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Lalith Athulathmudali had been one of the most prominent and powerful ministers in President J.R. Jayewardene’s government during 1977-88. [according to whom?] Athulathmudali, Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa and minister of Mahaweli Development Gamini Dissanayake were considered to be the closest contenders for the 1988 Sri Lankan presidential election. [4]
At the height of the Sri Lankan Civil War, Premasiri joined the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force in 1991 at the age of 22. After his training at the Diyathalawa Army base, he was attached to the 5th Battalion of the Gajaba Regiment.
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Stanley Peiris was born in Kandy on 12 June 1941 and attended St. Anthony's College, Kandy.He learnt music at the Kandy M.G.C. institute and later joined the Sri Lanka Navy.
Alfa Anderson, a vocalist known for her work with the iconic 1970s disco band Chic, has died. She was 78. Niles Rodgers, founder of Chic, shared the news in an Instagram post on Dec. 17. “RIP ...
The tragic death of a 28-year-old newscaster in Arizona has left colleagues devastated. Ana Orsini, a co-anchor at CBS affiliate KOLD-TV in Tucson, died last week of a brain aneurysm.Orsini's ...
PARAMARIBO (Reuters) -Suriname's fugitive former President Desi Bouterse has died aged 79, the country's government said on Wednesday, almost a year after he fled authorities to avoid jail ...
Dhammika was killed on January 9, 2004, inside the court room no.6 of Colombo Magistrate by an Army deserter named Siriwardanage Chaminda Udaya Kumara (Mol Chaminda). It was speculated that he was killed in order to conceal the conduct of several high-ranking politicians, during the hearing of court cases.