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Ashantha de Mel. Ashantha Lakdasa Francis de Mel (born 9 May 1959) is a former Sri Lankan Test and ODI cricketer and selector for the national team. He bowled Sri Lanka's first ball in a Test match. [1] He was one of few Sri Lanka bowlers in the 1980s above medium pace, and he was also said to have the ability to get the ball to swing out.
Lakdasa De Mel was born on 24 March 1902 in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, to a prominent Anglican family. [1][2] He was the son of Sir Henry de Mel, former Member of the Legislative Council and Elsie Jayawickrame. [3][4] De Mel was educated at the Royal College Colombo and went on to study at Keble College at the University of Oxford, gaining an MA. [5]
Born. (1927-03-25) 25 March 1927. Died. 23 October 1983. (1983-10-23) (aged 56) Colombo, Sri Lanka. Lakshman Wickremesinghe (25 March 1927 – 23 October 1983) was one of the youngest bishops in the Anglican Communion and a human rights activist.
Lakdhas Wikkrama Sinha. Lakdasa Wikkramasinha (Sinhala: ලක්දාස වික්රමසිංහ, 1941–1978) was a Sri Lankan poet who wrote in English and Sinhala, [ 1 ] and is known for his fusion of the two languages.
Mel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Mele Mel (born Melvin Glover in 1961), hip-hop musician and songwriter. Pepe Mel (born 1963), Spanish retired footballer and current manager of Real Betis. Ashantha de Mel (born 1959), Sri Lankan former cricketer. Henry De Mel (1877–1936), Ceylonese industrialist and politician.
Sir John Kothalawala College opened on 16 January 1974 in the palace of Bishop Lakdasa De Mel. At that time, the bishop's palace was used for classrooms. The college was initially known as Bandaranayake Vidyalaya and was under the sponsorship of Piyadasa Wijesinghe, a former member of parliament. The objective in the establishment of the school ...
The Rajapaksa family (Sinhala: රාජපක්ෂ, romanized: Rājapakṣa) is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in politics.It was one of Sri Lanka's most powerful families during Mahinda Rajapaksa's presidency, [1] when many members of the family occupied senior positions in the Sri Lankan state.
The Diocese of Kurunegala is a diocese of the Church of Ceylon (which is part of the Anglican Communion ). The See was erected in 1950 from that of the Diocese of Colombo as one of two dioceses of the Church of England in Ceylon . The diocese covers the districts of Kurunegala, Kandy, Matale, Kegalle, Anuradhapura, and Polonnaruwa.