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Relatives. Wijewardene family. Philip Upali Wijewardene (17 February 1938–13 February 1983: Sinhala: උපාලි විජේවර්ධන) was a Sri Lankan business magnate and entrepreneur. In 1983, Wijewardene had a net worth of US $50 million. He was the founder and chairman of Upali Group, the first multi-national business in Sri ...
Sri Lanka. Upali Newspapers (Private) Limited (UNL) is a Sri Lankan media company which publishes a number of national newspapers and magazines. UNL was founded by Upali Wijewardene, nephew of media mogul D. R. Wijewardena. [1] Upali Wijewardene started publishing two Sunday newspapers, Sunday Island and Divaina Irida Sangrahaya, in 1981. [1]
Upali Air was founded at the end of the 1960s by Sri Lankan entrepreneur Upali Wijewardene. [1] This businessman was well known for his skill in buying companies on the brink of bankruptcy and making them successful. Upali Air began operating with a single 20-seat De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter airplane. Later other small airplanes were ...
Madol Doova (Sinhala: මඩොල් දූව is a children's novel and coming-of-age story written by Sri Lankan writer Martin Wickramasinghe and first published in 1947. The book recounts the misadventures of Upali Giniwella and his friends on the Southern coast of Sri Lanka during the 1890s. It later describes the efforts of Upali and his ...
Hindu Religious Magazine Tharunie: Sinhala: Weekly: Associated Newspapers of Ceylon: Women's weekly Torque & Throttle Magazine: English: Monthly: T&T Media/Associated Newspapers of Ceylon: 2016: 45,000: Automotive Lifestyle Magazine Vaikarai: Tamil: Weekly: Vaikarai Media Unit: Eastern Province News Vidusara: Sinhala: Weekly: Upali Newspapers ...
The Island is a daily English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka. It is published by Upali Newspapers. A sister newspaper of Divaina, The Island was established in 1981. Its Sunday edition, Sunday Island, commenced publishing in 1991. [1] The daily newspaper currently has a circulation of 70,000 and its Sunday edition, 103,000 per issue. [2]
Rickman House, Colombo, Arcadia, Diyatalawa, Adisham Hall. The Wijewardene family[1] is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in enterprise and politics. Along with many members who have been successful politician across generations, the family includes two Chief Justices, two Prime Ministers and two Presidents of Sri Lanka.
Initiation. Anupiyā. by the Buddha. Upāli (Sanskrit and Pāli) was a monk, one of the ten chief disciples of the Buddha [1] and, according to early Buddhist texts, the person in charge of the reciting and reviewing of monastic discipline (Pāli and Sanskrit: vinaya) on the First Buddhist Council. Upāli belongs to the barber community.