2019 Sri Lankan national honours
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 Ranajana
- S. Arulkumaran
- Cumaraswamy Sivathasan
- David Alexander Young
References
- "PART I : SECTION (I) – GENERAL Government Notifications NATIONAL HONOURS" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. No. 2137/01. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Government of Sri Lanka. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- Fernando, Lahiru (20 August 2019). "President confers 'National Honours' on 70 distinguished personalities". Daily News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- "National honours conferred on 66 Sri Lankan citizens". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- "President honours outstanding citizens at National Awards ceremony". News First. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- "Outstanding personalities felicitated..." Ada Derana. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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