Colombo is the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo metropolitan area has a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 in the city proper. It is the financial centre of the island and a tourist destination. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to the Greater Colombo area which includes Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the legislative capital of Sri Lanka and Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. Colombo is often referred to as the capital since Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is within the urban area of, and a suburb of, Colombo. It is also the administrative capital of the Western Province and the district capital of Colombo District. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life, colonial buildings and monuments.
Sri Lankabhimanya Lakshman Kadirgamar, PC was a Sri Lankan lawyer and statesman. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2001 and again from April 2004 until his assassination in August 2005.
Education in Sri Lanka has a long history that dates back two millennia. While the Constitution of Sri Lanka does not provide free education as a fundamental right, the constitution mentions that 'the complete eradication of illiteracy and the assurance to all persons of the right to universal and equal access to education at all levels" in its section on directive principles of state policy at (27. Sri Lanka's population had an adult literacy rate of 96.3% in 2015, which is above average by world and regional standards.Computer literacy in 2017 28.3% and phone users in 2017 105%, website users 32% in 2017 Education plays a major part in the life and culture of the country. which dates back to 543 BC. Sri Lanka's modern educational system modeled after Christian missionary system was brought about by its integration into the British Empire in the 19th century. Education currently falls under the control of both the Central Government and the Provincial Councils, with some responsibilities lying with the Central Government and the Provincial Council having autonomy for others. education institutions with a tradition dating back to 5 BC are largely ignored by the state.
Dinesh Chandra Rupasinghe Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister, and Leader of House Parliament. He is the current leader of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP). He was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Relations following the 2020 parliamentary election.
Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe, CCS was a Sri Lankan diplomat and civil servant. He was the Ceylon's High Commissioner to India and concurrently Ambassador to both Nepal and Afghanistan (1963–1967) and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & Treasury and the Ministry of Health. Amerasinghe served as Ceylon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations 1967 to 1980 and served as President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1976. He was also one of the leaders of the negotiations to draft the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Gajendrakumar Gangaser Ponnambalam is a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament. He is the leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress, a member of the Tamil National People's Front.
Nambukara Helambage Rajitha Harischandra Senaratne is a Sri Lankan dentist, politician, member of parliament and former cabinet minister. He is currently a member of parliament representing Kalutara district
The University of Jaffna is a public university in the city of Jaffna in Sri Lanka. Established in 1974 as the sixth campus of the University of Sri Lanka, it became an independent, autonomous university in 1979. Like all public universities in Sri Lanka, UoJ receives the bulk of its funding from the University Grants Commission (UGC), part of the Ministry of Higher Education in Colombo. The UGC and the central government therefore exert a great deal of control over the university.
Mathiaparanan Abraham Sumanthiran is a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament.
Dayan Jayatilleka is a leftist Sri Lankan academic, diplomat, writer and politician.
The British Deputy High Commission, Chennai is the United Kingdom diplomatic mission with responsibility for southern India, namely, the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. The Deputy High Commissioner is equivalent to a Consul-General, and reports to the British High Commission. The current Deputy High Commissioner is Oliver Ballhatchet. He succeeds Jeremy Pilmore-Bedford.
Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam Vigneswaran, PC is a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, judge, politician and Member of Parliament. After practising law for more than 15 years, Vigneswaran was a member of the judiciary for 25 years. He was a magistrate and a judge of the District Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. He was Chief Minister of the Northern Province from October 2013 to October 2018. He was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in August 2020. Vigneswaran is leader of the Tamil People's Alliance and the Tamil People's National Alliance.
Dharmalingam Siddarthan is a Sri Lankan Tamil militant turned politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament. He is the leader of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam, a member of the Tamil National Alliance.
M. Velu Kumar is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial minister and Member of Parliament.
Suren Raghavan is a Sri Lankan academic and former Governor of the Northern Province. He is of biethnic heritage, although classed as Sri Lankan Tamil due to paternal descent.
Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle is a Sri Lankan politician, a former Project Minister and a United National Party organiser for Horawupotana Electorate. He was also a Provincial Councillor and a member of Parliament from Anuradhapura District.He is an Engineer by profession.
Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial minister and Member of Parliament.
Prof Ranjith BandaraSinhala: මහාචාර්ය රංජිත් බණ්ඩාර born 04 November 1961 is a Sri Lankan politician. He currently serves as a Member of Parliament (MP) of Sri Lanka appointed through the national list of Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance. He was a Senior Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Colombo until his recent appointment to the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka as a Member of Parliament. Bandara was also the Chairman of Sri Lanka Foundation, Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka, CEO of the Strategic Enterprise Management Agency (SEMA) and director financial services cluster and a member of the National Economic Council, Financial System Stability Consultative and the rating committee of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and as well as the Founder Chairman and the Head of the Colombo School of Business and Management (CSBM). He also served on the Board of Directors and as a consultant of various institutions in both the private and public sectors. He was the Editor of the Sri Lanka Economic journal and the management digest and the International Journal of Entrepreneurship. Bandara earned his Ph.D. from the University of Queensland in 2003.
Basnayaka Yasarathnalage Gunapala Rathnasekara is a Sri Lankan academic, politician and Member of Parliament.