Sri Lanka elected its first left-wing president on September 21. Anura Kumara Dissanayake received 42 percent of votes cast, ...

Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed Dr. Harini Amarasuriya as his Prime Minister. The ...

As is well known Sirimavo and Chandrika were the wife and daughter of formr Prime Minister Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (SWRDB) respectively. Prime Minister Bandaranaike was killed in 1959.

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On September 22, 2024, the Sri Lankan election authority announced that Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Janatha Vimukthi ...

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Harini Amarasuriya was sworn in as Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister, marking the first woman leader since 2000. The 54-year-old NPP leader was appointed by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and holds ...

She is the third woman prime minister of Sri Lanka, following the world's first woman prime minister, Sirimavo Bandaranaike in 1960, and her daughter Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga in 1994.

Harini Amarasuriya has been sworn in as Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister, making her the first woman to hold the post since ...

Harini Amarasuriya has been appointed as Sri Lanka's 16th Prime Minister, making her the first woman in this role since Sirimavo Bandaranaike in 2000. An academic-turned-politician, she studied ...

COLOMBO: Harini Amarasuriya was sworn in as Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister on Tuesday, becoming the first woman leader since Sirimavo Bandaranaike in the year 2000 to hold the post. The 54-year ...