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On 25 June, Khurelsukh issued a decree on appointing Y. Sodbaatar as the Chief of Staff of the Office of the President and Jadambyn Enkhbayar as the Secretary of the National Security Council. [37] Khurelsukh also issued an order on 28 June appointing the following advisor posts: [38] A. Byambajargal – Advisor on Legal Policy
The election signified a major political realignment in Sri Lanka. [10] Dissanayake's victory was the first time a third-party candidate was elected president. This was also the first election where neither of the top two candidates were endorsed by the United National Party or the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
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 ...
In the past four years, the share of people living below the poverty line in Sri Lanka has risen to 25.9 per cent. The World Bank forecasts the economy to grow by just 2.2 per cent in 2024.
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 7 June 1970 – 22 May 1972 ( – ) (1 year, 11 months and 15 days) Sirimavo Bandaranaike: 7th: Speakers of the National State Assembly (1972–1978) (10) Stanley Tillekeratne: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 22 May 1972 – 18 May 1977 ( – ) (4 years, 11 months and 26 days)
Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 16 November 2019. [1] [2] Incumbent president Maithripala Sirisena did not run for a second term.Gotabaya Rajapaksa, brother of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, was the candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna [3] and was endorsed by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. [4]
India vs Sri Lanka. 08:38. 0.6. FOUR! Dilshan Madushanka to Virat Kohli. Length ball, down leg side on the front foot glancing, well timed in the air under control past fine leg for 4 runs. India ...
Following the signing of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord, the JVP launched its second insurrection against the Sri Lankan Government, and in 1987 a 19-year-old Dissanayake formally joined the JVP with his first cousin Sunil Dissanayake (Sunil Aiya), who convinced him to join while waiting for his GCE (AL) examination results.