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  2. Anura Kumara Dissanayake - Wikipedia

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    Instead, a delegation of officials from the Sri Lanka High Commission in the UK and the Foreign Ministry will represent Sri Lanka at the meeting. [ 58 ] Also on 22 October 2024, Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane led the Sri Lanka delegation to the 2024 BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia. [ 59 ]

  3. Institute of Chemistry Ceylon - Wikipedia

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    The need for a course in chemistry equivalent to a four-year special degree in chemistry provided by the universities was considered by the Institute Council. 1970s were a period, when admissions to the universities in Sri Lanka were becoming more and more competitive.

  4. List of University of Ceylon people - Wikipedia

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    Mervyn de Silva – editor of The Times of Ceylon, Ceylon Daily News and Lanka Guardian [142] Vijita Fernando – journalist [143] K. Kailasapathy – editor of Thinakaran, president of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka [144] [145] R. Sivagurunathan – editor of Thinakaran [146] [147] [148]

  5. List of presidents of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The president of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the chief executive of Sri Lanka. The president is a dominant political figure in the country. The office was created in 1972, as more of a ceremonial position. It was empowered with executive powers by the 1978 Constitution introduced by J. R. Jayewardene.

  6. H. D. Gunawardhana - Wikipedia

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    He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon [citation needed] and Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, Sri Lanka. [1] He was also the Head of the Chemistry Department of University of Colombo from 1988 to 1995. [citation needed] He has also served as president of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science in 2008. [2]

  7. 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election - Wikipedia

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    The election signified a major political realignment in Sri Lanka. [10] Dissanayake's victory was the first time a third-party candidate was elected president. This was also the first election where neither of the top two candidates were endorsed by the United National Party or the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.

  8. Who is Sri Lanka’s first transgender parliamentary candidate?

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    Sri Lanka’s first openly transgender parliamentary candidate aims to foster a more inclusive political culture.. Chanu Nimesha, 49, a member of the Socialist Party of Sri Lanka, is contesting ...

  9. Mahinda Deshapriya - Wikipedia

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    After graduation, he started his teaching career as a chemistry and mathematics teacher at Dharmasoka College, which was his alma mater. [1] He joined with Sri Lanka Administrative Services through Department of Elections in 1982. Later on 2 July 1983, he was appointed as the assistant commissioner of elections in the Department of Elections.