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The CRPF played a major role in the Parliamentary elections of September 1999. [3] The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is the largest paramilitary force in India, comprising 247 battalions and exceeding a total strength of 301,376 personnel as of 2019. [4] CRPF officers are also deployed in United Nations missions.
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 ...
Sri Lanka international cricketer and captain Thisara Perera announces his retirement from international cricket after a 12-year career. [69] 5 May Wanted murder suspect 'Aliwatte Asitha' is arrested by the Mattakkuliya Police. [70] Sri Lanka reports the first death of a pregnant woman due to COVID-19. [71]
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Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: Minister of Trade, Commerce and Food Security: 20 May 2022 [b] 24 September 2024 [1] Tiran Alles: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: Minister of Public Security: 20 May 2022 [b] 24 September 2024 [1] Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen: Sri Lanka Muslim Congress: Minister of Environment: 18 April 2022 [b] 6 October 2023 [1] [5 ...
In 2022, as protests began growing in Sri Lanka, Jaliya Wickramasuriya, former Sri Lankan ambassador to the United States and Mexico, and a cousin of the Rajapaksa brothers, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for defrauding $332,027 from the Sri Lankan government during the purchase of a new embassy building in 2013.
Ranil Wickremesinghe won the election with 134 votes and was elected as the ninth President of Sri Lanka. [5] The election, which was held amid a political crisis, [6] was the first time in the history of Sri Lanka that a vote took place in Parliament to elect a President. [a] [7]