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Signature. Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Anura Kumara Dissanayake[ a ] (born 24 November 1968), commonly referred to by his initials AKD, is a Sri Lankan politician serving as the tenth president of Sri Lanka since 2024. [ 1 ][ 2 ] He is the current party leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the National People's Power.
University of Sri Lanka. The University of Sri Lanka was a public university in Sri Lanka. Established in 1972 by amalgamating the four existing universities, it was the only university in Sri Lanka from 1972 until 1978. The university was based at six campuses in Colombo, Peradeniya, Sri Jayewardenepura, Kelaniya, Moratuwa and Jaffna.
Residence (s) 40 D, Balanagala Road, Katugastota, Sri Lanka. Alma mater. Nalanda College, Colombo Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. Profession. Professor in Chemistry. Professor Jayantha Lal Ratnasekera (born November 1962) is a Sri Lankan academic. He has served as the Vice Chancellor of Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, from ...
Formation (1946–1952) [] D. S. Senanayake, the founder of the party. The UNP was founded by Don Stephen Senanayake in 1946 by amalgamating three right-leaning, pro-dominion parties from the majority Sinhalese community and minority Tamil and Muslim communities. [ 6 ] Senanayake had earlier resigned from the Ceylon National Congress due to its ...
Higher education in Sri Lanka is an optional final stage of formal learning following secondary education. Higher education, also referred to as tertiary education occurs most commonly universities or degree-granting institutions. These may be public universities, public and private degree-granting institutions which award their own degrees or ...
The University of Sri Lanka was abolished and its six campuses were each elevated to independent, autonomous universities in their own right: University of Peradeniya, University of Colombo, University of Sri Jayewardenepura (Vidyodaya), University of Kelaniya (Vidyalankara), University of Moratuwa (Katubedda) and University of Jaffna.
Major General Jeewaka Ruwan Kulatunga, RSP, ndc, psc, (also known as J R Kulatunga) is a retired Sri Lankan general.He served as the Chief of National Intelligence having served as the Commandant of the Defence Services Command and Staff College [1] [2] and the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University.
A pirivena (plural: piriven) is a monastic college for the education of monks in Sri Lanka. In ancient time, they were also centers of secondary and higher education for lay people. As of 2018, 753 piriven have been founded and maintained by the Ministry of Education. [1] Young monks undergo training at these piriven prior to their ordination.