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H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, commonly known by its brand name H&M, is a multinational fashion retailer headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Known for its fast fashion business model, H&M offers affordable [clarification needed] clothing, accessories, and homeware. The company has a significant global presence, operating thousands of stores across ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: Minister of Irrigation, Power and Highways: 31 May 1970 [2] [3] T. B. Subasinghe: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: Minister of Industries and Scientific Affairs: 1 March 1977 [3] [4] S. K. K. Suriarachchi: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: Minister of Food, Co-operatives and Small Industries [3] T. B. Tennekoon: Minister of Cultural ...
Habeeb Mohamed Mohamed Harees (ஹபீப் முஹம்மட் முஹம்மட் ஹரீஸ்) is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament. Harees represented the Ampara multi-member electoral district for the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress in the Sri Lankan Parliament between December 2001 and April 2004.
Sri Lanka, [a] historically known as Ceylon, [b] and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean , southwest of the Bay of Bengal , separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait .
Mohamed Haniffa Mohamed (15 June 1921 – 26 April 2016) was a Sri Lankan politician. Mohamed served as the 14th Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka as well as being a former member of Parliament and government minister. Mohamed was the first Sri Lankan Moor to hold office as Mayor of Colombo from 1960 to 1962. [1] [2]
Mohammed Hussain Mohammed Ashraff (Tamil: முகம்மது ஹுசைன் முகம்மது அஷ்ரப்; 23 October 1948 – 16 September 2000) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, government minister and founder of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress.
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 ...
The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA), led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, won a large majority in the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election on 5 August 2020. [14] During their tenure, the government under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa faced multiple crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic crisis, which culminated into widespread protests ...