National honours conferred on 66 Sri Lankan citizens
View(s):Economists, entrepreneurs, business and management professionals were among those who were conferred with national honours by President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday.
The full list is as follows:
Deshamanya – Ajita de Zoysa, Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Merrill J. Fernando, Christopher Walter Pinto, Mohan Munasinghe and Surath Wickramasinghe.
Deshabandu – Anura Tennekoon, Anselm Perera, Raja Sarath Bandara, Lakshman Dissanayake, Nimal Sanderatne, Shiroma Niriella, Mohomed Ruwaiz Latiff, Sugath Thilakarathne, Edwin Ariyadasa and Wimal Dissanayake.
Vidya Jyothi – Arjuna de Silva, Bandula Chandranath Wijesiriwardena, Prasad Katulanda, Vajira Dissanayake, Mandika Wijeyaratne and Asita de Silva.
Kala Keerthi – Jerome de Silva, Ravibandhu Vidyapathy, Sathischandra Edirisinghe, Jayantha Chandrasiri, Ariyawansa Ranaweera, Rathna Sri Wijesinghe, Anoja Weerasinghe, Leel Gunasekera and Hetti Arachchige Karunaratne.
Sri Lanka Sikhamani – Anil Abeywickrama, Anula Wijesundera, Dian Gomes, Tara de Mel, Dinesh Weerakkody, Lakshman Watawala, Lloyd Fernando and Wimal Karandagoda.
Vidya Nidhi – Joel Arudchelvam, Mangala Gunatilake, Mohamed Sakkaff and Mohamed Rizny.
Kala Suri – Eric Illayapparachchi, Kathiresu Rathitharan, Kiribanda Mahinda Dissanayake, Chandrasiri Perera, Panditha Mudiyanselage Karunarathna Bandara, Ananda Dabare, Kalanie Perera, Mahinda Chandrasekara, Indika Upamali, Karunasiri Wijesinghe and Sumana Aloka Bandara.
Sri Lanka Thilaka – Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala, Thambiah Perinpanayagam, Lalitha Padmini, Ponnambalam Jamunadevi, Mahindadasa Wickramanayaka Karunaratne, Mahinda Madihahewa, Meyan Vamadevan, Dinesh Nishantha Fernando, Premasiri Weliwita, Sathischandra Kumarasinghe and Sarath Chandra de Silva.
Veera Prathapa – Moradeniyalage Eranga Vikumsiri (late) and Heeralu Mohottalalage Keerthi Bandara Padmasiri (late).