List of University of Peradeniya people explained

This is a list of notable University of Peradeniya people. This includes distinguished alumni of various fields and distinguished faculty people.

Law, politics and international relations

• Dr. Sarath Amunugama MP, CCS – Cabinet Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs; former Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning^[1]
• Prof. Ranjith Bandara, Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka
• His excellency Sirisena Amarasekara – Sri Lankan High commissioner to South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Angola, Botswana, and Eswatini.
• Dr. Jayantha Dhanapala, SLOS – former Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations^[2]
• Amarasiri Dodangoda – former Cabinet Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs of Sri Lanka^[3]
• Hon. Justice Mark Fernando – former judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
• Nandana Gunathilake – former Cabinet minister of posts and telecommunications^[4]
• Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka SLOS – Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations at Geneva; Consul General for Switzerland^[5]
• Sri Lankabhimanya Hon. Lakshman Kadirgamar – diplomat, politician and lawyer^{[6] [7]}
• Dr. Vikramabahu Karunaratne – Leader, New Left Front (NLF) and a controversial Politician in Sri Lanka
• Hon. W. J. S. Karunaratne, SLAS – Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada; former secretary to the president^{[8] [9]}
• Hon. W. J. M. Lokubandara – Speaker of the Parliament (2005–2010)^[10]
• Athuraliye Rathana Thero – Jathika Hela Urumaya MP^[11]
• Prof. Neelan Tiruchelvam – Sri Lankan Tamil politician; peace activist; academic; founder and director of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies; founder and director of The Law and Society Trust; assassinated by an LTTE suicide bomber in 1999^{[12] [13]}
• Ranjit Uyangoda – former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Japan; current Sri Lankan Ambassador to China^{[14] [15]}
• Prof. Wiswa Warnapala – former Minister of Higher Education, Sri Lanka^[16]
• Harischandra Wijayatunga – leader of the Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya; compiler of the Gunasena Great Sinhala Dictionary

Academics

Professors and scholars

• Prof. K. M. de Silva – Executive Director of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies^[17]
• Prof. K. N. O. Dharmadasa – editor-in-chief, Sinhala encyclopaedia^[18]
• Prof. Gishan Dissanaike – financial economist; Adam Smith Professor of Corporate Governance at the University of Cambridge; head of the Finance Department; Director of the Cambridge MPhil Programme in Finance^{[19] [20]}
• Prof. Sucharitha Gamlath – winner of Rowland's gold medal, Jayanayake Prize and the oriental research scholarship; Trotskyist; professor in Sinhala; Dean of Jaffna University; served in the Rajarata University and Ruhunu University; scholar in linguistics; pioneering Sri Lankan Marxist critic; author of many books
• Prof. Shelton Gunaratne – Professor emeritus (Mass Communications), Minnesota State University; writer; scholar^{[21] [22]}
• Prof. Leslie Gunatilake – Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Sciences, Sri Lanka, Director, SW Centre for natural products research and commercialisation and Professor of the University of Arizona^[23]
• Prof. Ashley Halpe – Professor emeritus of English; poet, playwright and scholar^[24]
• Prof. Tissa Jayatilaka – political analyst; director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives-Sri Lanka; director of the Fulbright Commission of Sri Lanka; chairman of the Jury for Presidential Awards for Sri Lankan Sinhala Films; visiting professor of Grinnell College, US^[25]
• Prof.Saman Warnakulasuriya – OBE- Emeritus Professor King's College London, UK & Director WHO Collaborating Centre on Oral Cancer^{[26] [27]}
• Prof. Amal Jayawardane – Sri Lankan historian; visiting professor at the American University; research scholar at the Department of International Relations, London School of Economics^[28]
• Prof. David Kalupahana – Buddhist scholar; Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawaii^[29]
• Prof. Gananath Obeyesekere – Emeritus Professor of anthropology at Princeton University; leading anthropologist; entered into an intellectual debate with Marshall Sahlins over the rationality of indigenous people through the details of Captain James Cook's death in the Hawaiian Islands in 1779^[30]
• Prof. P.D. Premasiri – Buddhist scholar; Professor Emeritus of Pali and Buddhist Studies at the University of Peradeniya.^[31]
• Dr. Michael Roberts – historian^[32]
• Professor Lakshman Samaranayake – Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry (2004 -), University of Hong Kong; Tam Wah-Ching Professor in Oral Sciences; King James IV Professor, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; first Asian to receive the latter honour;^[33] first dental surgeon in Sri Lanka to receive DSc (honoris Causa) from the University of Peradeniya
• Dr. S. W. R de A Samarasinghe – Director, Tulane Institute for International Development, US; founder-editor of The Kandy News^[34]
• Kala Keerthi, Dharma Shastra Visharadha Kirthi Sri, Prof. Anuradha Seneviratna – scholar^[35]
• Prof. Sudharshan Seneviratne – professor of archaeology; Fulbright Visiting Professor at Cornell University and Carleton College; archaeological director of the UNESCO programs at Anuradhapura^[36]
• Prof. Pandula Andagama – Anthropologist; Head of the Anthropology Division, and assistant director of the National Museum of Colombo.^{[37] [38]}

University Presidents, Chancellors and Vice Chancellors

• Prof. S. B. S. Abayakoon – Vice-Chancellor of University of Peradeniya; former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya^[39]
• Prof. Sarath Amunugama – Vice Chancellor of the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka^[40]
• Prof. C. L. V. Jayathilake – Chancellor of the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka; former Vice Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya^[41]
• Prof. S. "Sam" Karunaratne – former Vice Chancellor of University of Moratuwa; current Chancellor of the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology^[42]
• Prof. Leslie Panditharatne – Vice Chancellor, University of Peradeniya (1978–84); Chairman of the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka (1993–94); chairman and director general of the National Institute of Business Management (N.I.B.M – 1988); chairman and Director General of the Mineral Sands Corporation (Lanka Mineral Sands in 1989 – 1994); Director of Studies at the American College of Higher Education^[43]
• Dr. Indira Samarasekara – President of the University of Alberta, Canada^[44]
• Prof. Chandima Wijebandara – scholar of Buddhism; Vice Chancellor of University of Sri Jayewardenepura^[45]

Deans

• Prof. Nalin de Silva – former Dean of the Faculty of Science University of Kelaniya; commission member of UGC^{[46] [47]}
• Prof. M. P. Ranaweera – former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya^[48]

Medicine

• Prof. Aloka Abey Bandara – developer of an antibiotic vaccine to control infectious Brucellosis^[49]
• Prof. Malik Peiris, FRS Légion d'Honneur – Tam Wah-Ching Professor in Medical Science; Chair Professor, Department of Microbiology at the University of Hong Kong; Scientific Director, HKU-Pasteur Research Centre; first Sri Lankan to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society; discoverer of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus; proposed the Cytokine storm theory of avian influenza^[50]

Science and technology

• Veerasingham Dhuruvasangary – soil researcher; development engineer^[51]
• Anne Perera, food technologist in New Zealand^[52]

Military and police

• Cyril Herath – former Sri Lankan Inspector-General of Police; Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence^[53]
• Major General Janaka Perera – RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, RCDS, Psc, CR – Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army; one of the most distinguished generals in Sri Lankan history^[54]
• Rear Admiral Sunil Ranjan Samaratunga – RSP, VSV, USP of the Sri Lanka Navy^[55]
• Ana Seneviratne – former Sri Lankan Inspector-General of Police; Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia^[56]

Literature

• Sengai Aaliyan – Sri Lankan Tamil writer
• Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera – Sinhala writer, poet, and essayist^[57]
• T. Arasanayagam – author^[58]
• Nihal De Silva – author; winner of International Dublin Literary Award^[59] and the Gratiaen Prize^[60]
• Dr. SinhaRaja Tammita Delgoda – author and traveller^[61]
• Prof. J. B. Disanayake – head of the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo^[62]
• Siri Gunasinghe – sanskritist, art historian, premier Sinhalese poet, novelist, literary critic and filmmaker^[63]
• Prof. Kusuma Karunaratne – first female professor of Sinhala language; first woman to secure a First Class Honours degree in Sinhala^[64]

Film, theatre and television

• Gunasena Galappatty – pioneer of suspense drama in Sri Lanka^[65]
• Prof. A.J. Gunawardena – film critic^[66]
• Trilicia Gunawardena – actress; played the roles of "Anula" in Lester James Peries' Gamperaliya and "Maname Bisawa" in Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra's Sinhabahu^[67]
• Gamini Hattotuwegama – the father of modern street theatre in Sri Lanka^[68]
• Dhamma Jagoda – first Head of the Drama Unit at the National Television channel Rupavahini; pioneer theater and television play director and actor in Sri Lanka
• Prof. Dharmasena Pathiraja – Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter^[69]
• Somalatha Subasinghe – children's playwright; founder of the Children's and Youth Theatre Organisation^[70]
• Namel Weeramuni – playwright^[71]

Arts

• Stanley Kirinde SLAS – one of Sri Lanka's most outstanding artistic talents of the 20th century; former state secretary of the Ministry of Ports and Shipping; painter of the President's House (Kandy and Colombo), the Foreign Ministry, the Military Academy^{[72] [73]}
• Tilak Samarawickrema – artist, architect and designer^[74]

Music

• Dr. Tanya Ekanayaka – composer-pianist and first Sri Lankan composer to have entire albums of original music released globally by international record labels^[75]
• Bridget Halpe – choral director^[76]

Religion

• Bogoda Seelawimala Nayaka Thera – incumbent Head Priest of the London Buddhist Vihara; current Chief Sangha Nayaka of Great Britain^[77]
• Katukurunde Nanananda Thera – Buddhist monk, scholar
• Nyanaponika Thera – German-born Sri-Lanka-ordained Theravada monk; co-founder of the Buddhist Publication Society; author of seminal Theravada books; teacher of contemporary Western Buddhist leaders such as Bhikkhu Bodhi^[78]

Journalists

• Taraki Sivaram – political analyst and a senior editor for Tamilnet.com^[79]

Civil servants

• H. H. Bandara SLAS – former assistant director of Cultural Affairs and assistant secretary in the Ministry of Education^[80]
• Susantha De Alwis, SLOS – former Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States, Japan, South Korea; Permanent Representative to United Nations (Geneva^[81]
• A. S. Jayawardene, – former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka; Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury; Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)^[82]
• Nihal Seneviratne – former Secretary General of Parliament (1981–1994); parliamentary affairs adviser to the Prime Minister^[83]
• Lalith Weeratunga, CAS – current Permanent Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka^[84]
• Wilhelm Woutersz, SLOS – former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka; Sri Lankan Ambassador to People's Republic of China, Italy and Yugoslavia^[85]

Business and finance

• D. K. Rajapaksa – managing director, DSI Samson Group (Pvt) Ltd.^[86]

Faculty

• Prof. Arjuna Aluwihare – Vice Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya (1988–89); Professor of Surgery 1985–2002 at the University of Peradeniya; Chairman of the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka; WFME Executive Committee and Acting President SEARAME, SEAR and Global Advisory Committee of Health Research of WHO; Commissioner of Human Rights Sri Lanka^[87]
• Prof. Adele Barker – professor of Russian literature, Arizona State University^[88]
• Prof. Seneka Bibile – founder of Sri Lanka's drug policy; medical benefactor to humanity^[89]
• Prof. Warren Ranjithan Breckenridge – professor of zoology; former president of Sri Lanka Institute of Biology^[90]
• Prof. K. M. de Silva – historian, chairman of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies^[91]
• Prof. M. W. Sugathapala de Silva – linguist at the Department of Sinhalese, University of Peradeniya until 1964.^[92]
• Prof. George Dissanaike – former Senior Professor and Head of the Department of Physics, University of Peradeniya; Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences; past President of the Institute of Physics, Sri Lanka^[93]
• Prof. D. E. Hettiaratchchi – first editor-in-chief, Sinhala encyclopaedia^[18]
• Prof. E. F. C. Ludowyk – professor of English; author
• Prof. Gunapala Malalasekera – Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat; compiler of the Gunapala Sinhala-English dictionary^[94]
• Dr. Robin Mayhead – founder of the choral group Peradeniya Singers^[95]
• Prof. Gananath Obeyesekere – professor in sociology; Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University; leading anthropologist; entered into an intellectual debate with Marshall Sahlins over the rationality of indigenous people through the details of Captain James Cook's death in the Hawaiian Islands in 1779^[30]
• Prof. Senarath Paranavithana – pioneering archaeologist and epigraphist of Sri Lanka; once the archaeological commissioner^[96]
• Prof. Anuradha Seneviratna – Sri Lankan scholar^[97]
• Prof. Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah – professor of anthropology (1955–1960); leading social anthropologist and Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Harvard University;^[98] recipient of the Balzan Prize,^[99] the highest recognition of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland,^[100] the Huxley Memorial Medal and Lecture,^[101] and the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize by the city of Fukuoka, capital of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan;^[102] Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy^[103]
• Prof. A. J. Wilson – author; chair of political science at University of Peradeniya; Head of the Department of Political Science, University of New Brunswick at Fredericton^[104]

Librarians

• H. A. I. Goonetilleke – director of the University of Peradeniya library; first chairman of the Gratiaen Trust; scholar^[105]

Sportsmen and sports administrators

• D. H. de Silva – first class cricketer, sports administrator and coach^[106]

External links

• Official website of the University of Peradeniya
• Alumni Association of the University of Peradeniya

Notes and References

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5. Web site: Dayan Jayatilleka Profile Page . Intellectual Network for the South . 2008 . 12 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080930111328/http://www.insouth.org/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=164 . 30 September 2008 .
6. Web site: When Kadirgamar was killed, the Indian Prime Minister was moved to tears . The Island . 2005 . 24 May 2010.
7. Web site: Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932–2005) . . 2005 . 24 May 2010.
8. Web site: W. J. S. Karunaratne secy. to president . The Island . 2003 . 13 January 2011.
9. Web site: His Excellency Mr. W J S Karunaratne presented his credentials to Her Excellency The Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, the Governor General of Canada . . 2006 . 13 January 2011.
10. Web site: The Role of the Speaker of Parliament: W.J.M.Lokubandara – Lawyer, Poet, Song Writer, Author, Humanist & Philosopher . . 2008 . 8 June 2010.
11. Web site: Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero. sadahamsevana.org. 30 October 2011.
12. Web site: Vice Chancellor of Jaffna University Ratnajeevan Hoole questions the warnings issued by the Messenger of Deaths in Japan . . 2006 . 30 May 2010.
13. Web site: Neelan Tiruchelvam 'A Sharp Mind and Full of Conviction' by The Times London . . 2008 . 30 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407081553/http://anandasangary.com/?p=491 . 7 April 2014 . dead .
14. Web site: Ambassador to China Ranjith Uyangoda presented credentials to Chinese President. Asiantribune. 4 September 2011.
15. Web site: Rajasingham. K.T.. Sri Lanka's Gentleman Diplomat – Ranjit Uyangoda. Asiantribune. 4 September 2011.
16. Web site: Parliament profile . . 2006 . 8 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100609222138/http://www.parliament.lk/directory_of_members/ViewMember.do?memID=115 . 9 June 2010 .
17. Web site: Situating history and The Historian's Craft . InfoLanka . 2001 . 13 June 2010.
18. Web site: Interview with Professor K.N.O. Dharmadasa, Editor-in-Chief, Sinhala Encyclopaedia . . 2005 . 13 June 2010.
19. Web site: Gishan Dissanaike: Director of the MPhil in Finance Programme . . 2010 . 14 June 2010.
20. 'DISSANAIKE, Prof. Gishan Romesh', Who's Who 2011, A & C Black, 2011; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2010 ; online edn, Oct 2010 accessed 13 December 2010
21. News: Shelton Gunaratne: Home Page . . 2009 . 13 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100527175736/http://www.mnstate.edu/gunarat/ . 27 May 2010 .
22. News: Sri Lanka's gift to the world of Music . Minnesota Friendship Foundation . 2008 . 13 June 2010 .
23. Web site: World renowned professionals due here to attend 'Chemtech' confab . The Sunday Observer . 2007 . 14 June 2010.
24. Web site: Remembering Professor Ashley Halpe . 2022-10-18.
25. News: Rich, varied collection of documents . Centre for Policy Alternatives, Sri Lanka . 2009 . 13 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100513022532/http://www.cpalanka.org/tharea.php?th=1 . 13 May 2010 .
26. News: Warnakulasuriya. Saman. 16 November 2011. Leading dental expert concerned about UK mouth cancer survival rates. Dental Tribune International. 11 May 2021.
27. News: Saman. Warnakulasuriya. 2006. If in doubt, get checked out. British Dental Journal volume.
28. News: Professor Imiya.M.Kamala Liyanage Rich, varied collection of documents . Sunday Observer . 16 October 2005 . 16 October 2008 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605192424/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2005/10/16/fea19.html . 5 June 2011 .
29. Web site: David J Kalupahana . Dharmavenue.com . 2009 . 13 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080724004919/http://www.dharmaavenue.com/faces-lives/david-kalupahana.htm . 24 July 2008 .
30. Web site: Gananath Obeyesekere official website. gananathobeyesekere.org. 15 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100607072440/http://www.gananathobeyesekere.org/. 7 June 2010. dead.
31. Web site: The Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. pdn.ac.lk. 2016-02-13.
32. Web site: Michael Roberts - Papers, mainly on Sri Lanka ca. 1800-1999. adelaide.edu.au. 2022-10-18.
33. vide Daily News, 10 April 2012
34. Web site: Studies on The Press in Sri Lanka and South Asia . International Centre for Ethnic Studies . 2009 . 13 June 2010.
35. Web site: Official website . Anuradhaseneviratne.com . 2008 . 13 June 2010.
36. News: Sudharshan Seneviratne . Archaeologicaltrs.com . 2009 . 13 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140715231715/http://archaeologicaltrs.com/scholars.html#seneviratne%20anchor . 15 July 2014 . dead .
37. Web site: Lovely man who dedicated his life for the environment and literature – Prof. Pandula Andagama . 2021-06-26 . Divaina.
38. Web site: From a quiet love affair to wedding bells . 2021-06-27 . Sunday Observer.
39. Web site: Profile of Prof. S.B.S. Abayakoon . . 2008 . 13 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090907153416/http://www.civil.pdn.ac.lk/acstaff/abajako.html . 7 September 2009 .
40. Web site: Professor Sarath Amunugama, assumes duties as Vice-Chancellor of University of Kelaniya . . 2007 . 13 June 2010.
41. Web site: Thermo Book Preface-Professor C. L. V. Jayathilake . rshanthini.com . 2005 . 13 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090902121800/http://www.rshanthini.com/tmp/ThermoBook/ThermoBookPreface.pdf . 2 September 2009 .
42. Web site: Sixty two SLIIT students receive honours at Sheffield Hallam University . The Sunday Times. 2005 . 13 June 2010.
43. Web site: Prof. Panditharatne conferred highest degree by SUSL . The Island . 2009 . 1 August 2010.
44. Web site: Dr. Indira Samarasekera : President's Award Winner–2007. cslbcbiz.com . 2005 . 13 June 2010.
45. Web site: A discussion with Prof.Chandima Wijebandara . . 2010 . 13 June 2010.
46. Web site: Commission Members . www.ugc.ac.lk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100418074302/http://www.ugc.ac.lk/en/about-us/commissionmembers.html . 2010-04-18.
47. [Nalin de Silva]
48. Web site: An international conference on "Advances in continuum mechanics . . 2008 . 13 June 2010.
49. Web site: Virginia University honours Lankan Scientist Aloka Abey Bandara – Developed an Antibiotic vaccine to control infectious Brucellosis . Sinhala.net . 2008 . 13 June 2010.
50. Web site: Malik Peiris on Containing SARS and Watching for What's Next . Sciencewatch.com . 2008 . 13 June 2010.
51. Web site: Monsoon Journal . Monsoon Journal . 2008 . 13 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928114418/http://www.monsoonjournal.com/files/MJ_Dec2006_Web.pdf . 28 September 2007 .
52. Web site: Yatigammana . Gavithri . 2021-12-17 . ‘I Aspire to Inspire Before I Expire.’ Dr Anne Perera written by Gavithri Yatigammana . 2024-07-17 . ශ්‍රී LankaNZ . en.
53. Web site: Royal Bankers Club launched . The Sunday Times. 2009 . 13 June 2010.
54. Web site: Janaka rejects police bodyguards Firmly believes in military victory against LTTE, The Island . The Island . 2008 . 13 June 2010.
55. Web site: Eye clinics organized Captain NAN Sarathsena, under the auspices of the Commander, Northern Naval Area, Rear Admiral SR Samaratunga.
56. Web site: That meteoric rise in the Police Dept. . The Sunday Times. 1998 . 13 June 2010.
57. Web site: Gunadasa Amarasekera: The dentist – philosopher rooted in Sinhala soil . InfoLanka . 2009 . 13 June 2010.
58. Web site: The countdown begins for Gratiaen Prize . The Sunday Times. 2010 . 14 June 2010.
59. Web site: International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2005 . Impacdublinaward.ie . 2009 . 13 June 2010.
60. Web site: The Gratiaen Prize 1993–2007 . Gratiaen.com . 2009 . 13 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090614032706/http://www.gratiaen.com/thegratiaenprize1993-07.html . 14 June 2009 .
61. Web site: Books by Sinharaja Tammita Delgoda . Indiaplaza.in . 2009 . 13 June 2010.
62. Web site: JB new Ambassador to Thailand . The Nation . 2007 . 13 June 2010.
63. Web site: Siri Gunasinghe felicitated . Daily News . 2010 . 13 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110212190115/http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/04/07/art01.asp . 12 February 2011 .
64. Web site: D. Litt. (Honoris Causa) for Prof. Kusuma Karunaratne . The Sunday Times. 2009 . 13 June 2010.
65. Web site: Gunasena Galappatty official website . Official Website . 2008 . 13 June 2010.
66. Web site: Farewell to a friend, critic and academic . The Sunday Times. 1998 . 13 June 2010.
67. Web site: Trilicia Finishes Acting . The Sunday Times. 1999 . 13 June 2010.
68. Web site: Haththa: Painting the drama of the street . Official Website . 2009 . 13 June 2010 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20091103054627/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/11/01/fea03.asp . 3 November 2009 .
69. Web site: Dharmasena Pathiraja biography. 2006 . Ginger, Edward. https://web.archive.org/web/20060220042746/http://www.geocities.com/dharmasenapathiraja/index.html. 20 February 2006.
70. Web site: Somalatha Subasinghe: Creator of quality children's entertainment . The Sunday Observer . 2008 . 13 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110122162113/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/11/16/jun03.asp . 22 January 2011 . live .
71. Web site: When a dumb wife becomes talkative . The Sunday Observer . 2009 . 13 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004618/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/01/04/spi15.asp . 11 October 2012 . live .
72. Web site: Stanley Kirinde (1930–2009) . StanleyKirinde.com . 2009 . 13 June 2010.
73. Web site: The World of Stanley Kirinde by SinhaRaja Tammita Delgoda : Commemorating a great artist . The Sunday Observer . 2005 . 13 June 2010.
74. Web site: Tasteful and understated elegance… A Cursory Glance at Tilak Samarawickrema's Ink of Lanka . The Island . 2009 . 13 June 2010.
75. Web site: Dr Tanya Ekanayaka makes history marking international women's day. 2022-10-18.
76. Web site: Bridget Halpe: A life of music for 50 years . The Sunday Times. 2010 . 14 June 2010.
77. Web site: Ven. Bogoda Seelawimala Thero new Sanghanayake of Great Britain . Official Government News Portal . 2008 . 13 June 2010.
78. Web site: Accesstoinsight.org short biography . Accesstonight.org . 2008 . 13 June 2010.
79. News: Sivaram Dharmeratnam: A Journalist's life . . Whitaker, Mark . 29 April 2005 . 2 October 2006 . Mark Whitaker (anthropologist) .
80. Web site: Appreciation: H.H. Bandara . InfoLanka . 1998 . 13 June 2010.
81. Web site: Susantha de Alwis passes away . InfoLanka . 2008 . 13 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605010537/http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/12/23/news29.asp . 5 June 2011 .
82. Web site: Rising like Phoenix from the Ashes . The Daily News . 2008 . 13 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090902030935/http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/11/25/bus31.asp . 2 September 2009 .
83. Web site: Attorney General: C. R. De Silva . attorneygeneral.gov.lk . 2007 . 16 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090408152654/http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.lk/Profiles/ProfileAG.htm . 8 April 2009 .
84. Web site: Small innovative projects can do wonders – Lalith Weeratunga . . 1998 . 13 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722145948/http://www.icta.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=403%3Asmall-innovative-projects-can-do-wonders-lalith-weeratunga&catid=45%3Apress-releases&Itemid=78&lang=en . 22 July 2011 .
85. Web site: Wilhelm Woutersz, Dutch Burgher Union President BY J. B. Muller . InfoLanka . 2003 . 13 June 2010.
86. Web site: Peradeniya alumni AGM on March 23 . The Sunday Times . 2008 . 14 June 2010.
87. Web site: Sri Lanka Sinhalese Family Genealogy: Aluwihare Family . RootsWeb . 1 August 2010.
88. Web site: Sri Lanka through the Eyes of Adele Barker . Thewip.net . 2010 . 8 June 2010.
89. Web site: Who was Senaka Bibile? . Rootsweb . 2006 . 7 June 2010.
90. Web site: Warren Ranjithan Breckenridge 1938–2009 . National Academy of Sciences, Sri Lanka . 2009 . 8 June 2010.
91. Web site: A tribute to our foremost historian-Dr. Sarath Amunugama MP . International Centre for Ethnic Studies . 1998 . 13 June 2010.
92. Web site: The Island – Midweek Review.
93. Web site: Distinguished physicist was a great teacher and complete gentleman: Professor George Alexander Dissanaike . The Sunday Times. 14 June 2010.
94. Web site: The first ever English medium Encyclopedia of Buddhism . Lake House . 2009 . 14 January 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110521222106/http://www.lakehouse.lk/mihintalava/sasana03.htm . 21 May 2011 . dead .
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