{"id":208,"date":"2025-06-24T23:20:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T04:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/zoology\/devanmini-halwatura\/?page_id=208"},"modified":"2025-07-16T13:51:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T19:21:22","slug":"appointments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/zoology\/devanmini-halwatura\/appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\">Academic Appointments<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>2019<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Senior Lecturer (Grade II)<\/h4><p>University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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