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Upali Wijewardene. 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 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.
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.
The Siam (also Siyamopali and Siyam) Nikaya is a monastic order within Sri Lankan Buddhism, founded by Upali Thera and located predominantly around the city of Kandy. It is so named because it originated within Thailand (formerly known in Sri Lanka as "Siyam Deshaya" and Europe as the "Kingdom of Siam"). The Siyam Nikaya has two major divisions ...
Malini, Rukmani, Pushpa, Jayantha, Priyani and Upali. Deshamanya Hewa Komanage Dharmadasa (17 June 1920 – 10 August 2011), known as Navaloka Mudalali, was a business magnate, philanthropist and chairman of the Navaloka Group of companies. It is one of the leading private sector organizations in Sri Lanka.
In 1981, Upali Newspapers (Private) Limited was launched and he was recruited as an artist for the "Chitramitra" comic magazine by the group. [2] [5] [6] His paintings are found in various museums and galleries abroad, as well as in private collections in Sri Lanka and throughout the world.
Divaina ( Sinhala: දිවයින) is a Sinhala language daily newspaper published by the Upali Newspapers in Sri Lanka. A sister newspaper of The Island , Divaina was established in 1981. [1] Its Sunday edition is the Sunday Divaina. The daily newspaper currently has a circulation of 156,000 and its Sunday edition, 340,000 per issue. [2]