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Jayaweera
Jayaweera is a Sinhalese name that may refer to the following people: ;Surname *Dilith Jayaweera (born 1967), Sri Lankan corporate leader *Hewage Jayaweera (born 1976), Sri Lankan cricketer *Neville Jayaweera (1930–2020)), Sri Lankan civil servant and administrator *Rajeewa Jayaweera (?–2020), Sri Lankan journalist and airline executive, nephew of Neville Jayaweera *Siripala Jayaweera, Sri Lankan provincial governor ;Forename *Jayaweera Bandara (other) *Jayaweera Kuruppu Jayaweera Kuruppu (20 January 1908 – 1962) was a Ceylonese politician. In 1936 he served as the vice chairman of the Provincial Council of Ratnapura and in 1944 he was elected as the chairman of the Ratnapura Urban Council. At the 1st p ... (1908–1962), Sri Lankan politician See also *{{In title, Jayaweera Sinhalese masculine given names Sinhalese surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neville Jayaweera
Neville Jayaweera (23 October 1930 - 10 May 2020) was a member of the Ceylon Civil Service (1955-1972). He was handpicked by the Prime Minister of Ceylon, Dudley Senanayake, to be both Chairman and Director-General of the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 1967. Jayaweera drafted the legislation for setting up the CBC and headed the new Corporation for three years. Under his leadership the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation followed very strictly the values and ethics of public service broadcasting. The CBC is now known as the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. Early history Neville Jayaweera was born to Robert and Constance Jayaweera in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 23 October 1930; the third of four siblings – Stanley, Sheila and Beryl. He had his secondary education at St Thomas's College, Mount Lavinia, and at St Peter's College, Colombo. He took an Honours Degree in Philosophy from the University of Ceylon in 1953 and passed into the Ceylon Civil Service in 1955. In 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilith Jayaweera
Dilith Susantha Jayaweera (born 18 September 1967) is a Sri Lankan Businessman, Entrepreneur, Media mogul, and Lawyer. In 2011, he was named by the '' LMD'' as one of the ten ‘Business People of the Year’. In 2020, Dilith Jayaweera was among 100 corporate leaders named by the ''LMD'' on its A-list of businesspeople who continue to drive the engine of growth in Sri Lanka. He is the Chairman of George Steuart & Co., Sri Lanka's oldest mercantile establishment and Derana, one of Sri Lanka's largest media networks. Education Jayaweera received his primary and secondary education at St. Aloysius' College, Galle, and later joined the Faculty of Law at the University of Colombo, and subsequently Sri Lanka Law College, where he qualified as an Attorney-At-Law. Career A lawyer by profession, Dilith Jayaweera set up Triad Advertising (Pvt) Limited in 1993, in partnership with Varuni Amunugama, whom he had met at the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo. Triad is the most awarded i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajeewa Jayaweera
Rajeewa Jayaweera (also known as Rajiv Jayaweera) was a Sri Lankan newspaper columnist. Early life and education He was the son of diplomat, Stanley Jayaweera, and the nephew of Neville Jayaweera. Rajeewa was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo. Rajeewa graduated from the School of Economics for Catering and Trade in Dortmund, West Germany. He was a Senior Executive of SriLankan Airlines SriLankan Airlines (formerly known as Air Lanka) is the flag carrier of Sri Lanka and a member airline of the Oneworld airline alliance. It is currently the largest airline in Sri Lanka by number of aircraft and destinations and was launched i .... Rajeewa was also the Regional Manager for Qatar Airways. References 13. ^ "Rajeewa Jayaweera - a post script for posterity" http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2020/06/15/rajeewa-jayaweera-a-postscript-for-posterity/ 14. Rajeewa Jayaweera https://island.lk/rajeewa-jayaweera/ 15. Getting to know my brother better after his far too early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hewage Jayaweera
Hewage Jayaweera (born 8 June 1976) was a Sri Lankan cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...er. He was a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club. He was born in Colombo. Jayaweera made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1995–96 season, against Galle Cricket Club. From the lower order, he scored a single run in the only innings in which he batted. He bowled seven overs in the match, taking figures of 2-46. External linksHewage Jayaweeraat Cricket Archive 1976 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club cricketers {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayaweera Kuruppu
Jayaweera Kuruppu (20 January 1908 – 1962) was a Ceylonese politician. In 1936 he served as the vice chairman of the Provincial Council of Ratnapura and in 1944 he was elected as the chairman of the Ratnapura Urban Council. At the 1st parliamentary election, held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947, Kuruppu contested the Nivitigala electorate, as the United National Party (UNP) candidate, where he was narrowly defeated by 24 votes, by the Lanka Sama Samaja Party candidate, Don Frank Hettiarachchi. Following the death of Sir Alexander Francis Molamure, the member for Balangoda, in January 1951, the UNP selected Kuruppu as its candidate in the subsequent by-election, in preference to his nephew, A. F. Molamure. Following the by-election, held 28 April 1951, Kuruppu was elected to parliament, receiving 60% of the total votes, 8,722 votes clear of the LSSP candidate. Two months later in July in support of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Solomon West Ridgew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayaweera Bandara (other)
Jayaweera Bandara may refer to: * Jayavira Bandara Jayavīra Banḍāra was King of Kandy from 1511 to 1552. He succeeded his father Senasammata Vikramabahu as king and was succeeded by his son Karalliyadde Bandara. During the reign of Banḍāra Catholic friars appeared at court and some conversi ..., King of Kandy ( 1511–1552) * Jayaweera Bandara (cricketer) (born 1970), Sri Lankan cricketer {{hndis, Bandara, Jayaweera Sinhalese names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siripala Jayaweera
Siripala Jayaweera was the sixth Governor of the North Western Province of Sri Lanka from January 1999 to April 2004. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Governors of North Western Province, Sri Lanka {{SriLanka-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinhala 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] |
Sinhalese Masculine Given Names
Sinhala may refer to: * Something of or related to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka * Sinhalese people * Sinhala language, one of the three official languages used in Sri Lanka * Sinhala script, a writing system for the Sinhala language ** Sinhala (Unicode block), a block of Sinhala characters in Unicode * Sinhala cinema * Sinhala Kingdom, the Lankan kingdom mentioned in the ''Mahābhārata'' * "Sinhala", a song from the 1999 album ''The Magical Sounds of Banco de Gaia ''The Magical Sounds of Banco de Gaia'' is an album by Banco de Gaia. It was released in 1999 on Six Degrees Records as part of their ''Travel Series''. Track listing References External links''CMJ New Music Report'', February 22, 1999 ...'' {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
