Family
In 1994, he married Dr Maitree Wickramasinghe, a Senior Lecturer of the Department of English at the University of Kelaniya. She is the only daughter of the late Senevi B. Wickremasinghe and Shiranee Wickremasinghe (née Bandaratilaka) of Nawala, Koswatte.
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