Daily News Sri Lankan of the year

Four new entrants

A soldier helping a fallen four legged victim, Sarvodaya leader Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Ihisaui Arabic College Chairman Alhaj Niyas Mowlavi and one man cricket cheer squad Percy Abeysekera are the four new entrants for the Daily News Sri Lankan of the Year 2006.

Army Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka and Air Force Commander Air Vice Marshal Roshan Gunatillake requested to be excluded from the Daily News Sri Lankan of the Year 2006 vote saying it was not appropriate for Forces Commanders to be made participants.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa is leading the Daily News Sri Lankan of the Year 2006.

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, late Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, former UN Under Secretary General Jayantha Dhanapala, TULF leader V. Anandasangaree, Justice Christopher Weeramantry, Prof. Harindra Fernando, Prof. Sriyal Malik Pieris, who discovered the SARS virus, Mano Ganeshan, cricket star Muttiah Muralitharan and the late Kethesh Loganathan, Deputy SCOPP chief have also received votes.

We will be accepting your votes right up to December 31, 2006 and announcing the winner in January 2007. You too can make your voice heard as we trust our readers to nominate the Sri Lankan most deserving of the accolade 'Sri Lankan of the Year'.

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How to vote

Send in your entries by fax (011-2343694), email ([email protected]. Please mention Sri Lankan of the Year in the Subject line) or postcard (Daily News Sri Lankan of the Year, Daily News, Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, PO Box 1217, Colombo).

You can also vote on-line at www.dailynews.lk. Please limit each entry to only one nomination for Sri Lankan of the Year.

Please mention your name, address and contact details. Letters and telephone calls will not be entertained.