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The main causes for disability in Sri Lanka are poor hygiene, lack of medical care, the prevalence of 30 years of war, the aftereffects of the 2004 tsunami, and an increase in accidents. [ 2 ] About 1.6 million Sri Lankans, 8% of the population, were regarded as disabled in 2012.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Sri Lankan people. It includes Sri Lankan people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Disabled people from Sri Lanka .
Senarath Attanayake, Member of Uva Provincial Council; first elected representative with a disability in Sri Lanka; first person with a disability to hold ministerial portfolios (Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, Land and Forestry) and to become an Acting Chief Minister of a Province; first person with a disability to become a lawyer in Sri ...
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 1 June 2020 9 May 2022 Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Minister of Community Empowerment and Estate Infrastructure Development Ranil Wickremesinghe: United National Party: 21 July 2022 23 September 2024 Ranil Wickremesinghe: Minister of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment Anura Kumara Dissanayake: National People's Power
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.
The Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey by Institute for Health Policy (IHP) shows Dissanayake leading in voting preferences at 36%, followed by opposition leader Sajith Premadasa of the Samagi Jana ...
Disability in Sri Lanka; S. Sri Lanka at the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games This page was last edited on 20 May 2023, at 15:41 (UTC). Text is ...
2022 Sri Lankan protests: Another curfew is imposed at 7.00 p.m. until 7.00 a.m next morning, but would later be extended by three days. [90] [91] 10 May 2022 Sri Lankan protests: Amidst the violent clashes, the vehicle in which MP Kumara Welgama was travelling in is attacked by a group of individuals in the area of Makumbura. Welgama was given ...