Ampara (Digamadulla) Electoral District is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Ampara in the Eastern province. The district currently elects 7 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 436,148 registered electors in 2010.
Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. The current Minister of Transport,she is a Member of Parliament from the Ratnapura District.
Watareke Arachchilage Wiswa Warnapala was a Sri Lankan politician,Minister of Higher Education and member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Gampaha electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Gampaha in the Western province. The district currently elects 18 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 1,785,964 registered electors in 2020.
Polonnaruwa electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Polonnaruwa in the North Central province. The district currently elects 5 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 280,337 registered electors in 2010.
Kegalle electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Kegalle in the Sabaragamuwa province. The district currently elects 9 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 613,938 registered electors in 2010.
Kamal Abeysinghe is a Sri Lankan banker and a social entrepreneur. He is the founder and current chairman of EDEX.
Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the seventh Governor of the North Western Province of Sri Lanka and a former member of the Sri Lankan Parliament.
Ashoka Abeysinghe is a Sri Lankan politician,a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He belongs to the United National Party. He was the first mayor of Kurunegala from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party,and later joined the United National Party. He was appointed the Deputy Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation after United National Party won the 2015 general elections.
The Kala Keerthi is a Sri Lankan national honour awarded "for extraordinary achievements and contributions in arts,culture and drama". It is the highest national honour for arts,culture and drama in Sri Lanka. It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Kala Keerthi ranks lower than Vidya Jyothi.
Sri Lanka competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil,from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics,with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Six of the nation's Olympic editions were previously designated as Ceylon.
Ronald Abeysinghe was the former Serjeant-at-Arms of the Sri Lankan Parliament from 1970 to 1996.
The Bandaranaike family is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in politics. Along with many members who have been successful politician across generations,the family includes three Prime Ministers and one President of Sri Lanka.
Matthew Duncan Abeysinghe is a competitive swimmer who has represented Sri Lanka at numerous international competitions. Abeysinghe trained under his coach and father,Manoj Abeysinghe,with Killer Whale Aquatics,until his departure for higher education,where he resumed his training at Ohio State University in the US. Abeysinghe is regarded as the greatest swimmer and one of the most accomplished athletes Sri Lanka has ever produced.
Dharmasiri Alwis Senanayake was a Sri Lankan politician and member of parliament.
Amathagodage Don Hiroshi Abeysinghe is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer and internationally qualified cricket coach.
Kyle Abeysinghe is a Sri Lankan national swimmer who has represented his country at several international competitions. At the domestic level,Abeysinghe holds numerous national records,has been national champion several times,and is a member of the Killer Whale Aquatic Club,under his coach and father,Manoj Abeysinghe.
Alexander Nicholas de Abrew Abeysinge was a Ceylonese politician.
Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka,also abbreviated as IBSL,is a professional apex body of the banking education in Sri Lanka. It is one of the prominent institutes which carryout banking courses for the students and it is closely associated with Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The institute was formally established as Bankers' Training Institute in 1964 by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Bankers' Training Institute was reincorporated in 1979 as Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka under the provisions of Parliament Act no 26 of 1979.
Sri Lanka competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020,the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021,because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's eighteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics,with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Seven of the nation's previous Olympic appearances were under the name Ceylon.
