In 1984 he was assigned to Bonn, Germany, as First Secretary, for Press and Information, on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

[7] Ratnayake was an exceptionally talented student, athlete, boxer and cadet at Ananda College.

The Apollo 12 was the second spaceflight to land men on the Moon, it consisted of Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gordon Jr., and Alan L. Bean.

The crew was welcomed by the then Minister of State, J. R. Jayewardene, US Ambassador Andrew Corry,[19] and the Mayor of Colombo, Vincent Perera.

[21][4] In 1984, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs subsequently sent him to Bonn, Germany, as First Secretary, for Press and Information.

[10][22] Since he was a writer and journalist belonging to the old world order, he didn't fancy writing on computers, and managed to get himself the only typewriter left at the Lake House[4][5][1] as he simply says "To hell with the modernity, the scuttling mouse.

[23][24][25][26] His final novel, The Third Person Note was presented on 12 November 1997, at an event held at the National Library Services Board Auditorium, it was attended by Gamini Weerakoon, editor of The Island, and Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne, president of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement.