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Dissanayake graduated from the University of Peradeniya with a Bachelor of Arts degree upon graduating from the university, which merged while he was there with the University of Ceylon. [2] He then obtained an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania [ 2 ] and a Ph.D from the University of Cambridge .
Wimalaweera Dissanayake (Sinhala: විමලවීර දිසානායක) is a Sri Lankan politician and member of parliament for Digamadulla District. [1] He was elected on 18 August 2015 from United People's Freedom Alliance . [ 2 ]
Prof. K. M. de Silva – Executive Director of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies [17] Prof. K. N. O. Dharmadasa – editor-in-chief, Sinhala encyclopaedia [18] Prof. Gishan Dissanaike – financial economist; Adam Smith Professor of Corporate Governance at the University of Cambridge; head of the Finance Department; Director of the Cambridge MPhil Programme in Finance [19] [20]
Wimal Dissanayake and Malti Sahai's Sholay, A Cultural Reading (1992) attempts a comprehensive scholarly study that sets the film within the broader history of popular cinema in India. Anupama Chopra's Sholay: The Making of a Classic (2000) provides an inside look at the film's production based on interviews with the director, stars, and crew ...
Singharage Sarath Chandra de Silva; Wannakuwattewaduge Dinesh Nishantha Fernando; Ponnambalam Jamunadevi; Mahindadasa Wickramanayaka Karunaratne; Samantha Sathischandra Wanniarachchi Kumarasinghe
Dissanayake won a plurality of the vote with 42.31%, followed by Premadasa with 32.76%. Incumbent president Wickremesinghe finished third, winning only 17.27% of the vote. Since no candidate won a majority, a second round of vote counting was held for the first time in Sri Lanka's history under its limited ranked voting system.
Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Anura Kumara Dissanayake was born on 24 November 1968 in the village of Dewahuwa, Matale District, Central Province, Sri Lanka. [ 16 ] [ unreliable source? ] [ 11 ] His father who was an agricultural worker who later joined the surveyor's department as an office aide [ 17 ] [ 18 ] and his mother was a housewife.
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