2017 Sri Lankan national honours

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In March 2017 President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena awarded national honours to 90 individuals for distinguished services.[1][2][3] It was the first time in twelve years that awards were given out and there were 426 applicants.[4] The awards ceremony was held on 20 March 2017 at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre in Colombo.[5]

Sri Lankabhimanya[]

Deshamanya[]

Deshabandu[]

Vidya Jyothi[]

  • Lal Gotabhaya Chandrasena
  • Harendra de Silva
  • Errol Radcliffe Jansz
  • Moderage Marian Rohan Waas Jayasekara
  • Sarath Kotagama
  • Mahamendige Wilfred Joseph Gerard Mendis
  • Colvin Ananda Samarasinghe
  • De Silva T. K. Nimal Padmasena
  • Alagiyawanna Mohotti Appuhamillage Nimal Kitsiri Senanayake
  • Tissa Vitharana
  • Bandula Wijayarathna

Kala Keerthi[]

  • Wijesinghe Arachchilage Abeysingha
  • Hapuwalanege Don Ariyadasa (Dasa Hapuwalana)
  • Arun Dias Bandaranaike
  • Lionel Bentharage
  • Herman Ronald Lakshman De Alwis
  • Nellampitiya Pathirana Arachchige Dayawathi (Daya Nellampitiya)
  • Ivor Dennis
  • Ranasinghe Arachchige Jayantha Prema Lal Hegoda
  • Gunawardhana Mudalige Ajith Hemachandra
  • George Edmond Jayasinghe
  • Sumana Jayatillake
  • Sunanda Mahendra
  • Suresh Maliyadde
  • G. Kartini Drahaman Mohamed
  • Camillus Perera
  • Edmand Ranasinghe
  • Madhubhashini Disanayaka Ratnayaka
  • Lalitha Sarathchandra
  • Suminda Sirisena
  • Singarampillai Thillanadarajah
  • Saravanai Vinayagamoorthy
  • Namel Weeramuni

Sri Lanka Sikhamani[]

  • Hetti Arachchige Piyadasa Abeywardane
  • Achi Mohamed Ishaq
  • Chulamani Gedara Gunasoma Nawarathne
  • S. Pathmanathan
  • Leelananda Prematilleke
  • Krishnamoorthi Ratnam Ravindran
  • Sellapuliyage Lucian Benedict Rosa

Vidya Nidhi[]

  • Don Tilak Dias Jayaweera Abeysekera
  • Ahmed Mumtaz Masoon Cassim
  • Vithanage Nimal Chandrasiri Gunasekera
  • Herath Peruma Mudiyanselage Gunasena
  • Sarath Somasiri Gunawardhana
  • Mariapillai Sellamuthu Pillai Mookiah
  • Lekamage Ramsay Lloyd Perera
  • Somasundaram Sandarasegaram
  • S. Sivananthan
  • Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Tikiri Banda Wanninayake

Kala Suri[]

  • Pahalage Sarath Vijaya de Silva Abeygunawardana
  • Arumadura Praneeth Nishad De Silva Abhayasundere
  • Sriyani Amarasena
  • Lucien Bulathsinhala
  • Premasara Epasinghe
  • Nita Fernando
  • Nawarathne Gamage
  • Mestiyage Don Bertie Sangathissa Gunathilaka
  • Hasantha Srilal Hettiarachchi
  • Weerappulige Jayasiri
  • Cathleen Jayawardana
  • Tissa Mahanama Nagodawithana
  • Sumithra Rahubadda
  • Sella Hennedige Sarath

Sri Lanka Thilaka[]

  • Adagamage Pandula Adagama
  • Hema Bandara Jayasinghe

Veera Prathapa[]

  • Aluth Gedara Ranjith Amarajeewa
  • Rankoth Gedara Shanaka Prasad Kumara

Sri Lanka Ranajana[]

References[]

"PART I : SECTION (I) – GENERAL Government Notifications NATIONAL HONOURS" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 2010/38. 17 March 2017.

  1. ^ "90 eminent persons to receive national honours tomorrow". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 19 March 2017.
  2. ^ "National Honours after 12 years". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 19 March 2017.
  3. ^ "National Honours – 2017". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 21 March 2017.
  4. ^ de Silva, Sajni (17 March 2017). "'National Honours 2017' in recognition of outstanding achievements". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
  5. ^ Marasinghe, Sandasen (21 March 2017). "PRESIDENT AT NATIONAL HONOURS-2017 CEREMONY". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
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