Prasanna Gunasekara
Sri LankapoliticianMale7.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Prasanna Gunasekara is a Sri Lankan politician who currently serves as the Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways. He has been vocal about the challenges facing the Sri Lankan economy, particularly criticizing the impact of political interference on various institutions. In a recent parliamentary statement, he highlighted the dire conditions of the Ceylon Transport Board (CTB) workers and the deteriorating state of several government organizations, emphasizing the urgent need for effective economic management to prevent further institutional collapse.
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He mentioned in Parliament that they hope to start train services to Mahanuwara this year.
දුම්රිය මහනුවරට මේ වසරේ අග ගමන් අරඹයිSri Lanka· 2026-06-23
Prasanna Gunasekara is one of the members appointed to the committee.
’’දිට්වා’’ අඩුපාඩු හොයන්න මැතිසබා කමිටුවක්Sri Lanka· 2026-03-05
Transport Minister Prasanna Gunasekara mentioned that the government made the decision to prevent a railway strike to avoid impacting students sitting for the O/L exams.
දුම්රිය රියදුරැ වර්ජනය නවතී - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2026-02-18
Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways Prasanna Gunasekara was present at the occasion.
මහයියාව උමං මාර්ගය ඉදිකිරීම් ඇරැඹේSri Lanka· 2026-02-06
Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways Prasanna Gunasekara attended the occasion.
මහනුවර – ගැටඹේ ගුවන් පාලමේ ඉදිකිරීම් ඇරඹෙයිSri Lanka· 2026-02-06
Prasanna Gunasekara stated that the damage caused by the weather disaster includes 287 roads and 21 bridges.
“දිට්වා” මාර්ග 287 ක් පාලම් 21 ක් වනසලාSri Lanka· 2026-01-19Prasanna Gunasekara stated that the cost for the renovation of the damaged roads and bridges is estimated to be around 7532 million rupees.
“දිට්වා” මාර්ග 287 ක් පාලම් 21 ක් වනසලාSri Lanka· 2026-01-18Prasanna Gunasekara is the Deputy Minister of Transport who attended the train service inauguration.
අඹේවෙළ සිට බදුල්ල දක්වා විශේෂ දුම්රියක් ධාවනයටSri Lanka· 2025-12-21
Prasanna Gunasekara is the Deputy Minister of Transport who attended the train service inauguration.
අඹේවෙළ සිට බදුල්ල දක්වා විශේෂ දුම්රියක් ධාවනයටSri Lanka· 2025-12-20Prasanna Gunasekara is the Deputy Minister of Transport who attended the train service inauguration.
අඹේවෙළ සිට බදුල්ල දක්වා විශේෂ දුම්රියක් ධාවනයටSri Lanka· 2025-12-20Prasanna Gunasekara announced the opening of the Badulla-Ambewela railway line in Parliament.
බදුල්ල - අඹේවෙල දුම්රිය මාර්ගය අනිද්දා ඇරේSri Lanka· 2025-12-18Prasanna Gunasekara announced the reopening of the Mahiyangana - Mahanuwara road for vehicle traffic.
මහියංගන - මහනුවර මාර්ගය විවෘත කරයිSri Lanka· 2025-12-07Minister of Transport and Highways Prasanna Gunasekara attended the coordination meeting.
අනවසර ඉදිකිරීම් වලට යළි ඉඩක් නැහැSri Lanka· 2025-12-07
Minister Prasanna Gunasekara is responsible for transportation and highways.
අනවසර ඉදිකිරීම් වලට යළි ඉඩක් නැහැSri Lanka· 2025-12-06
Prasanna Gunasekara stated that it will take at least two months to restore the railway line affected by the flood disaster.
උඩරට දුම්රිය පාර හදන්න මාස දෙකකිනුත් බැරි වේවිSri Lanka· 2025-12-06Prasanna Gunasekara, the Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways, stated that the water supply in the Kandy city area has been restored by 50%.
මහනුවරට සියයට 50කට වතුර යථා තත්වයටSri Lanka· 2025-12-03
Prasanna Gunasekara, the Deputy Minister of Transport, mentioned the restoration of water supply in the city of Mahanuwara.
මහනුවරට දුරකතන විදුලිය සක්රියයි - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2025-11-29Prasanna Gunasekara stated that the reopening of the main road will only be done based on the recommendations of the National Building Research Organization.
කඩුගන්නාවෙන් පාර අරින්න දින කීපයක් යාවිSri Lanka· 2025-11-23Prasanna Gunasekara stated in Parliament that 24% of tourists arriving in Sri Lanka are using SriLankan Airlines.
සංචාරකයෝ ගොඩක් අපේ ප්ලේන් වලත් ඇවිත්Sri Lanka· 2025-09-25Prasanna Gunasekara stated that the bus involved in the accident was removed from public transport registration.
15ක් බිලි ගත් ඇල්ලේ බසය හොර පාරේ ගිය එකක්Sri Lanka· 2025-09-06
The development work on the Japan-Sri Lanka friendship road commenced under the leadership of Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways Dr. Prasanna Gunasekara.
ලංකා - ජපන් මිත්රත්ව පාරේ වැඩ ඇරැඹේSri Lanka· 2025-08-28The development work on the Japan-Sri Lanka friendship road commenced under the leadership of Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways Dr. Prasanna Gunasekara.
ලංකා - ජපන් මිත්රත්ව පාරේ වැඩ ඇරැඹේSri Lanka· 2025-08-28Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways Prasanna Gunasekara announced the start of a project for a unified public bus schedule.
ලංගම - පෞද්ගලික බස් පොදු කාලසටහනකටSri Lanka· 2025-08-25Deputy Minister Prasanna Gunasekara participated in the discussions on transportation and highways.
ලබන අයවැයේදී ලොකු හැන්දෙන් බෙදන තැන් ගැන ජනපති කියයිSri Lanka· 2025-08-14
Deputy Minister Prasanna Gunasekara participated in the discussions on transportation and highways.
ලබන අයවැයේදී ලොකු හැන්දෙන් බෙදන තැන් ගැන ජනපති කියයිSri Lanka· 2025-08-13Prasanna Gunasekara commented on the allegations of bribery against members of other parties.
මුල් පුටු තේරීමේ අභියෝග - Lankadeepa OnlineSri Lanka· 2025-06-28
Prasanna Gunasekara questioned the truthfulness of statements made in Parliament.
කන්ටේනර් 300 තිබුණේ ප්රභාකරන්ගේ ගිනි අවිSri Lanka· 2025-06-06
Prasanna Gunasekara questioned the statements made in Parliament.
කන්ටේනර් 300 තිබුණේ ප්රභාකරන්ගේ ගිනි අවිSri Lanka· 2025-06-06Prasanna Gunasekara stated that the cancellation of train services is a clearly planned disruptive act.
දුම්රිය අවලංගු කිරීම කඩාකප්පල්කාරී ක්රියාවක්Sri Lanka· 2025-05-26Prasanna Gunasekara stated that the cancellation of train services is a clearly planned disruptive act.
දුම්රිය අවලංගු කිරීම කඩාකප්පල්කාරී ක්රියාවක්Sri Lanka· 2025-05-26