Samantha Vidyaratne

Samantha Vidyaratne

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Samantha Vidyaratne is a Sri Lankan politician serving in the Parliament, known for his role in the Ministry of Agricultural Infrastructure and Community Facilities. Recently, he made headlines by revealing that several politicians and former officials had allegedly misappropriated government land and funds under the guise of agricultural projects.

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Samantha Vidyaratne led a discussion regarding the introduction of a fair minimum price for coconut farmers.

පොල් ගෙඩියේ අවම මිලකට වගාකරුවන්ගේ ප්‍රසාදය
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-06-22
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Minister Samantha Vidyaratne expressed concerns about the ownership of the bus station affected by the Ditwa cyclone.

‘‘නිලධාරීන්ගේ වරදින් දිට්වා වන්දි ප්‍රමාද වෙලා‘‘
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-05-31
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Dilan Perera
Dilan Perera
Jina Aiya
Jina Aiya

Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure Samantha Vidyaratne was involved in the discussions regarding wage increases.

ජනපති වැවිලි සමාගම් නියෝජිතයන් කොළඹට කැඳවයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-10-13
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Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure Samantha Vidyaratne was involved in the discussions regarding wage increases.

ජනපති වැවිලි සමාගම් නියෝජිතයන් කොළඹට කැඳවයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-10-13
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Samantha Vidyaratne stated in Parliament that 106 tea factories have closed down over the past year.

තේ කම්හල් 106ක් වැහිලා - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-10-12
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Samantha Vidyaratne is the Minister of Housing and Community Facilities.

කඳුකරයේ දෙදාහකට නිවාස හිමිකම් - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-10-11
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Samantha Vidyaratne stated in Parliament that 106 tea factories have closed down over the past year due to various reasons.

තේ කම්හල් 106ක් වැහිලා - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-10-10
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Samantha Vidyaratne, the Minister of Agriculture and Community Infrastructure, attended the event.

උතුරේ බීජ පොල් නිෂ්පාදන ඒකකය අරඹයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-09-02
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Samantha Vidyaratne stated in Parliament that they are working to provide public land tax.

ජනවසම පාළු ඉඩම් බදුදෙයි - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-08-07
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Samantha Vidyaratne, the Minister of Agriculture, participated in the event.

උතුරේ අක්කර දාසය දාහක අලුත් පොල් වගාවක්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-08-01
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Samantha Vidyaratne participated in the committee meeting addressing public issues.

’’උමා ඔයේ කඳුළු’’ බලන්න ලාල් ලා බණ්ඩාරවෙලට
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-06-26
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Samantha Vidyaratne spoke in Parliament about seeking justice.

’’අපි ලේ වල පලිය ඉල්ලන්නේ නෑ’’
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-04-10
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Minister Samantha Vidyaratne mentioned that the fertilizer subsidy will be provided at a reduced price to benefit many coconut farmers.

පොල් පොහොර සහනාධාරය අනිද්දා සිට
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-03-28
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Minister Samantha Vidyaratne mentioned that the fertilizer subsidy program aims to benefit a large number of coconut farmers.

පොල් පොහොර සහනාධාරය අනිද්දා සිට
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-03-28
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Samantha Vidyaratne requested the coconut farmers to submit applications to obtain fertilizer assistance.

පොල් වගාකරුවන්ට පොහොර දෙන්න ගිවිසුම්ගත වෙයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-03-22
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Yohan Bhasura
Yohan Bhasura

Samantha Vidyaratne requested the coconut farmers to submit applications to obtain fertilizer assistance.

පොල් වගාකරුවන්ට පොහොර දෙන්න ගිවිසුම්ගත වෙයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-03-21
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Yohan Bhasura
Yohan Bhasura

Samantha Vidyaratne stated in Parliament that the number of families living in high-risk landslides in the Badulla district has increased to 4034.

බදුල්ලේ පවුල් 4034ක් මරු කටේ
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-03-17
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Samantha Vidyaratne stated in Parliament that the number of families living in high-risk landslides in Badulla district has increased to 4034.

බදුල්ලේ පවුල් 4034ක් මරු කටේ
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-03-17
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Samantha Vidyaratne stated in Parliament that various politicians and their associates have privately utilized government lands and funds without implementing any projects.

රජයේ ඉඩම් ගිල්ල දේශපාලන ලැයිස්තුව මැතිසබේට
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-03-15
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Samantha Vidyaratne mentioned the misuse of government land and funds in parliament.

රජයේ ඉඩම් ගිල්ල දේශපාලන ලැයිස්තුව මැතිසබේට
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-03-14
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