{"id":11559,"date":"2026-02-16T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/?p=11559"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:32:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T04:02:38","slug":"celebrating-outstanding-student-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/celebrating-outstanding-student-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Outstanding Student Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"background: #fff; border: 1px solid #e5e5e5; border-radius: 12px; padding: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.7; color: #444; text-align: justify; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\n\n  <p>The <strong>49th Colours Awarding Ceremony<\/strong> of the <strong>University of Sri Jayewardenepura<\/strong> lit up the evening with pride, prestige, and celebration, recognising outstanding achievements in sports and academic excellence.<\/p>\n\n  <p>We extend our heartfelt congratulations to the outstanding students of the <strong>Department of Business Economics<\/strong> on their remarkable achievements at this prestigious event. The department proudly recognises the following outstanding student athletes, who received Colours at the <strong>49th Colours Awarding Ceremony<\/strong>,<\/p>\n\n  <div style=\"background:#fafafa; border:1px solid #e5e5e5; border-radius:12px; padding:18px; margin-top:20px; margin-bottom:20px;\">\n\n    <ul style=\"margin:0; padding-left:20px;\">\n\n      <li><strong>Maneesha Dasanayaka<\/strong> \u2013 Wrestling \u2013 Colours Award \u2013 4th Year<\/li>\n\n      <li><strong>Nishan Fernando<\/strong> \u2013 Elle (Men) \u2013 Colours Award \u2013 4th Year<\/li>\n\n      <li><strong>Yazid Jayah<\/strong> \u2013 Best Player (Men\u2019s Hockey), Cricket &#038; Hockey \u2013 Colours Award \u2013 3rd Year<\/li>\n\n      <li><strong>Ruchira Perera<\/strong> \u2013 Hockey (Men) \u2013 Merit Award \u2013 3rd Year<\/li>\n\n      <li><strong>Nipul Wickramarathna<\/strong> \u2013 Swimming \u2013 Colours Award \u2013 2nd Year<\/li>\n\n      <li><strong>M.G. Madhushika Sewwandi<\/strong> \u2013 Karate (Women) \u2013 Merit Award \u2013 2nd Year<\/li>\n\n      <li><strong>M.G. Maheshika Sewwandi<\/strong> \u2013 Karate (Women) \u2013 Merit Award \u2013 2nd Year<\/li>\n\n    <\/ul>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n  <p>Their commitment, talent, and exemplary sportsmanship have brought great distinction to our department. We wish all our awardees continued success as they advance with confidence and determination, reaching new heights and inspiring others along the way.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:25px; text-align:center;\">\n\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Colours-Night-Awards.png\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"display:inline-block; position:relative; overflow:hidden; border-radius:18px; padding:8px; background:linear-gradient(135deg,#993300,#cc6600,#993300); box-shadow:0 10px 25px rgba(0,0,0,0.12); text-decoration:none; transition:all 0.4s ease; max-width:750px;\" onmouseover=\"this.style.transform='translateY(-4px) scale(1.01)'; this.style.boxShadow='0 16px 35px rgba(0,0,0,0.18)'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.transform='translateY(0) scale(1)'; this.style.boxShadow='0 10px 25px rgba(0,0,0,0.12)'\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\n    <div style=\"background:#fff; border-radius:12px; overflow:hidden;\">\n\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Colours-Night-Awards.png\"\n           alt=\"49th Colours Awarding Ceremony\"\n           style=\"width:100%; display:block; transition:transform 0.5s ease;\"\n           onmouseover=\"this.style.transform='scale(1.03)'\"\n           onmouseout=\"this.style.transform='scale(1)'\">\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several undergraduates were recognised at the 49th Colours Awarding Ceremony of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura for outstanding achievements in sports, receiving Colours and Merit Awards across multiple disciplines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,46,11,38,15,27,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards-and-scholarships-news","category-bizcon","category-degree-programme-news","category-e-notice-board","category-image-gallery","category-students-achievements","category-top-stories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Colours-Night-Awards.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7odTZ-30r","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11559"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12491,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11559\/revisions\/12491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}