Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
IndiapoliticianFemaleb. 19457.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is a prominent Sri Lankan politician who served as the country's first female president from 1994 to 2000. She is known for her efforts to promote national unity and reconciliation in a post-civil war Sri Lanka and has been involved in various social and educational initiatives throughout her career. Recently, she participated in a program in Mullaitivu district that provided school supplies to students, emphasizing the importance of education and community support.
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Chandrika Kumaratunga was Sri Lanka’s first female president who viewed power as a joke and a tool for implementing her vision for the country.
Quote of the day by Chandrika Kumaratunga: 'Power is a joke, but it gives me the authority to do what I think I need to do for the country'India· 2026-08-04
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga calls for leadership to ensure the eternal status of the Buddha's teachings.
‘‘ධර්ම සංගායනාවකින් සසුන ආරක්ෂා කරන්න‘‘
Sri Lanka· 2026-05-27Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is mentioned in the context of her international representation.
ආණ්ඩුව ද්වේශය - පළිගැනීම - කුහකකමින් අන්තයටම ගිහිල්ලාSri Lanka· 2026-02-21
The first phase of the power plant was initiated during the presidency of Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.
පළමු ගල් අගුරු නැවෙන් කෝටි 140ක් පාඩුයිSri Lanka· 2026-01-26
The first phase of the power plant was initiated during the presidency of Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.
පළමු ගල් අගුරු නැවෙන් කෝටි 140ක් පාඩුයිSri Lanka· 2026-01-26
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga stated that the free market economic policy would not be revoked after the Sri Lanka Freedom Party came to power.
අයවැයේ නොපෙනෙන පැත්ත - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2025-11-14
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has blessed the rally but has decided not to participate.
නුගේගොඩ රැලියට යනවාද නැද්ද:විපක්ෂය කඹ ඇදීමකSri Lanka· 2025-11-04
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is among the former presidents who have endorsed the rally.
නුගේගොඩ රැලියට හිටපු ජනපතිලා පහම නෑSri Lanka· 2025-11-04
Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga donated a portion of valuable educational and academic books from her private library to the University of Colombo.
චන්ද්රිකාගේ පුස්තකාලේ පොත් ටිකක් කොළඹ සරසවියටSri Lanka· 2025-10-25
Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is expected to move out of the government bungalow in Colombo within the next two to three weeks.
චන්ද්රිකාත් බංගලාවෙන් ඉවත්වෙයි - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2025-10-04
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga's ministers were involved in the previous government but did not fully engage in governance.
ආණ්ඩුව වෙනස හදුනාගෙනද? - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2025-09-22
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga's government initiated the Samurdhi program as a continuation of the Janasaviya program.
ජූලි මාසයේදී පවුල් ලක්ෂ 14 කට කෝටි 1130 ක අස්වැසුම දිලාSri Lanka· 2025-09-19
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga's government replaced the Janasaviya program with the Samurdhi program.
ජූලි මාසයේදී පවුල් ලක්ෂ 14 කට කෝටි 1130 ක අස්වැසුම දිලාSri Lanka· 2025-09-19
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga lost an eye due to a terrorist attack, illustrating the risks faced by leaders.
හිටපු ජනපතිත් මහ පාරට ඇද දැමීමSri Lanka· 2025-09-17
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is a former president who has been provided with a government residence and a pension.
හිටපු ජනපතීන්ගේ භුක්ති වින්ද සැප ලැයිස්තුව මෙන්නSri Lanka· 2025-09-13
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is a former president who has been provided with a government residence and a pension.
හිටපු ජනපතීන්ගේ භුක්ති වින්ද සැප ලැයිස්තුව මෙන්නSri Lanka· 2025-09-13Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga signed the United Nations Convention against Torture after becoming President.
අපරාධ රැල්ල මට්ටුව - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2025-09-04
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga stated her strong opposition to actions against political leaders.
’’දේශපාලන නායකයන්ට විරුද්ධ ක්රියාකාරකම් දැඩිව හෙලා දකිනවා’’Sri Lanka· 2025-08-24
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga lost an eye due to a terrorist attack.
හිටපු ජනපති වරප්රසාද කැපිල්ල - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2025-08-13
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga provided the land titles for the properties.
‘‘අපි අනවසරයෙන් ඉඩම් අල්ලා ගත්තේ නෑ‘‘Sri Lanka· 2025-07-29
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga provided us with the land titles for these lands.
‘‘අපි අනවසරයෙන් ඉඩම් අල්ලා ගත්තේ නෑ‘‘Sri Lanka· 2025-07-29Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga became the first female executive president of Sri Lanka in November 1994.
දිරිය දියණිය චන්ද්රිකා - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2025-06-30She is a former president of Sri Lanka and has received significant budget allocations for her residence.
හිටපු ජනපති වරප්රසාද කැපෙයිද? - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2025-06-19
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga served as a powerful minister during her presidency.
ජනපති සමාව කල දුටු කල වළ ඉහගත්තාද?Sri Lanka· 2025-06-13
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is referenced among past presidents who had strong support systems.
ආණ්ඩුවේ ගමන්මග සාර්ථකද? - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2025-05-30
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is referenced among past presidents who had strong support systems.
ආණ්ඩුවේ ගමන්මග සාර්ථකද? - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2025-05-30Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga was among the attendees honoring Malini Fonseka.
මාලිනී බලන්න කොළඹට ජන ගගක්Sri Lanka· 2025-05-25
Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga cast her vote yesterday.
මහින්ද, ගෝඨා, මෛත්රි ඡන්දෙ දෙන්න ඇවිත් නෑSri Lanka· 2025-05-07Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga was the first female Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
Sunday LankadeepaSri Lanka· 2025-05-04
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is one of the former presidents who returned excess vehicles to the presidential office.
හිටපු ජනපතිවරු හතරක් වැඩි වාහන බාර දෙතිSri Lanka· 2025-04-30