Friday's ruling by the Supreme Court in Sri Lanka that President Chandrika Kumaratunga must step down by December marks the end of a turbulent presidency. Her time in office has been dominated by a ...

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 ...

President Chandrika Kumaratunga 's mother and father had both served as prime minister, making her the heir to a dynasty that ranks with those of the Gandhis of India and the Bhuttos of Pakistan ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Sri Lanka President's office said that Chandrika Kumaratunga had agreed to pardon her would-be killers.

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.The Sri Lankan government has signed a controversial agreement with Tamil Tiger rebels to jointly distribute nearly $3 billion in tsunami ...

President Chandrika Kumaratunga further asserted her power across the troubled island nation as her rival Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was scheduled to go ahead with talks in Washington ...