The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) chief organiser for the Dambulla electorate U.R. Dayanandasiri, 60 passed today.
He was the former President of the Trade Association of the Dambulla Economic Centre. He was the patron of the Association at the time of the death.
Mr Dayanandasiri was receiving treatment in India and had returned to Sri Lanka. Soon after his return he was rushed to the Kandy hospital where he passed away.
He was popular as a social worker.
The cremation takes place in Dambulla tomorrow (June 20).
By Kanchana Kumara Ariyadasa
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
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The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
The Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation Ven Galagodaatte Ganasara Thera was today imprisoned for the third time.
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