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official commencement of duties at sri lanka high commission in canberra for the year 2019. h.e. the high commissioner and the staff of the sri lanka high commission in canberra officially commenced work in the new year on at this event the national anthem was sung and two minutes silence was observed in remembrance of the national heroes who scarified their lives for the motherland.  after the traditional oil lamp was lit by all employees the oath of the public servants was read, and was followed by h.e. the high commissioner’s address to the staff.  read more » christmas came early to canberra when members of the australia sri lanka as*ociation (asla) and the canberra tamil christian fellowship (ctcf) joined the high commission staff to sing carols in sinhala, tamil and english at the mission’s christmas celebration on thursday 6th december 2018.  the large audience rose to their feet to join in singing the final carol ‘ silent night’   in all three music was provided by local music group nada roo with subramanium sukumar also joining in on guitar while  anu student roshen fernando condolence – dr. wickrema weerasooriya former high commissioner to australia from 1986-1989. it is with de*p sadness that the sri lanka high commission in canberra learnt of the pas*ing of former high commissioner dr wickrema dr weerasooriya served as high commissioner in canberra from 1986 to 1989. he was the author of over twenty australian and sri lankan textbooks, and his australian text on banking law is today considered as the definitive text on the subject. now in its 6th edition it is sri lanka high commission celebrated de*pavali on 15th november with a special pooja and cultural items provided by the sri lankan community special pooja was conducted by pandit prade*p bhat of the sri vishnu shiva mandir. this was followed by the singing of devotional songs, a bharatha natyam performance and a brief talk on the meaning of de*pavali and its significance in tamil and english. read more »