Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Sri LankapoliticianMaleb. 19717.3Global Dominance: 0.01%Anura Kumara Dissanayake is a prominent Sri Lankan politician and the leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a leftist political party. He has served in various capacities within the government and is known for his vocal stance on issues of corruption and economic policy. Recently, he was in the news for leading his government's efforts to cancel a power purchase agreement with the Adani Group, which was perceived as corrupt, and for seeking more favorable energy rates for Sri Lanka.
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The Cabinet, chaired by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, approved a proposal to provide a fuel subsidy of 4100 million rupees.
කෝටි 4100ක ඉන්ධන සහනාධාරයට කැබිනට් අනුමැතියSri Lanka· 2026-09-28
Anura Kumara Dissanayake mentioned that several state institutions will be digitized to allow people to work from home.
ලබන වසරේ සිට රාජ්ය ආයතන ගණනාවක් ගෙදර සිට වැඩSri Lanka· 2026-09-28Anura Kumara Dissanayake chaired the new program initiated by the Presidential Fund to recognize outstanding students.
උ.පෙ හපනුන් ඇගැයීම උතුරින් ඇරැඹෙයිSri Lanka· 2026-09-28
Anura Kumara Dissanayake mentioned that several state institutions will be digitized to allow people to work from home.
ලබන වසරේ සිට රාජ්ය ආයතන ගණනාවක් ගෙදර සිට වැඩSri Lanka· 2026-09-27Anura Kumara Dissanayake is leading the Cabinet meeting to discuss the fuel subsidy proposal.
ඉන්ධන සහනෙට කෝටි 4100ක්: අද කැබිනට්ටුවටSri Lanka· 2026-09-27Anura Kumara Dissanayake chaired the new program initiated by the Presidential Fund to recognize outstanding students.
උ.පෙ හපනුන් ඇගැයීම උතුරින් ඇරැඹෙයිSri Lanka· 2026-09-27Anura Kumara Dissanayake mentioned that efforts are being made to establish floating solar power plants in the country.
තවත් ජලාශ දහයකට පාවෙන සූර්ය බලාගාරSri Lanka· 2026-09-27Anura Kumara Dissanayake is said to have requested support from Russia regarding Sri Lanka's BRICS membership.
අනෙක් රටවල් ඇතුළට යද්දී ලංකාවට බ්රික්ස් දොර වැහෙන්නේ ඇයි ?Sri Lanka· 2026-09-27
The Minister of Power, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, stated that the government has not taken any steps to limit solar power systems installed on rooftops.
‘‘වහලයේ සවි කරන සූර්ය බලශක්ති පද්ධතිය ගැන බය වෙන්න එපා‘‘Sri Lanka· 2026-09-26Anura Kumara Dissanayake mentioned the establishment of floating solar power plants in the country.
තවත් ජලාශ දහයකට පාවෙන සූර්ය බලාගාරSri Lanka· 2026-09-26Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointed the commission to investigate coal purchasing irregularities.
ගල්අඟුරු කොමිසම හිටපු ඇමති සියඹලාපිටියගෙන් ප්රශ්න කරයිSri Lanka· 2026-09-26
Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointed the commission to investigate the coal purchasing irregularities since 2019.
ගල්අඟුරු හිටපු සභාපති නැව් සංස්ථාවේ අධ්යක්ෂවරයෙක් ජනපති කොමිසම හමුවටSri Lanka· 2026-09-26Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointed the commission to investigate coal purchasing irregularities.
ගල්අඟුරු කොමිසම හිටපු ඇමති සියඹලාපිටියගෙන් ප්රශ්න කරයිSri Lanka· 2026-09-26Anura Kumara Dissanayake mentioned the issuance of oil exploration licenses in Mannar in October 2027 during a parliamentary session.
මන්නාරමේ තෙල් කැණීම් බලපත්ර 2027 ඔක්තෝබරයේSri Lanka· 2026-09-22
Anura Kumara Dissanayake appointed Maya Duna Koraya as the acting chairman of the Appeals Court.
අභියාචනාධිකරණයේ වැඩබලන්න සභාපති විනිසුරුවරයෙක් - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2026-09-21
The Southern Province battery energy storage system was officially connected to the national electricity grid under the leadership of Minister Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
දකුණු පළාත් බැටරි බලශක්ති ගබඩා සංකීර්ණය ජාතික විදුලි පද්ධතියටSri Lanka· 2026-09-21Anura Kumara Dissanayake mentioned plans to reduce taxes in the upcoming budget.
‘‘ලබන අයවැයෙන් බදු අඩු කරනවා‘‘Sri Lanka· 2026-09-20President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that all steps are being taken to ensure the safety of children's lives as a government responsible for the nation's treasure.
දරුවන් රකින්න හැම පියවරක්ම ගන්නවාSri Lanka· 2026-09-19President Anura Kumara Dissanayake led the integration of a new battery energy storage system into the national electricity grid.
හිරුගෙන් බලය ගෙන රෑට එළිය දෙන බල ශක්ති පද්ධතිය විවෘත කරයිSri Lanka· 2026-09-19The integration of the battery energy storage system into the national electricity grid was conducted under the leadership of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
හිරුගෙන් බලය ගෙන රෑට එළිය දෙන බල ශක්ති පද්ධතිය විවෘත කරයිSri Lanka· 2026-09-18Anura Kumara Dissanayake presided over the connection of the 'Diya Janani' floating solar power plant to the national electricity grid.
ඉබ්බන් කටුව වැවේ පාවෙන විදුලි බලාගාරය විවෘත කරයිSri Lanka· 2026-09-18
Anura Kumara Dissanayake presided over the connection of the 'Diya Janani' floating solar power plant to the national electricity grid.
ඉබ්බන් කටුව වැවේ පාවෙන විදුලි බලාගාරය විවෘත කරයිSri Lanka· 2026-09-18
Anura Kumara Dissanayake is leading the inauguration of the battery power storage system.
පාවෙන බල ශක්ති පද්ධතියෙන් හෙට සිට විදුලියSri Lanka· 2026-09-18
Anura Kumara Dissanayake led the commencement of construction for the emergency and trauma care unit at Mannar District General Hospital.
මන්නාරම රෝහලට ඉන්දීය රජයෙන් ලොකු තෑග්ගක්Sri Lanka· 2026-09-16
The construction of a new cardiac unit at the Trincomalee District General Hospital was initiated under the leadership of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
ත්රි’ මලේට හෘද රෝග ඒකකයක්Sri Lanka· 2026-09-16The program was initiated under the leadership of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
රාජ්ය සේවයට එනවා නම් ළමා අපරාධ චෝදනා නොතිබිය යුතුයිSri Lanka· 2026-09-16
The first phase of the program will be launched under the leadership of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
රාජ්ය සේවයට එනවා නම් ළමා අපරාධ චෝදනා නොතිබිය යුතුයිSri Lanka· 2026-09-15The foundation stone for the construction will be laid under the leadership of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
දිස්ත්රික් හතරකට මිලියන 7148ක සෞඛ්ය ගොඩනැගිලිSri Lanka· 2026-09-14
Minister Anura Kumara Dissanayake mentioned that there may be a decision regarding fuel prices based on the request of private fuel distribution companies.
ඉන්ධන මිල ඉහළ යන ලකුණුSri Lanka· 2026-09-14Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party organized a rally in Anuradhapura to mark two years of the current government's rule.
‘මාලිමා’ ආණ්ඩුව වසර දෙකකදී ජනතාවට එපාවෙලාSri Lanka· 2026-09-14
