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Otara Del Gunawardene was born on 30 August 1964 in Colombo, Sri Lanka the third child to Norman and Delysia Gunewardene. [4] Her father was a former Chairman of Aitken Spence and her mother, Delysia, established the Chitra Lane School for differently-abled children.
Hiru TV (Sinhala: හිරු ටීවී) is the most watched television channel in Sri Lanka, founded by Rayynor Silva (Chairman) and owned by Asia Broadcasting Corporation. [3] Hiru TV is Sri Lanka's first and only digital television channel which has the DVB-T2 pictures and stereo sounds. [4] [5] [3] It currently holds all island coverage ...
Colombo, Sri Lanka; Broadcast area: Sri Lanka: Frequency: 96.1 MHz; 96.3 MHz; Programming; ... Hiru FM is a Sinhala radio station in Sri Lanka owned by ABC Radio ...
Women in Sri Lanka make up to 52.09% of the population according to the 2012 census of Sri Lanka. [7] Sri Lankan women have contributed greatly to the country's development, in many areas. Historically, a masculine bias has dominated Sri Lankan culture , although woman have been allowed to vote in elections since 1931 . [ 8 ]
Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala (Sinhala: ජයන්ති කුරු උතුම්පාල, born 3 September 1979) is a Sri Lankan women’s rights activist with 20 years of experience and a rock climber / mountaineer for nearly as long. She has worked at national, regional, and global levels as a technical advisor, advocate, trainer, researcher ...
Furthermore, globally, Sri Lanka ranks relatively low on gender equality indices. [5] Overall, this pattern of social history that disempowers females produces a cycle of undervaluing females, providing only secondary access to health care and schooling and thus less opportunities to take on high-level jobs or training.
Recognized as being one of the twelve Top Women Change-Makers in the country by the Parliament of Sri Lanka and USAID. Recipient of the Career Role Model Award in 2013 by Women in Management, Sri Lanka and the IFS; a World Bank Group. In 2016, awarded the Women Super Achiever Award at the World Women Leadership Congress Awards, India.
Dulith Herath is a Sri Lankan entrepreneur. [3] He is the founder and chairman of the Sri Lankan e-commerce platform Kapruka.com, [4] Java Lounge [5] and the co-founder of Grasshoppers Pvt. Ltd. which provides logistics to small enterprises in Sri Lanka. [6]