In March 2017 President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena awarded national honours to 90 individuals for distinguished services. It was the first time in twelve years that awards were given out and there were 426 applicants. The awards ceremony was held on 20 March 2017 at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre in Colombo.
Sri Lankabhimanya
W. D. Amaradeva
Deshamanya
Abbasally Akbarally
K. M. de Silva
Tissa Devendra
Colvin De Fonseka Warnasuriya Goonaratna
Thalagalage Amaradasa Gunawardana
Devanesan Nesiah
Diyunuge Nandadasa Rajapaksha
Priyani Soysa
Latha Walpola
Mineka Presantha Wickramasingha
Deshabandu
Leslie Shelton Devendra
Deivanayagam Eassuwaren
Susanthika Jayasinghe
Mahinkande Gamladdalage Kularatne
Ranjan Madugalle
Thommadura Pabilis Silva
Lakshman Lucian de Silva Weerasena
W. K. H. Wegapitiya
Shan Wickremesinghe
Vidya Jyothi
Lal Gotabhaya Chandrasena
Harendra de Silva
Errol Radcliffe Jansz
Moderage Marian Rohan Waas Jayasekara
Sarath Kotagama
Mahamendige Wilfred Joseph Gerard Mendis
Colvin Ananda Samarasinghe
De Silva T. K. Nimal Padmasena
Alagiyawanna Mohotti Appuhamillage Nimal Kitsiri Senanayake
Tissa Vitharana
Bandula Wijayarathna
Kala Keerthi
Wijesinghe Arachchilage Abeysingha
Hapuwalanege Don Ariyadasa (Dasa Hapuwalana) Arun Dias Bandaranaike Lionel Bentharage Herman Ronald Lakshman De Alwis Nellampitiya Pathirana Arachchige Dayawathi (Daya Nellampitiya) Ivor Dennis Ranasinghe Arachchige Jayantha Prema Lal Hegoda Gunawardhana Mudalige Ajith Hemachandra George Edmond Jayasinghe Sumana Jayatillake Sunanda Mahendra Suresh Maliyadde G. Kartini Drahaman Mohamed Camillus Perera Edmand Ranasinghe Madhubhashini Disanayaka Ratnayaka Lalitha Sarathchandra Suminda Sirisena Singarampillai Thillanadarajah Saravanai Vinayagamoorthy Namel Weeramuni