Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga is seeking a Court order to disqualify former President Maithripala Sirisena from holding the position of the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). ..

The gruesome discovery is further evidence of the atrocities committed during the brutal communal war, unleashed by ...

Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga – who celebrates her 80th birthday on 29 June 2025 – made history in November 1994 when she was elected as Sri Lanka’s first female executive president. Kumaratunga ...

As Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Sri Lanka’s first female Executive President, turns 80 on 29 June, a timely question arises: how will history remember her legacy? Born into a political family ...

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

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 ...

On August 3rd, 1995, Sri Lanka’s then-President Chandrika Kumaratunga put forward a constitutional reform proposal known as the “Union of Regions” proposal. To date, it remains the boldest attempt to ...

President Chandrika Kumaratunga spent several weeks in the United Kingdom receiving treatment following the assassination attempt on her by the LTTE. On her return to the island, she immediately ...

A panel appointed by President Chandrika Kumaratunga to investigate allegations of torture by state actors, targeting members of the JVP or those linked to them at the site in Battalanda camp ...

But the security given to former Presidents Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and Mahinda Rajapaksa should not be removed. He said that the former President Chandrika Bandaranaike has never supported ...

Dissanayake was first elected to Parliament in 2000 and briefly held the portfolio of agriculture and irrigation minister under then-President Chandrika Kumaratunga.

During Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga’s presidency, from 1994 to 2005, her administration pursued an ambitious and diverse foreign policy agenda. Her tenure was characterized by navigating ...