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Sri Lankan government declaration of total victory on 16 May 2009 marked the end of the 26-year-long civil war. President Mahinda Rajapaksa , while attending the G11 summit in Jordan , addressed the summit stating "my government, with the total commitment of our armed forces, has in an unprecedented humanitarian operation finally defeated the ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 8 Dudley Senanayake cabinet III: 25 March 1965: 29 May 1970: Dudley Senanayake: United National Party: 9 Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet II: 29 May 1970: 23 July 1977: William Gopallawa (1972–1978) Sirimavo Bandaranaike: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 10 Jayewardene cabinet I: 23 July 1977: 7 September 1978: J. R. Jayewardene ...
A referendum on extending the term of parliament by six years was held in Sri Lanka on 22 December 1982. It was the first and so far only national referendum to be held in the country. [3] The referendum was called for by President J. R. Jayawardene, who had been elected to a fresh six-year term as President in October 1982.
Dulith was not granted his request by the government, the decision was applauded by the citizens of Sri Lanka. On March 25, 2020, the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) of Sri Lanka personnel raided Kapruka office for selling essential food items at prices far above the maximum retail price (MRP) fixed by the Government.
Sri Lanka will hold a parliamentary election on Nov. 14, the government announced on Tuesday, less than two months after the Indian Ocean island nation elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new ...
In 1972, the country was renamed as the Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka, and the position was known as the prime minister of Sri Lanka from then onwards. The prime minister also held the unified Ministry of External Affairs and Defence until 1977, when the government of J. R. Jayewardene split the ministry into two ...
Under the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord signed in 1987 and the subsequent 13th Amendment to the Constitution, the Government of Sri Lanka agreed to devolve some authority to the provinces. Provincial councils are directly elected for five-year terms.
A 30% rise in tourism revenues this year and a 76% jump in remittances have funnelled $3.2 billion into Sri Lanka's coffers, helping reserves hit a 14-month high of $3.5 billion in May, and the ...