Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Ranwala Arachchige Asoka Sapumal Ranwala is a Sri Lankan trade unionist and politician, who served as the 22nd Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from November to December 2024. He resigned from the position after serving for only 22 days, thus making him the shortest-serving speaker in Sri Lanka's history.
13 December – Speaker of the Parliament Asoka Ranwala, following controversies surrounding alleged falsifications of his educational records, resigns from his position. [ 151 ] [ 152 ] 20 December – The Sri Lanka Navy rescues more than 100 Rohingya refugees found aboard a fishing trawler off the country's northern coast.
In December 2024, questions about the authenticity of Asoka Ranwala's educational qualifications sparked widespread calls for clarification from academics, officials, politicians, and the public. [29] Amidst the growing controversy, Ranwala resigned as Speaker of Parliament on 13 December 2024. [9]
Asoka Ranwala: National People's Power: 21 November – 13 December 2024 ( – ) Anura Kumara Dissanayake: 17th: 22 days 23 Jagath Wickramaratne: National People's Power: 17 December 2024 () – present 1 month and 18 days
The Executive Council of Ceylon was the Executive Council created in British Ceylon by the British colonial administration on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission along with the Legislative Council of Ceylon on March 13, 1833.
Harini Nireka Amarasuriya [j] (born 6 March 1970) is a Sri Lankan sociologist, academic, activist, and politician serving as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since 2024.. Having spent a decade as an academic at the Open University of Sri Lanka, where she was engaged with the Federation of University Teachers' Association in trade union action; Amarasuriya was nominated by the National People's ...
Asoka Ranwala Jagath Wickramaratne: Preceded by: Ajith Rajapaksa: Member of Parliament for Colombo District; Incumbent. Assumed office 21 November 2024: Majority:
Gampaha electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Gampaha in the Western province.