Handunnetti Rannulu Piyasiri (known as H. R. Piyasiri) was a

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and a member of the Southern Province Council. He is also the current Sri Lankan

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Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

. He was the State Minister of Labor and Vocational Training and was also one time Chairman of Lotteries Board. He was educated at

Nalanda College Colombo ''Āpadāna Sobhinī Panñā'' , motto_translation = Character Illumines Wisdom , established = , founder = Patrick de Silva Kularatne , type = National , grades = 1 ...

. While at school he played for First XI cricket team in 1960 that was captained by Gamini Jayawickrama Perera.

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