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Dr. Dulan Hettiarachchi honoured with prestigious "Pride of Nation" international award
Daily FT
|October 24, 2025
RENOWNED academic and humanitarian Dr. Dulan Hettiarachchi was recently honoured with the "Pride of Nation" international award at a special ceremony held at the BMICH, Colombo, organised by the Asian Academic Forum.
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This distinguished recognition was presented in appreciation of Dr. Hettiarachchi's remarkable humanitarian initiative, the “One Coffee Campaign”, through which 184 houses were built and donated to differently-abled families across Sri Lanka.
This story is from the October 24, 2025 edition of Daily FT.
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