Wimal Weerawansa

Wimal Weerawansa

Sri Lanka Sri LankapoliticianMaleb. 19707.0Global Dominance: 0.00%

Wimal Weerawansa is a prominent Sri Lankan politician known for his role in the nationalist political movement. He has served as a minister in various capacities and is the leader of the National Freedom Front. Weerawansa has been a vocal critic of the opposition and has been involved in numerous political controversies, particularly regarding his stance on national security and ethnic issues in Sri Lanka. Recently, he has gained attention for his publications discussing the political turmoil surrounding the Galle Face protest movement and the subsequent political upheaval in the country.

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Wimal Weerawansa mentions the new production program for clothing and garments using banana fibers during his tenure as Minister of Industry.

කෙසෙල් රෙදි වැඩේ පටන් ගත්තෙ මගේ කාලෙ
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-06-23
7.0

Wimal Weerawansa mentions the new production program for clothing and garments using banana fibers during his tenure as Minister of Industry.

කෙසෙල් රෙදි වැඩේ පටන් ගත්තෙ මගේ කාලෙ
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-06-22
7.0

Wimal Weerawansa is the leader of the National Freedom Front mentioned in the context of political opposition.

විපක්ෂයෙන් මතුවන ජනහඩ - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-11-01
6.0

Wimal Weerawansa has been summoned to provide a statement regarding his remarks.

විමල්ට නැවත කැඳවීමක් - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-10-12
5.0

Wimal Weerawansa has been summoned to provide a statement regarding his remarks.

විමල්ට නැවත කැඳවීමක් - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-10-11
5.0

Wimal Weerawansa arrived at the Tangalle Division Criminal Investigation Department to provide a statement.

වීරවංශ තංගල්ල අපරාධ කොට්ඨාශයට එයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-10-09
5.0

Wimal Weerawansa has been summoned to appear at the Tangalle police station for questioning regarding a statement made to the media about a person named Sanath.

විමල්ට තංගල්ල පොලිසියෙන් කැඳවීමක්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-10-05
5.0

Wimal Weerawansa is facing a case related to allegations of corruption involving over 75 million rupees.

විමල්ට එරෙහි නඩුවකට දින දෙයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-09-17
3.0

Wimal Weerawansa visited the Carlton House in Tangalle to meet former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

විමල් මහින්ද බලන්න යයි - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-09-16
8.0

Wimal Weerawansa is mentioned as part of the diverse political forces in the coalition.

Sunday Lankadeepa
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-09-07
5.0

Wimal Weerawansa, the leader of the National Freedom Front, expressed his disapproval regarding the excavations.

චෙම්මනි යටගියාවේ ඛේදාන්තය - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-07-27
4.0

Former Minister Wimal Weerawansa has been summoned to the Criminal Investigation Department today.

විමල් CIDයට - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-07-11
5.0

Former Minister Wimal Weerawansa has been summoned to the Criminal Investigation Department today.

විමල් CIDයට - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-07-09
5.0

Wimal Weerawansa has been summoned to the Criminal Investigation Department regarding a statement made during a media discussion related to the illegal release of 323 containers without customs inspection.

විමල් CIDයට - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-07-09
5.0

Wimal Weerawansa is mentioned as a leader of the National Freedom Front who expressed opposition to Volker Turk's visit.

මානව හිමිකම් ජාත්‍යන්තර ප්‍රතිචාර - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-07-05
4.0

Wimal Weerawansa stated that the government is showing a film to distract the public from their suffering.

ආණ්ඩුවේ අලුත්ම චිත්‍රපටිය ’’බන්ධනාගාර බස් රථය’’
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-07-03
5.0

Wimal Weerawansa, the leader of the National Freedom Front, stated that the government has only assigned work to prison buses without any plan to repay the debt by 2028.

සෑම ක්‍රියාවකටම ප්‍රතික්‍රියාවක් තියෙනවා - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-06-29
4.0

Wimal Weerawansa also did not respond to the statements made by Ramanaadan Archchuna.

තර්ක නැති බහාලුම් වාද විවාද
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-06-14
5.0

Wimal Weerawansa met with members elected to local government institutions from the National Freedom Front.

විමල්ගේ පුංචි මන්ත්‍රීවරු විමල් හමුවෙති
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-05-27
7.0

Wimal Weerawansa left the JVP and formed the National Freedom Front, joining Mahinda Rajapaksa's government.

දූෂිතයින් පිටුදැකීමේ අභියෝගය - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-04-05
5.0

Wimal Weerawansa was mentioned in the context of being held in remand for 93 days.

Sunday Lankadeepa
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-03-30
5.0

Wimal Weerawansa stated that the British-imposed ban promotes terrorist ambitions rather than human rights.

යුද්දෙට නැති කඩුව කොස් කොටන්නද
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-03-26
6.0

Wimal Weerawansa stated that the British-imposed ban promotes terrorist ambitions rather than human rights.

යුද්දෙට නැති කඩුව කොස් කොටන්නද
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-03-26
6.0

Wimal Weerawansa stated that the British-imposed ban promotes terrorist ambitions rather than human rights.

යුද්දෙට නැති කඩුව කොස් කොටන්නද
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-03-25
5.0

Wimal Weerawansa stated that he will contest in the upcoming provincial council elections under the symbol of his party.

විමල් පුංචි ඡන්දෙට එන හැටි කියයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-03-17
7.0

Wimal Weerawansa was the first to publish a work regarding the political upheaval caused by the Golfez struggle.

ගෝඨාභය යැව්වාද? ගියාද? - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2025-03-05
5.0