Distinguished broadcaster with Radio Ceylon and subsequently the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. First Sinhala Announcer of the Radio Ceylon Ven. Kotikawatte Saddhatissa Thera - Famous Buddhist monk Ven. Pohaddaramulle Premaloka Thero - Buddhist monk Vijaya Kumaranatunga - Popular Sri Lankan film actor and politician, founder of Sri Lanka Mahajana Party (SLMP) W. M. G. T. Banda - Former Minister of Buddhist Affairs and United National Party MP for Galagedara Notes References Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Assassinated Sri Lankan people Sri Lanka