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Rajapakse Pathirannehelage Jayaratne Pathirana
Rajapaksa or Rajapakse is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Rajapaksa family, Sri Lankan political dynasty ** Ajith Rajapakse (born 1974), Sri Lankan politician ** Basil Rajapaksa, (born 1951), Sri Lankan politician ** Chamal Rajapaksa (born 1942), Sri Lankan politician ** D. A. Rajapaksa (1905–1967), Ceylonese politician ** D. M. Rajapaksa, (1897–1945), Ceylonese politician ** George Rajapaksa (1926–76), Ceylonese politician ** Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (born 1949), Sri Lankan President ** Gunathilaka Rajapaksha (born 1957), Sri Lankan politician ** Lakshman Rajapaksa (1905–1969), Ceylonese politician ** Mahinda Rajapaksa (born 1945), Sri Lankan President and Prime Minister ** Namal Rajapaksa (born 1986), Sri Lankan politician ** Nirupama Rajapaksa (born 1962), Sri Lankan politician ** Rohitha Rajapaksa (born 1989), Sri Lankan cricketer ** Shasheendra Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan politician ** Thilak Rajapaksha (born 1971), Sri Lankan politician ** W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinhala Language
Sinhala ( ; , ''siṁhala'', ), sometimes called Sinhalese (), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 million. Sinhala is also spoken as the first language by other ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, totalling about 2 million people as of 2001. It is written using the Sinhala script, which is a Brahmic scripts, Brahmic script closely related to the Grantha script of South India. Sinhala is one of the official and national languages of Sri Lanka. Along with Pali, it played a major role in the development of Theravada, Theravada Buddhist literature. The early form of the Sinhala language, is attested as early as the 3rd century BCE. The language of these inscriptions with long vowels and aspirated consonants is a Prakrit similar to Magadhi, a regional associate of the Middle Indian Prakrits that has been used during the time of the Buddha. The closest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohitha Rajapaksa
Rohitha Rajapaksa (born 15 June 1989) is a Sri Lankan and media personality. He is the youngest son of Sri Lanka's former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. He has two elder brothers – Namal and Yoshitha. He was a member of the Sri Lanka Navy Rugby team. He attended S Thomas college in Mt.Lavinia, and completed his bachelor's degree in engineering in Aeronautical Engineering. Later his Masters in Engineering in Space System Engineering from University of Southampton. He obtained a M.Phil. in Mathematical Optimization of Space Debris Mitigation and Strategy Analysis From the University of Colombo. He made his List A cricket debut on 27 October 2021, for Kalutara Town Club in the 2021–22 Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament. See also * Rajapaksa family The Rajapaksa family ( si, රාජපක්ෂ, translit=Rājapakṣa) is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in politics. It was one of Sri Lanka's most powerful families during Mahinda Rajapaksa's presidency, when many m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somaratne Rajapakse
Lance Corporal R. Dewage Somaratne Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan soldier who was sentenced to death for the gang-rape and murder of Krishanti Kumaraswamy and three others. He is currently in prison. Gang rape and murders Krishanti Kumaraswamy was an A-level student Chundikuli Girls' College. At 3pm on 7 September 1996, as Krishanti was returning home after sitting an examination, she was arrested by Corporal Rajapaksa at the army checkpoint on the Jaffna-Kandy Highway at Kaithady. Rajapaksa tied Krishanti's hands together and then he and two other soldiers, W. A. W. Alwis and D. M. Jayathilake, pushed her into a bunker as she screamed. She was subsequently stripped naked. When Krishanti didn't return home her family became concerned and her mother Rassammah, brother Pranavan (Poonrnavan) and family friend Kirupakaran (Sithamparam Kirupamoorthy) went searching for her. They went to the checkpoint and asked if Krishanti was there. Rajapaksa denied that she was there and the family w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nimal Rajapakshe
Nimal Rajapakse is a Sri Lankan-born academic and engineer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is a professor of engineering at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada. Education After a year in a school in his village near Attanagalla, he came to Olcott College and after a year entered Ananda College in grade three. Four generations of his family studied at Ananda College. He gained admission to the University of Ceylon in 1973 from where he graduated with a degree in civil engineering in 1977. He received a scholarship to study at Asian Institute of Technology in 1979, from which he received a master's degree in 1981 and a Doctor of Engineering in 1983. He was a recipient of Thai King's Scholarship for doctoral studies. Asian Institute of Technology honored him as the Notable Alumni Speaker of the May 2017 graduation. Career He was the Vice-President (Research and International) of Carleton University from September 2015 to October 2016. He was a department head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris Rajapaksa
Morris Rajapaksa (b. - d. 1995) was the 3rd Chief Minister of Western Province. He was appointed on 22 August 1994 succeeding Chandrika Kumaratunga, after she was elected as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka The Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the head and most senior member of parliament in the cabinet of ministers. It is the second-most powerful position in Sri Lanka's executive branch behind the president, wh .... Rajapaska served as Chief Minister until his death on 11 July 1995. He was succeeded by Susil Premajayanth. Rajapaksa was an Attorney-at-Law, a member of the Bar Council and was the Treasurer and Vice President of the Colombo Magistrate Courts Lawyer's Association. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rajapaksa, Morris Chief Ministers of Western Province, Sri Lanka 1995 deaths Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians 20th-century Sri Lankan lawyers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalitha Rajapakse
Sir Lalitha Abhaya Rajapaksa, QC (born Louis Alexander Rajapakse; 3 May 1900 – 25 May 1976) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was the first Minister of Justice of Ceylon and a member of the Senate of Ceylon. Early life and education Born Louis Alexander Rajapakse at Herambe Walauwwa in the southern coastal town of Balapitiya, Rajapakse received his primary and secondary education in Ananda College, and Saint Joseph's College, Colombo. He joined the first batch of students to enter the University College, Colombo, where he was the first cricket captain and won the Obeysekara gold medal in athletics in 1922. He graduated in 1922 with a BA degree from the University of London External Programme and proceed to London where he attended University of London. He obtained a Bachelor of Laws in 1924, became a barrister having called to the bar in 1924 from the Lincoln's Inn. In 1925, he achieve the feat of youngest person at the time to receive Doctor of Laws (LLD) in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayan Rajapakse
Chaminda Dayan Rajapakse, British Computer Society, MBCS, IEEE, MIEEE, Computer Society of Sri Lanka, MCS (SL) (8 October 1972 – ) is a Sri Lankan physician, teacher, and businessman. He is the managing director of ESOFT Computer Studies Pvt Ltd (ESOFT), which is a private sector educational institute in Sri Lanka. Educated at Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala; he graduated from the University of Colombo with a MBBS in 1999. In the year 2000, he established ESOFT Computer Studies Pvt ltd.,ESOFT Official website, http://www.esoft.lk/about.php where he conducts lectures for several undergraduate programmes including the University of Colombo School of Computing Bachelor of Information Technology, BIT external Degree, and the BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, BCS Higher Education Qualifications. In 2009, he was elected to the post of Student Counselor of the Computer Society of Sri Lanka for which post he was re-elected for the year 2010.Computer Society of Sri Lanka, http://cs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Pramod Bhanuka Bandara Rajapaksa, (born 24 October 1991), popularly known as Bhanuka Rajapaksa, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays limited over internationals for the national team. He is a left-handed batsman (cricket), batsman who bowls right-arm medium. He was born in Colombo. Despite a prolific domestic career, Rajapaksa only made his international debut when he was called up for the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan in 2019–20, T20I series against Pakistan in 2019, ten years after his First-class cricket, first-class debut. In July 2021, he was given a Suspended sentence, suspended ban from all forms of cricket for one year by the Sri Lanka Cricket for breach of contract and for not gaining required permission from SLC to give media interviews. Early career Rajapaksa began his cricket career as a student of Royal College Colombo. He was a key player in the Royal College team as both a batsman as well as a dependable medium pace bowler. His other sporting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshitha Rajapaksa
Lieutenant Commander Yoshitha Rajapaksa (born 12 June 1988) is a Sri Lankan sportsman and former naval officer. He is the son of the sixth president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa and served as the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. He was a Lieutenant Commander in the Sri Lanka Navy and had been an aide-de-camp to the President. He is one of the owners of Carlton Sports Network one of the several organisations such as Carlton Pre school and Carlton rugby named after the Carlton House of the Rajapaksa. and was a former captain of the Sri Lanka national rugby union team and the Navy SC rugby team. He currently plays for the CH & FC in the Dialog Rugby League. His usual position is Flanker, but can also switch to Number 8. On 30 January 2016, Yoshitha Rajapaksa and several senior executives of the Carlton Sports Network Channel were remanded by the Kaduwela Magistrate on charges of financial crimes including alleged charges on money laundering. Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, MP, PC (born 16 March 1959) is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He is the current Minister of Justice and previously served in the same ministry from 2015 to 2017. He was the Prime Minister's nominee for the Constitutional Council (Sri Lanka) During the 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis, he had briefly served as the Minister of Education and Higher Education and his post was suspended by the court in 2018. Political career In May 2004 he was appointed as a Member of Parliament to represent the ruling Party, Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and was offered the Ministry of Constitutional Affairs which was refused by him. Later he continued as the only Member of Parliament on the government side, without holding any portfolio. Following the 2005 presidential elections, President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed him as the Minister of State Banking Development in November 2005, but he resigned in April 2006 on a matter of policy. He also resigned from the post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thilak Rajapaksha
Raja Manthreelage Thilak Rajapaksha (born 2 May 1971) is a Sri Lankan physician, army officer, politician and Member of Parliament. Rajapaksha was born on 2 May 1971. He served in the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps. He was head of the Ambagahawella Regional Hospital and the Ampara Health Officer's Office and director of Ampara Regional Health Services Office. He is a member of Viyathmaga (Path of the Learned), a pro- Rajapaksa, nationalist group of academics, businesspeople and professionals. Rajapaksha contested the 2020 parliamentary election as a Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance electoral alliance candidate in Ampara District and was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila .... References 1971 births Living people Mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shasheendra Rajapaksa
Shasheendra Kumara Rajapaksa (known as ''Shasheendra Rajapaksa'') is a Sri Lankan politician. He is a Member of Sri Lankan Parliament for Monaragala District and former State Minister of Paddy and Cereals, Organic Food, Vegetables, Fruits, Chilies, Onions and Potatoes, Seed Production and High Tech Agriculture. He was a Provincial Councillor of Uva Province who was Chief Minister of Uva, Chief Minister of Uva Province in Sri Lanka from 2009 to 2015, and former Basnayake Nilame (Lay Custodian) of the Ruhunu Maha Kataragama devalaya. He is the eldest son of Chamal Rajapaksa and nephew of former Presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Rajapaksa lost his position as Chief Minister of Uva Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
