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Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, 8th President of Sri Lanka (2019–2022) [106] [107] Basil Rajapaksa, former Minister of Finance (2021–2022), former Member of Parliament (2007–2010, 2010–2015, 2021–2022) [108] [h] Dhammika Perera, businessman, former Minister of Investment Promotion (2022), Member of Parliament (2022 ...
The 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka, known officially as the 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. [1] [2] The parliament met for the first time on 21 November 2024. [3]
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.
The 2019 Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election, held on 11 October 2019, saw a high voter turnout of 78.86%, with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) winning 56.31% of the vote (17 wards). The United National Front (UNF) followed with 24.37%, while the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) received 12.71% ...
Ampara (Digamadulla) Electoral District (Tamil: அம்பாறை தேர்தல் மாவட்டம், romanized: Ampāṟai Tērtal Māvaṭṭam; Sinhala: අම්පාර මැතිවරණ දිස්ත්රික්කය, romanized: Ampāra Mætivaraṇa Distrikkaya) is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution ...
Cabinet of Sri Lanka: Date formed: 18 November 2024 () People and organisations; Head of state: Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Head of government: Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Deputy head of government: Harini Amarasuriya: Total no. of members: 22: Member parties National People's Power: Status in legislature: Supermajority government
[36] [37] [38] Abeywardena is the fifth speaker in Sri Lanka's history to face a no-confidence motion. [39] 27 March The largest maternity hospital in South Asia, the “German-Sri Lanka Friendship New Women’s Hospital” in Karapitiya, Galle is inaugurated. [40]