Buddhika Kurukularatne

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Hon.
Buddhika Kurukularatne
Ex Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Galle District
Personal details
Born(1943-06-19)19 June 1943
Ceylon
Died9 June 2021(2021-06-09) (aged 77)
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyUnited National Party
Spouse(s)Malini Kurukularatne
(nee Manikku Wadu)
ChildrenPraveena Sharadindu,
Udyama Jagatapriya,
Dr.Changa Prabhakara
Alma materMaha Ambalangoda Methodist School,
Dharmasoka Primary School
St. Thomas' School, Bandarawela,
St. Thomas' College, Guruthalawa
ProfessionLawyer

Daluwatte Hewa Buddhika Kurukularatne (19 June 1943 – 9 June 2021) (known as Buddhika Kurukularatne) was a journalist, author,[1] lawyer, and Sri Lankan politician.[2] He served as representative of Galle District for the United National Party in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

Early life

Buddhika Kurukularatne was born on 19 June 1943 to a well known family in

St. Thomas' College, Guruthalawa
.

Journalist career

In 1965 Kurukularatne served as a grade 1 journalist in editorial staff of Sun (English Daily) and in 1966 editorial staff of The Observer (English Daily). Then he served from 1966 to 1970 in the editorial staff of Virakesari and Janata (Sinhala Daily). There he was in charge of the foreign news page. As freelance columnist he wrote articles on regular basis for weekly Sunday English and Sinhala newspapers on his experiences as a parliamentarian in lighter vein and was widely read and acclaimed by both government and opposition Sri Lankan parliamentarians. Kurukularatne authored 6 books, 2 in English, 'Student Days 1', 'Student Days down Memory Lane and four books in Sinhala which have been approved by the Sri Lanka Ministry of Education as 'Readers'.

References

  1. ^ From old to the young: Getting to know the country. Sunday Times, Retrieved on 26 September 2010.
  2. ^ An open letter to Ranil Wickremesinghe Archived 11 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Sunday Observer, Retrieved on 23 July 2006.

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