Sirimavo Bandaranaike's party lost that election, but she was returned to parliament. She was then 72. Her children, in the meantime, had become important political figures within the Freedom Party.

Sirimavo Bandaranaike, who has died in Sri Lanka at the age of 84, became the world's first elected woman prime minister on 20 July 1960. Send us your tributes to Sirimavo Bandaranaike. She served for ...

2000-10-11 04:00:00 PDT Bangalore, India-- Not long after Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the first woman in the world to serve as prime minister, rolled up to the polling booth in her wheelchair yesterday ...

To my surprise, Madam Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Chairperson of the BMNF and a keen supporter of BCIS, was present and actively engaged in the proceedings, adding even more significance to the event. It ...

During her first ten months in office as the world's first woman Prime Minister, Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike, 45, has a record of more trouble than accomplishment. She has alarmed ...

On a green island set in a blue sea, Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike, 44, the world’s first and only female Prime Minister, was plunged deep in political strife. In the seaport of Jaffna, an angry ...

His widow Sirimavo Dias Bandaranaike who had never been a politician, addressed election meetings and, according to the newspapers, shed tears in public. The election was fought more on emotion and ...

Overall, 60 UN member states (31%) have ever had a woman serve as head of government. The first was Sri Lanka, then called Ceylon, where Sirimavo Bandaranaike began her first term as prime minister in ...

241. Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya Colombo produced a brilliant all-round performance to win both the Under-20 and Under-17 girls’ titles at the Western Province Throwball Championship 2025, held at ...