Ada Derana Sri Lankan of the Year 2018 Awards

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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