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The Ada Derana Sri Lankan of the Year 2018 Awards was held at Hilton Colombo last week. Sri Lankans who have defied convention and raised the bar of excellence were felicitated. The winners were selected by an expert jury headed by Vijitha Yapa, a former
highly-respected Editor. Other members of the jury were Prof. J. B. Dissanayake, Radhika Coomaraswamy, Jesima Ismail, General Daya Ratnayake, Dayan Gomez, Nalaka Gunawardena and Chandran Ratnam.
The winners were:
Sports –Dilantha Malagamuwa and Anusha Kodithuwakku
Popular Entertainer – ChannaWijewardena
Entrepreneur – M.G. Kularatne
Global Businessman –Ashroff Omar
Classical Entertainer – RohanaWeerasinghe
Global Entertainer – AlstonKoch and Abdul Hameed
Emerging Global Scientist
– Ashade Vos
Global Professional
– Ranjan Madugalle
Global Inventor – Dr. Bandula Wijay
Bravery – DilanSampath, H.M. Keerthi Bandara, Tharindu Weerasinghe and Sachintha de Silva
Public Servant – SamanthaGunasekara
Unsung Hero –Marthin Wijesinghe
Special Honorary Awards – Johann Peiris, Col. Rathnapriya Bandu and Nation Netball Team (Asian champion)
Special Lifetime Achievement
–Vajira Chitrasena
