President Chandrika Kumaratunga's mother and father had both served as prime minister,... The descent of Sri Lanka's president / Her ex-supporters ask what went wrong with Kumaratunga ...

Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, who became Sri Lanka's first woman president in 1994, has risen faster in politics than any contemporary. But her time in office has not been smooth and ...

When Chandrika Kumaratunga came to power as president of Sri Lanka for the first time in 1994, her family credentials for the job were impeccable. Both her parents had been prime ministers of Sri ...

Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga – who celebrates her 80th birthday on 29 June 2025 – made history in November 1994 when ...

Last Sunday Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga made her first public statements over her decision to dissolve parliament and sack the government—more than a week after her unprecedented ...

Chandrika Kumaratunga News from United Press International. Sri Lanka has named Anura Bandaranaike, brother of President Chandrika Kumaratunga, as the replacement for assassinated Foreign Minister ...

Nine lawmakers withdrew from President Chandrika Kumaratunga's coalition Wednesday and a key Cabinet minister resigned, leaving her with a parliamentary minority a day before a scheduled no ...

Former president Chandrika Kumaratunga survived the attack at her final rally in the capital, but lost her right eye. Twenty six others, including journalists, were killed in the blast.

President Chandrika Kumaratunga claimed Thursday to have won enough support in parliamentary elections to form a government but not enough to push through a constitution aimed at ending a 17-year ...

President Chandrika Kumaratunga today lifted the state of emergency she had announced two days earlier but was preparing a new measure to increase the authority of the armed forces to respond to ...