Senaka Bibile was a Sri Lankan pharmacologist. He was the founder of Sri Lanka's drug policy,which was used as a model for development of policies based on rational pharmaceutical use in other countries as well by the World Health Organization,the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Non-Aligned Movement. Due to the far reaching effects of his proposals and policies,he has been called the 'greatest medical benefactor of humanity that Sri Lanka has hitherto produced'.
Ellalan was a member of the Tamil Chola dynasty in Southern India,also known as "Manu Needhi Cholan",who upon capturing the throne became king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom,in present-day Sri Lanka,from 205 BCE to 161 BCE.
The University of Peradeniya is a public university in Sri Lanka,funded by the University Grants Commission. It is the largest university in Sri Lanka,which was originally established as the University of Ceylon in 1942. The university was officially opened on 20 April 1954,in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II,by Prince Philip,Duke of Edinburgh.
Deshamanya Priyani Elizabeth Soysa was a Sri Lankan scientist who was Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics of the University of Colombo and the first woman to be appointed to a professorial chair in Sri Lanka.
Deshamanya Nissanka Parakrama Wijeyeratne,known as Nissanka Wijeyeratne,was a Sri Lankan politician,civil servant,diplomat and English language poet. He was also the Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa,Kandy from 1975 to 1985. At the time of death he was serving as the chairman of The Law and Society Trust in Sri Lanka.
Rajarata University of Sri Lanka is a public university located in the historic city of Mihintale,near Anuradhapura,Sri Lanka. The Rajarata University of Sri Lanka was established as the eleventh University in Sri Lanka and was opened on 31 January 1996 by President Chandrika Kumaratunga.
Sri Lanka has a free and universal health care system. It scores higher than the regional average in healthcare having a high Life expectancy and a lower maternal and infant death rate than its neighbors. It is known for having one of the world's earliest known healthcare systems and has its own indigenous medicine system.
Sarath Leelananda Bandara Amunugama,MP,SLAS is a Sri Lankan politician and civil servant. He was the Cabinet Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning until April 2010. He is a Member of Parliament from the Kandy District for the United People's Freedom Alliance in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Kalutara Vidyalaya is a Buddhist boys' school in Kalutara,Sri Lanka. The college was founded in 1941 by Sir Cyril de Zoysa. It is a national school providing primary and secondary education.
Inter-University Students' Federation is a confederation of students' unions across Sri Lanka. Around 70 students' unions are affiliated with the confederation,accounting for more than 95% of all higher and further education unions in Sri Lanka. The IUSF is the organization that is given leadership to whole university students in Sri Lanka. It is the largest student organization in Sri Lanka to date. It represents the voice of student councils and action committees in 15 higher education institutes including all major universities and technical colleges in Sri Lanka.
Faculty of Medicine is one of the nine faculties in University of Peradeniya. It is considered to be one of the leading medical faculties in Sri Lanka which requires the highest entry qualification in GCE Advanced Level examination. It is the second faculty of Medicine in Sri Lanka.
Saman Gunatilake,FRCP,FCCP is a Sri Lankan physician,academic and neurologist.
Professor Nimal Senanayake is a Sri Lankan neurologist,physician,author,film and television scriptwriter and academic.
Berty Premalal Dissanayake was the chief Minister of the North Central Province of Sri Lanka from June 1999 to 2012. He was of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and part of the United People's Freedom Alliance. He died on 27 September 2013.
Rajarata [rādja ra tə] was one of three historical regions of the island of Sri Lanka for about 1,700 years from the 6th century BCE to the early 13th century CE. Several ancient cities,including Tambapanni,Upatissa Nuwara,Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa,were established as capitals within the area by successive rulers. Rajarata was under the direct administration of the King. Two other areas,Mayarata and Ruhunurata,were ruled by the king's brothers "Mapa" and "Epa". The Magha invasion in the 13th century brought about the end of the Rajarata kingdom.
Richard Pathirana was a Sri Lankan politician and educationist. He was the minister for education and higher education from 1994 to 2000 and the minister for state administration,home affairs and administration reforms from 2000 to 2001 in the cabinets of Chandrika Kumaratunga.
Kulahath Sisira Jayawilal de Abrew is a sitting Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka who was appointed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2014 to replace Justice Nimal Gamini Amaratunga. In May 2016 de Abrew was appointed to the Judicial Service Commission by President Maithripala Sirisena.
In Sri Lanka,a Non-cabinet minister is politician who is a Minister,but not a member of the Cabinet of Ministers. A non-cabinet minister is ranked below a cabinet minister,but above a deputy minister. A non-cabinet minister can be in charge of a ministry,be attached a ministry of a cabinet minister or be without a ministry. A cabinet minister may hold another non-cabinet minister post with a different subject concurrently.
