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Praveena Salani Chandrasekera (née Bandara) was the 18th Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps Seva Vanitha Unit [1] succeeding Mrs. Ramani Dematanpitiya. [2] She is the wife of former Master-General of the Ordnance of the Sri Lanka Army , Major General Prasanna Chandrasekera .
Premala Sivaprakasapillai née Sivasegaram (born 22 April 1942) is a Sri Lankan engineer.She is the country’s first female engineer and the first female civil engineer. [1] [2] She is also one of the prominent members of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka.
In the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships, Tharushi recorded a time of 2:00:06 to win gold in the women's 800m race and also set a new Asian record. [11] She made her Asian Games debut by representing Sri Lanka at the 2022 Asian Games and competed in the women's 800m event. She eventually emerged as the ultimate winner of the competition after ...
Shehani Kahandawala (Sinhala: ෂෙහානි කහඳවල; born 24 February 1995), is an actress in Sri Lankan television as well as a television host, singer and model. [1] Started as a child television presenter, she later became one of the popular actresses in the television with the serials Sujatha , Sanda Pini Wassa and Sihini .
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 ]
Shalani Tharaka is a Sri Lankan actress and model. [1] One of the most popular television actresses in Sri Lanka, Tharaka holds the title for the Sri Lankan beauty pageant Sirasa Kumariya which she won in 2007. [2] Apart from acting, she is also a dancer, lyricist and author.
In March 2019, she was named as one of the most influential women, and among women change-makers in Sri Lanka, by the Parliament of Sri Lanka coinciding with International Women's Day. [21] [22] [23] In August 2019, she was one of the 66 recipients to receive national honors for 2019 from the Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. [24] [25]
Sripali Shiromala Weerakkody (born 7 January 1986) is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who played in 89 Women's One Day Internationals and 58 Women's Twenty20 Internationals for her country. [1] On 20 August 2007, she broke the record for the highest score in Women's List-A cricket, when she scored 271* for Kandyan Ladies Cricket Club against ...