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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]
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.
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 ...
Wimal is a Sri Lankan masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Wimal Kumara de Costa (1948–2016), Sri Lankan actor; Wimal Weerawansa (born 1965), Sri Lankan politician; Wimal Wickremasinghe (1942–2009), Sri Lankan politician and economist
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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