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W. K. H. Wegapitiya
Deshabandu Dr. Wegapitiya Kattadiyalage Hemachandra Wegapitiya, known professionally as Dr. W.K.H. Wegapitiya, is a Sri Lankan entrepreneur. He is one of the founders and the current chairman of LAUGFS Holdings, LAUGFS Holdings Limited. See also * LAUGFS Holdings * Sri Lanka Telecom References Deshabandu Living people Sinhalese people Sri Lankan businesspeople Year of birth missing (living people) {{SriLanka-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LAUGFS Holdings
LAUGFS Holdings Limited is a Conglomerate (company), diversified conglomerate from Sri Lanka and has since expanded overseas. Laugfs Holdings is mainly engaged in Energy industry, Energy, retail, Industrial sector, Industrial and manufacturing, Hospitality industry, Hospitality, Real estate, logistics, pharmaceuticals and several other sectors. Sectors Power and energy ''LAUGFS Gas, LAUGFS Gas PLC'' () is a publicly listed company engaged in Downstream (petroleum industry), downstream activities and Liquefied petroleum gas, Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) related activities. Created in 2001 when the Sri Lankan government liberalized the LPG industry it soon expanded and was listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange in 2010. ''LAUGFS Power'' is engaged in Electricity generation, power generation from Renewable energy, renewable sources such as Solar power, Solar and Hydroelectricity, Hydro. ''LAUGFS Petroleum'' (Pvt) Limited was incorporated in 2004 as a fully owned subsidiary of LAUG ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinnawala Central College
Pinnawala Central College ( Sinhala: පින්නවල මධ්ය මහා විද්යාලය ''Pinnawala Madhya Mahā Vidyālaya'') (Tamil: பின்னவல மத்திய மஹா கல்லூரி ''Pinnawala Maththiya Maha Kalloori'') also known as the Pinnawala National School or Pinnawala Central is a public school near Pinnawala in Sri Lanka. The college is located approximately from Rambukkana and approximately from Kegalle. The college is funded by the Ministry of Education, which appoints its principal, and falls within the Mawanella Education zone. The principal is the head of the administration of the college and is assisted by a vice principal. The college educates close to 2,800 students for their secondary education (Grade 6-13).The college hostels are administered by the warden under the supervision of the principal and assisted by a sub-warden. History Pinnawala Central College was established in 1882 as the 'Government Boys' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Sri Jayewardenepura
''Vijja Uppattam Setta'' , mottoeng = Among all that arise, knowledge is the greatest , established = , undergrad = 14,750 , postgrad = 3560 , administrative_staff = 3950 , city = Nugegoda , country = Sri Lanka , campus = Main premises at Gangodawila , chancellor = Ittapana Dhammalankara Anu Nayake Maha Thero , vice_chancellor = Prof. Sudantha Liyanage , coordinates = , academic_affiliation = University Grants Commission (Sri Lanka), Association of Commonwealth Universities, International Association of Universities , accreditation = University Grants Commission (Sri Lanka) , sporting_affiliations = Sri Lanka University Games , website = , logo = University of Sri Jayewardenepura logo.png , logo_upright = .7 , logo_size = The University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deshabandu
Deshabandu ( si, දේශබන්දු, translit=dēśabandu; ta, தேசபந்து, translit=Tēcapantu, translation=Patriot) is the third highest Sri Lankan honours system, national honour awarded in Sri Lanka. It is awarded "for meritorious service". The title is held by no more than 150 living holders at any time. It is conferred with a citation and a silver medal with a symbol of a peacock. It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Deshabandu ranks lower than Deshamanya. Awardees Awardees include: ;1986 * Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne * Hewa Komanage Dharmadasa * Norendradas Jayaratnam Wallooppillai * Daphne Attygalle * Wimala de Silva * A. Y. S. Gnanam, Arulanandam Yesuadian Samuel Gnanam * David Edwin Hettiarachchi * Dhamital Senakumar Jayasundera * Clara Motwani ;1987 * Bulathsinhelage Sirisena Cooray * James Ernest Ivan Corea * Albert Edirisinghe * Don Jinadasa Attygalle * Siva Chinnatamby * Lena Charlotte Fernando * Mohamed Thas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka Telecom
SLT-MOBITEL (formerly known as Sri Lanka Telecom, si, ශ්රී ලංකා ටෙලිකොම්, Śrī Laṃkā Ṭelikom, ta, ஸ்ரீலங்கா டெலிகொம்) is the national telecommunications services provider in Sri Lanka and one of the country's largest companies with an annual turnover in excess of Rs 40 billion. The company provides domestic and corporate services which include fixed and wireless telephony, Internet access and IT services to domestic, public and business sector customers. History SLTMOBITEL (formerly Sri Lanka Telecom) has a history of over 160 years, having started its operations in 1858 with the establishment of the first Telegraphic Circuit between Galle and Colombo. In the same year, it established its first international Telegraph Communication between then called Ceylon, and India. Since then, Sri Lanka Telecom has passed several milestones, including: in 1991 Sri Lanka Telecom became a Corporation and in 1997 the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Sinhalese People
Sinhalese people ( si, සිංහල ජනතාව, Sinhala Janathāva) are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group native to the island of Sri Lanka. They were historically known as Hela people ( si, හෙළ). They constitute about 75% of the Sri Lankan population and number more than 16.2 million. The Sinhalese identity is based on language, cultural heritage and nationality. The Sinhalese people speak Sinhala, an insular Indo-Aryan language, and are predominantly Theravada Buddhists, although a minority of Sinhalese follow branches of Christianity and other religions. Since 1815, they were broadly divided into two respective groups: The 'Up-country Sinhalese' in the central mountainous regions, and the 'Low-country Sinhalese' in the coastal regions; although both groups speak the same language, they are distinguished as they observe different cultural customs. According to the Mahavamsa and the Dipavamsa, a third–fifth century treatise written in Pali by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lankan Businesspeople
Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Marathi, Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian), Javanese, Balinese, Sinhala, Thai, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Nepali, Malayalam, Kannada, Sanskrit, Pali, Khmer, and also among Philippine languages. It is usually transliterated as ''Sri'', ''Sree'', ''Shri'', Shiri, Shree, ''Si'', or ''Seri'' based on the local convention for transliteration. The term is used in Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia as a polite form of address equivalent to the English "Mr." in written and spoken language, but also as a title of veneration for deities or as honorific title for local rulers. Shri is also another name for Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, while a ''yantra'' or a mystical diagram popularly used to worship her is called Shri Yantra. Etymology Monier-Williams Dictionary gives the meaning of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
