Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Sri Lanka Sri LankapoliticianMaleb. 19716.5Global Dominance: 0.00%

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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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that the government is providing maximum support to strengthen the country's export economy.

අපනයන ආදායම වැඩි කරන්න උපරිම සහාය දෙනවා
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-06-23
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with the American Assistant Secretary of State Dr. Paul Kapoor to discuss bilateral relations.

ඇමරිකා සහකාර රාජ්‍ය ලේකම් ජනපති හමු වෙයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-06-22
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Paul Kapoor
Paul Kapoor

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that the government is providing maximum support to strengthen the country's export economy.

අපනයන ආදායම වැඩි කරන්න උපරිම සහාය දෙනවා
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-06-22
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with the American Assistant Secretary of State Dr. Paul Kapoor.

ඇමරිකා සහකාර රාජ්‍ය ලේකම් ජනපති හමු වෙයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-06-22
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Paul Kapoor
Paul Kapoor

Anura Kumara Dissanayake is the Minister of Civil Aviation and Power.

කොළඹ වරායට නව මූල්‍ය ආකෘතියක් අවශ්‍යයි - ලෝක බැංකුව පවසයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-06-19
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Gevorg Sargsyan
Gevorg Sargsyan

Sagara Kariyawasam referred to Anura Kumara Dissanayake as the president who will take over the country in 2024.

’’ඉන්ධන මිල ඉහළ යෑමට හේතුව බාල ගල් අඟුරු ආනයනයයි’’
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-06-02
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Sagara Kariyawasam mentioned that Anura Kumara Dissanayake will take over the country in 2024.

’’ඉන්ධන මිල ඉහළ යෑමට හේතුව බාල ගල් අඟුරු ආනයනයයි’’
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-06-01
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that the government is providing a portion of fuel to consumers amidst pressure from increased dollar outflow.

පීඩනයෙන් කොටසක් ඉන්ධන පාරිභෝගිකයාට දුන්නා
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-06-01
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the Minister of Power, Ports and Civil Aviation, discussed the need to reduce fuel consumption to manage the economic pressure from dollar outflows.

පීඩනයෙන් කොටසක් ඉන්ධන පාරිභෝගිකයාට දුන්නා
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-06-01
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake is mentioned in the context of the government's challenges and the economic situation in Sri Lanka.

ළදරු ආර්ථිකය තොටිල්ලේම මරා දැමීම
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-06-01
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake expressed agreement with a call to take action against past kings who distorted Dharma.

ධර්මාධිකරණයක් පිහිටුවීමේ බලයක් රජයට නෑ
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-05-31
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake expressed agreement with a call to take action against past kings' actions.

ධර්මාධිකරණයක් පිහිටුවීමේ බලයක් රජයට නෑ
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-05-31
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that the government is working to build a resilient economy capable of supporting any necessary movement both internally and externally.

අපි ආවේ ඕන කම්පනයකට මූණ දෙන්න බලාගෙන
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-05-31
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasized the necessity of religious awareness among the youth to close the drug-related destructive gateway.

මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය දොරටුව වසන්න ආගමික ප්‍රබෝධය අත්‍යවශ්‍යයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-05-30
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake invites everyone to incorporate the teachings of Buddhism into their lives.

බුදු දහමේ හරයන් ජීවිත වලට එක් කරගන්න
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-05-30
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Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that the government is committed to building a strong economy.

අපි ආවේ ඕන කම්පනයකට මූණ දෙන්න බලාගෙන
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-05-30
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasized the necessity of religious awareness among the youth to close the drug-related destructive gateway.

මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය දොරටුව වසන්න ආගමික ප්‍රබෝධය අත්‍යවශ්‍යයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-05-30
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake invites everyone to incorporate the teachings of Buddhism into their lives.

බුදු දහමේ හරයන් ජීවිත වලට එක් කරගන්න
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-05-30
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Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha

Anura Kumara Dissanayake is participating in the global environmental day celebration scheduled to be held at the Araliyagaha Mandiraya in Colombo on June 5.

පරිසර සතියක් නම් කරයි - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-05-29
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake is mentioned as the president under the Public Security Ordinance.

’’හදිසිය’’ තව දික් කරයි - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-05-29
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The environmental week is scheduled to be held with the participation of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

පරිසර සතියක් නම් කරයි - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-05-29
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated readiness to take action against forces distorting Dharma during the state Vesak festival.

ධර්මය විකෘති කරන අයට රජ දවස පියවර ගන්න සූදානම්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-05-27
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated readiness to take action against forces distorting Dharma during the state Vesak festival.

ධර්මය විකෘති කරන අයට රජ දවස පියවර ගන්න සූදානම්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-05-27
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake presided over the air show celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Air Force.

ගුවන් හමුදා 75 උපන්දිනේට ගුවන් සංදර්ශනයක්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-03-07
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Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that the government is keen to maintain the country's neutrality while also upholding its humanitarian values.

Sri Lanka und Indien nehmen nach Versenkung der Dena iranische Kriegsschiffe auf
Neue Zürcher Zeitung·SwitzerlandSwitzerland· 2026-03-07
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that Sri Lanka acted to take responsibility for the crew as a humanitarian obligation.

ඉරාන නාවිකයන් ආපසු යවන්න එපා - ඇමෙරිකාව
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-03-07
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake made a statement regarding the situation in Iraq that sparked significant discussion in society.

ආණ්ඩුවේ දේශපාලන හුණ්ඩුව - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-03-07
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Suresh Sale
Suresh Sale

Anura Kumara Dissanayake presided over the air show celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Air Force.

ගුවන් හමුදා 75 උපන්දිනේට ගුවන් සංදර්ශනයක්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-03-06
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Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake discussed the situation regarding the IRIS Bushehr.

Iranian ship has engine failure at sea, days after US submarine sank other ship
Fox News·United StatesUnited States· 2026-03-06
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