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Madawala S. Rathnayake
Rathnayake Arachchilage Sirisena Rathnayake (5 February 1929 – 7 January 1997), popularly as Madawala S. Rathnayake, was a Sri Lankan journalist, lyricist, poet, and novelist. Considered one of the iconic and prolific lyricists ever produced in the country, he held positions as music controller of Radio, Head of News and Entertainment Department of Sri Lanka Radio, Sinhala Consultant of Beijing Radio in China and Head of Audio Visual Department of Sarvodaya Institute. The total number of works written by Rathnayake was nearly 30: among them 10 novels, 9 collections of short stories, 3 books of poetry, 2 books of songs, an academic book, an epilogue and 2 translations. Personal life Rathnayake was born on 5 February 1929 in Madawala village, Alawwa, Dambadeniya, Udu Kaha South Korale, Kurunegala. His father was Ratnayake Arachchilage Dingiri Appuhami and mother was Rathambalage Hamine. Rathnayake had one sister and one brother. He started primary education at Alawwa Humbuluwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dambadeniya Polling Division
The Dambadeniya Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kurunegala Electoral District, in the North Western Province, Sri Lanka. Presidential Election Results Summary The winner of Dambadeniya has matched the final country result 7 out of 8 times. Hence, Dambadeniya is a Strong Bellwether for Presidential Elections. 2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election 2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election 2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election 2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election 1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election 1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election 1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election 1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election Parliamentary Election Results Summary The winner of Dambadeniya has matched the final country result 6 out of 7 times. Hence, Dambadeniya is a Strong Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections. 2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election 2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election 2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akkara Paha
''Akkara Paha'' (Sinhala, ''Five Acres of Land'') is a 1970 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries, with the screen play dialogue and script by Tissa Abeysekara. The film stars Milton Jayawardena as Sena, Anoma Wattaladeniya as Sadha and Malini Fonseka as Kumari. Tissa Abeysekera adapted Madawela S. Rathnayake's book as a follow-up to ''Golu Hadawatha''. The film received a lukewarm response in Sri Lanka, but was well received when shown in New York at the Museum of Modern Art's festival. Plot Sena (Milton Jayawardena) is sent to a boarding school at a well-to-do city university by his family who mortgage everything they own to pay for his education. Their future well-being is thus in the hands of Sena. Sena however succumbs to the temptations of city life and fails in his venture. The impoverished family takes on the titular scheme offered by the government to settle the North Central province. Cast * Milton Jayawardena as Sena Medawatta * Janaki Kurukulasuriya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinhalese People
The Sinhalese people (), also known as the Sinhalese or Sinhala people, are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to the island of Sri Lanka. They are the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, constituting about 75% of the Sri Lankan population and number more than 15.2 million. The Sinhalese people speak Sinhala language, Sinhala, an insular Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language. Sinhalese people are predominantly Theravada Buddhists, although a significant minority of Sinhalese follow branches of Christianity in Sri Lanka, Christianity and Religion in Sri Lanka, other religions. Since 1815, Sinhalese people were broadly divided into two subgroups: the up-country Sinhalese of the Central province, Sri Lanka, central mountainous regions, and the low-country Sinhalese of the coastal regions. Although both groups speak the same language, they are distinguished as they observe different cultural customs. According to the ''Mahavamsa'', a Pali chronicle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From British Ceylon
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Deaths
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1929 Births
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic Counter-revolutionary, counter-revolution in Mexico. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a British high court, ruled that Canadian women are persons in the ''Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General)'' case. The 1st Academy Awards for film were held in Los Angeles, while the Museum of Modern Art opened in New York City. The Peruvian Air Force was created. In Asia, the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Soviet Union engaged in a Sino-Soviet conflict (1929), minor conflict after the Chinese seized full control of the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway, which ended with a resumption of joint administration. In the Soviet Union, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, General Secretary Joseph S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing Radio And Television Station
Beijing Radio and Television Station (BRTV), formerly Beijing Media Network (BMN), is a government-owned television network in China. It broadcasts from Beijing. The channel is available only in Chinese. Broadcasts in Beijing are on AM, FM, cable FM, digital radio, digital TV and online. Beijing Media Network was founded on 16 May 1979. It covers China, Asia and North America. China Central Television was called Beijing Television from 1958 to 1978. BTV started satellite broadcasts on 1 January 1998, during the drive caused by regional television stations to begin nationwide broadcasting and in line with the government's plan to increase the number of television viewers, percentually, from 85% to 90% by 2000. In October 2022, BRTV took a minority ownership stake in Kuaishou. History Radio Beijing Corporation (RBC; , literally Beijing People's Broadcasting Station), was a family of municipal radio stations that also include news, music, and sports in Beijing. BTV started broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation
The Sri Lanka Rūpavāhinī Corporation (; ), also known as Jathika Rupavahini (lit. National Television) or simply as Rupavahini, is the national television network of Sri Lanka. The term Rupavahini literally means "purveyor of images" in the Sinhala language. Established by Parliament under Act No. 6 of 1982 for the provision of national television service, it produces and broadcasts programmes in three languages. Distinguished civil servant M.J Perera was the founder and chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. SLRC is the largest television broadcaster in Sri Lanka and has an island-wide reception of its channels. SLRC broadcasts its channels in both VHF and UHF frequencies in Sri Lanka. Currently, all of the network's services are only available by Analog television, analog transmission. But there are plans to upgrade to digital broadcasting. From 2011 Kokavil transmission tower, Kokavil began to broadcast in DVB-T2 for the North area in Sri Lanka. There were plans t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Sarasaviya Awards ...
The 2nd Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 2වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 1964 in Sinhala cinema on July 1, 1965, at the Asoka Cinema, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Governor William Gopallawa was the chief guest at the awards night. It is noteworthy that this year's awards will be replaced by special merit awards and no awards will be given in the categories of screenwriting, editing, music direction and art direction. The film ''Getawarayo'' won the most awards with eight including Best Film. Awards References {{Sarasaviya Awards Sarasaviya Awards Sarasaviya Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL), also known as Lake House, is a print media company in Sri Lanka. It publishes three daily, three weekend, five weekly, two monthly and three annual publications in Sinhala, English and Tamil. Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Getawarayo
''Getawarayo'' is a 1964 Sri Lankan drama film co-directed by Mike Wilson and Tissa Liyanasuriya and produced by Shesha Palihakkara. The film starring Gamini Fonseka in lead role along with Sobani Amarasinghe, Joe Abeywickrema, Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya and Tony Ranasinghe made supportive roles. Screened on February 24, 1964, the film was a critically acclaimed production and a blockbuster. The movie won the Best Director and Best Film awards at the 1965 Sarasaviya Film Festival. Plot A village fisherman Jayasena Fernando ( Gamini Fonseka) acquires a job in the city at the company where his friend Semanaris ( Joe Abeywickrama) works. As Jaya becomes successful he draws the ire of rich boatsman Lalith Hettiarachchi (Carl Gunasena) and the interest of his boss's daughter Surangani (Nilmini De Silva). Jaya gradually forgets about his former girlfriend Karuna (Sobini Amarasinghe) after a misunderstanding with her brother(Vincent Vaas) and begins vying for Sue's attention. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lester James Peries
Sri Lankabhimanya Lester James Peries (Sinhala language, Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාභිමාන්ය ලෙස්ටර් ජේම්ස් පීරිස්; 5 April 1919 – 29 April 2018) was a Sri Lankan film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Considered as the father of Sri Lankan cinema, Lester worked as a filmmaker from 1949 to 2006, and was involved in over 28 films, including Short subject, shorts and documentaries. He received critical acclaim for directing ''Rekava (film), Rekava'', ''Gamperaliya (film), Gamperaliya'', ''Nidhanaya'', ''Golu Hadawatha'', ''Kaliyugaya (film), Kaliyugaya'', ''Awaragira'' and ''Yuganthaya (film), Yuganthaya''. His movie ''Wekande Walauwa'', starring Ravindra Randeniya and Malini Fonseka, was Sri Lanka's first ever submission for the Academy Awards and the film ''Nidhanaya'' was included among the top 100 films of the century by the Cinémathèque Française. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
