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The inauguration ceremony of the Diploma in Development Policy Analysis (DPA-2019 batch), organized by the Department of Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was held on 16th February 2019 at the Thilakarathna memorial of the Department of Economics. Prof. Sampath Amaratunge, Vice Chancellor of the University 0f Sri Jayewardenepura, Prof. D. P. S. Chandrakumara; Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Prof. Shirantha Heenkenda; Course coordinator of DPA, Prof Gamini Weerasinghe;...Read More

පසුගිය සමයේ බෙහෙවින් කතාබහට ලක් වූ සංවර්ධන නිලධාරී තනතුර සඳහා අයදුම් කිරීමට රටපුරා දකින්නට ලැබුණු උද්යෝගය පිටුපස ඇත්තේ ඉටුකරන සේවයට නිසි වැටුපක් ලබන අතරවාරයේ ජනතාවටද නිසි සේවයක් සැලසීමද, එසේත් නැත්නම් නිදහස් ජීවිතයක් ගත කිරීමට රාජ්‍ය සේවය තෝරා ගැනීමද යන්න ඉදිරියේ ඇත්තේ ප්‍රශ්නාර්ථයකි. කෙසේනමුත් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ රාජ්‍ය සේවයේ පවතින දැඩි අකාර්යක්ෂමතාව පිළිබඳව මේ වනවිට දේශපාලන වේදිකාවන්වල පවා කතාබහට ලක්වන තත්ත්වයක් උදාවී තිබේ. තම බදු මුදලින් නඩත්තු වන රාජ්‍ය සේවයෙන් තමන්ට ලැබෙන...Read More

Prof. Charmalie Nahallage attached to the Department of Anthropology, of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, recently received a Merit Award for her Scientific Publications ( for the year 2016)  by the National Research Council in Sri Lanka. This awards for Scientific Publications gives due recognition for scientific merit and is based on publications. These awards are given to Sri Lankan scientists with a local institutional affiliation. Prof. Nahallage is being continuously engaged in research on Primates including the...Read More

Center of Student Welfare and Counseling of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences awarded scholarships for selected Undergraduates (2016/2017 academic year) in the Faculty on 12th February 2019 at Faculty Board Room. Professor D. P. S. Chandrakumara – Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr. Sunil Rajaneththi; President Center of the Student welfare and counseling (CSWC) and committee members of the CSWC, participated in the awarding ceremony.Read More

The ceremony of the enshrinement of sacred relics in the Rajagala Stupa which is conserved under the Rajagala Archaeological project, being carried out by the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology of Sri Lanka, was held in Ampara under the precedence of honorable Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe, Prof. Sampath Amaratunge; Vice-Chancellor of the USJP, Minister Wijedasa Rakapaksha, Prof. D. P. S. Chandrakumara; Dean of the...Read More