Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean southwest of the Bay of Bengal and southeast of the Arabian Sea. It is geographically separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is its legislative capital, and Colombo is its largest city and centre of commerce.
The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka provides for the election of members of Parliament from 22 multi-member electoral districts through the proportional representation electoral system.
Nissanka Manodha Wijeyeratne was a former Politician, Government Minister, Coordinating Secretary to the President, Chairman of Road Accidents Prevention Authority, Member of United National Party and Sri Lanka Freedom Party chief organiser for the Dedigama Electorate in Kegalle District he was former Member of Parliament from Kegalle District
A National List Member of Parliament is a nominated Member of Parliament who is appointed by a political party or an independent group to the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The number of national list MPs allocated to a contesting party or an independent group depends on the proportion to their share of the national vote. A total of 29 national list MPs are appointed alongside 196 elected MPs making a total of 225 members in the parliament.
Kurunegala electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Kurunegala in the North Western province. The district currently elects 15 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 1,183,649 registered electors in 2010.
Ajith Perera is a Sri Lankan politician and former member of Parliament, who commenced his political career as a member of the Provincial Council of the Western Provincial Council in 2009. A lawyer by profession, he was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 2010 as a member of the United National Party from the Kalutara District. He was re-elected to the Parliament in 2015. But defeated in 2020.
Kotte electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kotte in Colombo District, Western Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts. Kotte electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Kotte continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra was a Sri Lankan politician a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and Adviser to President Mahinda Rajapaksa. He was killed along with his bodyguards during a shootout within the same party rival group allegedly headed by MP Duminda Silva.
Ratnayake, Rathnayake or Ratnayeke (රත්නායක) is a Sinhalese name. Notable people with the name include:
Sir Lalitha Abhaya Rajapaksa, QC was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was the first Minister of Justice of Ceylon and a member of the Senate of Ceylon.
Rashmi Paboda Sandeepani, is a Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television actress.
Gamani is a 2011 Sri Lankan Sinhala war thriller biographical film directed by Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara and produced by Upali Rajapakse. It stars Dilhani Ekanayake and Bimal Jayakody in lead roles along with Mahendra Perera and Jagath Chamila. Music composed by Nadeeka Guruge. It is the 1245th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
Nikini Vassa is a 2013 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by Aruna Jayawardana and produced by Dr Kusumsiri De Silva. It stars Chandani Seneviratne and Jagath Manuwarna in lead roles along with Thumindu Dodantenna and Bimal Jayakodi. Music composed by Nadeeka Guruge. It is the 1190th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. The film had positive reviews from international and local critics and won many international awards as well.
Sthuthi Nawatha Enna is a 2010 Sri Lankan Sinhala drama film directed by Sumith Rohana Thiththawelgala and produced by Mangala Madugalla for Rawana Films. It stars Bimal Jayakody and Damitha Abeyratne in lead roles along with Hemasiri Liyanage and Jagath Benaragama. Music composed by Gayan Ganakadara. It is the 1141st Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema.
Bimal Jayakody, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and television. Highly versatile actor, Jayakody is known for many dramatic roles and award nominations at film festivals.
Bimal is an Indian or Nepalese given name, mostly masculine. Notable people of this name include:
Jayakodige Dona Rathna Lalani, popularly as Rathna Lalani Jayakody, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television. She is a teacher by profession.
Samarawickrama Dahanayake Sujani Menaka [Sinhala]), popularly as Sujani Menaka, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. Started as a child artist in advertisements, she is best known for the role in NSB commercial Sathen Sathe and titular role Sara in the teledrama as well as film adaptation.
Sampath Tennakoon [Sinhala]), is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television.
