2019 Sri Lankan national honours explained

In August 2019 President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena awarded national honours to 70 individuals for distinguished services.^{[1] [2]} The awards ceremony was held on 19 August 2019 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in Colombo.^{[3] [4]}

Deshamanya

• Indrajit Coomaraswamy
• Ajita de Zoysa
• Merrill Joseph Fernando
• Mohan Munasinghe
• Moragodage Christopher Walter Pinto
• Surath Wickramasinghe

Deshabandu

• Edwin Ariyadasa
• Jayasuriya Mudiyanselage Raja Sarath Bandara
• Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Sri Shanthi Lakshman Dissanayake
• Wimal Dissanayake
• Muthukuda Arrachchige Dona Shiroma Jeeva
• Mohomed Ruwaiz Latiff
• Anselm Boniface Perera
• Nimal Ebenezer Herat Sanderatne
• Anura Tennekoon
• Robosingha Arachchige Sugath Thilakarathne

Vidya Jyothi

• Arjuna de Silva
• Hithanadura Asita de Silva
• Vajira Harshadeva Weerabaddana Dissanayake
• Prasad Katulanda
• Serosha Mandika Wijeyaratne
• Nambunama Nanayakkara Akmeemana Palliyaguruge Bandula Chandranath Wijesiriwardena

Kala Keerthi

• Mahagam Arachchige Jayantha Chandrasiri
• Jerome Lakshman de Silva
• Sathischandra Edirisinghe
• Haputantrige Leelaratne Leel Gunasekera
• Hetti Arachchige Karunaratne
• Ranaweera Arachchilage Ariyawansa Ranaweera
• Navaratna Ravibandhu Vidyapathy
• Anoja Weerasinghe
• Rathna Sri Wijesinghe

Sri Lanka Sikhamani

• Anil Abeywickrama
• Tara de Mel
• Lloyd Fernando
• Jammagalage Dian Gomes
• Wimal Karandagoda
• Lakshman Ravendra Watawala
• Dinesh Stephen Weerakkody
• Anula Wijesundera

Vidya Nidhi

• Joel Arudchelvam
• Mangala Gunatilake
• Mohamed Sakkaff Mohamed Rizny

Kala Suri

• Panditha Mudiyanselage Karunarathna Bandara
• Sumana Aloka Bandara
• Mahinda Chandrasekara
• Prangige Ananda Kithsiri Dabare
• Kiribanda Mahinda Dissanayake
• Eric Illayapparachchi
• Mahamaddumage Hemapriya Kalanie Perera
• Palitha Perera
• Kathiresu Rathitharan
• Wijerathna Samarasekara Indika Upamali
• Wijesinghe Arachchillage Karunasiri Wijesinghe

Sri Lanka Thilaka

• Singharage Sarath Chandra de Silva
• Wannakuwattewaduge Dinesh Nishantha Fernando
• Ponnambalam Jamunadevi
• Mahindadasa Wickramanayaka Karunaratne
• Samantha Sathischandra Wanniarachchi Kumarasinghe
• Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala
• Mahinda Madihahewa
• Pera Dorapege Lalitha Padmini
• Thambiah Perinpanayagam
• Meyan Vamadevan
• Weliwita Liyana Arachchillage Premasiri Weliwita

Veera Prathapa

• Heeralu Mohottalalage Keerthi Bandara Padmasiri
• Moradeniyalage Eranga Vikumsiri

Sri Lanka Rathna

• Yasushi Akashi

Sri Lanka Ranajana

• S. Arulkumaran
• Cumaraswamy Sivathasan
• David Alexander Young

References

• PART I : SECTION (I) – GENERAL Government Notifications NATIONAL HONOURS . . 19 August 2019 . 2137/01 . 24 August 2019 . . Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Notes and References

1. News: Fernando . Lahiru . President confers 'National Honours' on 70 distinguished personalities . 25 August 2019 . . 20 August 2019 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2. News: National honours conferred on 66 Sri Lankan citizens . 25 August 2019 . . 25 August 2019 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
3. News: President honours outstanding citizens at National Awards ceremony . 25 August 2019 . . 19 August 2019 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
4. News: Outstanding personalities felicitated... . 25 August 2019 . . 25 August 2019 . Colombo, Sri Lanka.