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www.adaderana.lk Ada Derana Sri Lankan of the Year (Sinhala: අද දෙරණ වසරේ ශ්රී ලාංකිකයා) is an annual award presented to Sri Lankans who have raised Sri Lanka's profile in the international arena through their careers and lifted the name Sri Lanka globally.
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 ...
The 16th parliamentary election was held on 5 August 2020. [3] The incumbent Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance claimed a landslide victory in the election claiming the majority winning 145 seats, [4] [5] [6] while the newly formed Samagi Jana Balawegaya won a total of 54 seats and the National People's Power won 3 seats.
TV Derana is a Sri Lankan private entertainment terrestrial television channel broadcasting in Sri Lanka.Launched on 11 October 2005, [2] it is one of the most popular television networks in the country. [3]
Name Life Years Active Comments References Sunil Perera alias Gonawala Sunil: died February 1990 1978–1990 Gonawala Sunil is one of the worst earliest criminal gang leaders in Sri Lankan underworld.
Ranwala was employed at the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), working at the Sapugaskanda Refinery.As a trade unionist in the JVP-affiliated Ceylon Petroleum Common Workers' Union, he was the convener of the Trade Union Collective for Conservation of Fuel Resources, leading protests against the state-owned CPC losing its monopoly to the Indian state-owned Lanka IOC in 2002. [2]
The 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka (10th Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka) is the current Parliament of Sri Lanka, with its membership determined by the results of the 2024 parliamentary election held on 14 November 2024.
Party [2] Votes % Seats United People's Freedom Alliance: 19,967 53.89% 11 United National Party: 13,892 37.5% 6 Independent Group 3 1,553 4.19%