediction is grim news for thousands of tourism operators at home, aviation companies and families desperate to see loved ones overseas.

02.01.2022 Film director and actor Tennison Cooray has passed away at the age of 68 years. He has passed away while receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital, earlier today (28).

01.01.2022 After an entertaining and heartwarming season, Georgia won the Junior MasterChef finale in Australia’s Channel 10 reality show. Proud of her Sri Lankan heritage, Georgia cooked a pork curry, cashew curry, eggplant curry, plus yellow rice, pappadums and cucumber raita for her main. Georgia whose maternal grandmother Charmaine hails from Sri Lanka is cited as a major influence on Georgia's culinary leanings. Beating off stiff competition from 13 other contestants aged just 9-14 years.

01.01.2022 Moderna Inc.'s experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial, the company said on Monday, becoming the second U.S. drugmaker to report results that far exceed expectations. Together with Pfizer Inc.'s vaccine, which is also more than 90% effective, and pending more safety data and regulatory review, the United States could have two vaccines authorized for emergency use in December with as many as 60 million doses of vaccine available this year.

01.01.2022 Hundreds of Australians have been left stranded after Emirates Airline has suspended flights to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, indefinitely. The airline announ...ced the decision on Friday evening on its website, attributing it to operational reasons. Its last journeys from Dubai to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane will fly on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, respectively. The only Emirates flights into Australia will now be twice-weekly ones into Perth from Dubai.