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According to Sri Lanka's chief of National Intelligence, the wealth of intelligence on the LTTE gained from Karuna's defection was "pure gold". [33] A Sri Lanka Army commander later told Karuna in July 2010 that he was a more significant threat than Prabhakaran and the real mastermind behind the LTTE but also "a real hero because without you we ...
The following is a list of members of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and its antecedent bodies who died in office. State Council of Ceylon (1931–1947) Member
A British woman has reportedly died after falling ill at a hostel in Sri Lanka. The 24-year-old was taken to hospital after collapsing while staying at a hostel in the centre of Colombo .
Two tourists have died from suspected pesticide poisoning after their hostel in Sri Lanka was fumigated for bedbugs, Britain’s PA Media news agency has reported.. Ebony McIntosh, a 24-year-old ...
D. C. Atukorala [3] - A Chief Engineer attached to the Ports Authority, Sri Lanka; Daya Pathirana [6] - Former leader of the Independent Students Union (ISU) of University of Colombo; Daya Sepali Senadheera [5] - United National Party MP for Karandeniya; DIG Bennet Perera [7] - Former Director Criminal Investigation Department of Sri Lanka.
“And on the democratic side, Sri Lanka is one clear case of a democratic regime that in 1989–90 authorized military squads to track down and summarily execute members and suspected supporters of the JVP (Peoples Liberation Party), which had begun its second rebellion that threatened to overthrow the state.
On 9 November 1994, two and a half weeks after the assassination, Kumaratunga defeated Dissanayake in the largest landslide victory in Sri Lanka's history, garnering 62.28% of the votes to Dissanayake's 35.91%. [23] Kumaratunga became the first female and longest-serving president in Sri Lanka's history, serving from 1994 to 2005. [24]
His father was Major L. V. Gooneratne, ED, CCC the first Mayor of Dehiwala - Mt Lavinia [9] [10] He entered politics as a member of the Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council in which he was Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka Freedom Party). He was chosen as a Central Committee Member of the SLFP in early 1970s and was elected to parliament ...