Lankatown :: Sri Lankan Community in North America

Upcoming Events

21st Annual Royal Ball 2014

Saturday March 15, 2014

Nanda Malini & Victor Ratnayake Live in Concert

Saturday April 19, 2014

Bathiya & Santhush Live in Concert

Saturday October 11, 2014

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Help Sponsor Rural Students

Karuna Trust will give 300 new scholarships this year to student in rural Sri Lanka. Students from 10 schools in batches of 30 students from each school will be selected this year. ...more

Help a Lankan with Micro Credit

YMicro is a web-based platform that connects donors and their gifts directly to beneficiaries through micro philanthropy and micro credit. Visit www.ymicro.org, as well as on Facebook at YMicro Sri Lanka, were we have videos, photos and stories of our projects ...more

Useful Links

Tuesday, March 11, 2014
On this day in ...

1986 P.K. Kirubakaran, a Judge, was assasinated by the LTTE.

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Pakistan bats first against Sri Lanka in final
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Sri Lanka beats Bangladesh by 3 wickets
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Alam ton takes Pakistan to 260-5 against Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka gear up for Asia Cup final with win over Bangladesh
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Sri Lanka rejects probe call by UN rights chief
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Sri Lanka says suspected wartime mass grave is an old cemetery
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Sri Lanka win Asia Cup in Dhaka
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Sri Lanka war film released online in India after censorship
The director of a controversial war film on Sri Lanka streamed it free online in India Sunday, after...