The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the supreme legislative body of Sri Lanka. It alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the island. It is modeled after the British Parliament. The 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka was dissolved on 24 September 2024.
Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka are Tamil people of Indian origin in Sri Lanka. They are also known as Malayaga Tamilar,Hill Country Tamils,Up-Country Tamils or simply Indian Tamils. They predominantly descend from workers sent during the British Raj from Southern India to Sri Lanka in the 19th and 20th centuries to work in coffee,tea and rubber plantations. Some also migrated on their own as merchants and as other service providers. These Tamil speakers mostly live in the central highlands,also known as the Malayakam or Hill Country,yet others are also found in major urban areas and in the Northern Province. Although they are all termed as Tamils today,some have Telugu and Malayalee origins as well as diverse South Indian caste origins. They are instrumental in the plantation sector economy of Sri Lanka. In general,socio-economically their standard of living is below that of the national average and they are described as one of the poorest and most neglected groups in Sri Lanka. In 1964 a large percentage were repatriated to India,but left a considerable number as stateless people. By the 1990s most of these had been given Sri Lankan citizenship. Most are Hindus with a minority of Christians and Muslims amongst them. There are also a small minority followers of Buddhism among them. Politically they are supportive of trade union-based political parties that have supported most of the ruling coalitions since the 1980s.
Velanai is a small village in Velanai Island off the coast of Jaffna Peninsula in the North of Sri Lanka.
Lakshman Bandara Kiriella,MP is a Sri Lankan politician and lawyer. He is a Member of Parliament from the Kandy District,former Leader of the House of the parliament. Also he held office as Minister of Public Enterprises and Kandy Development and as Minister of Higher Education and Highways from 2015 to 2019.
Yapa Appuhamilage Anura Priyadharshana MP for Kurunegala former Cabinet Minister of Disaster Management in 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka. Anura Priyadharshana Yapa is also the General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He was also Sri Lanka's former Cabinet Minister of Petroleum and a Member of Parliament representing the Kurunegala District.
Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Kabir popularly known as Kabir Hashim is a Sri Lankan politician and economist. He is a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Kegalle District and former Minister of Highways,Higher Education and Investment Promotion. Kabir was formerly the General Secretary of the United National Party.
Thalatha Atukorale is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Atukorale was appointed as the cabinet minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare by President Maithripala Sirisena on 12 January 2015. She was given the additional duties of Minister of Justice on 25 August 2017. becoming the first woman to hold that position in Sri Lanka. She is the sister of Gamini Atukorale,former Minister and assistant leader of the United National Party.
Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Padma Udhaya Shantha Gunasekera is a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for Monaragala District. Member of the 15th parliament of Sri Lanka. He was the son of Dharmadasa Banda.
Gitanjana Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician and former member of Parliament of Sri Lanka and former minister. He is a Chartered Engineer by profession.
Halkedaliya Lekamlage alias Mahawela Lekamlage Premalal Jayasekara,also known by his pseudonym Choka Malli is a Sri Lankan convicted murderer,politician,and is a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former government deputy minister.
Chamal Jayantha Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician who was Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2015. Previously he served as Minister of Ports and Aviation and the Minister for Irrigation and Water Management.
Lakshman Pinto Jayatilaka Senewiratne is a Sri Lankan politician,former State Minister of Science,Technology and Research and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Badulla District. and former Cabinet Minister of Sugar Industries,His father C. P. J. Senewiratne was an MP for Mahiyangana electorate and former Cabinet Minister of Labour in the government of J.R. Jayewardene.
Janaka Bandara Tennakoon is a Sri Lankan politician,a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former Cabinet Minister. He was educated at Dharmaraja College,Kandy. He contested as the Group Leader of the Matale District of the Central Province and was elected to the Provincial Council with a majority of Proportional Votes in 1993;Elected as a Member of Parliament with a majority of proportional votes in the General Election of 1994;Elected as a Member of Parliament from the District of Matale with the majority of proportional votes in the general election of 2000. He also previously served as the Minister of Lands and Land Development and Minister of Public Services,Provincial Councils and Local Government.
Kaumaram is a Hindu denomination that primarily venerates the Hindu deity of war,Kartikeya,also known as Kumaran,Murugan,Arumugan, and Subrahmanyan. Devotees of Kumaran,called Kaumaras,also revere members of his family:Parvati,Shiva,and Ganesha,as well his consorts,Devasena and Sundaravalli,the daughters of Vishnu in Tamil tradition. The important theological texts relating to Kumara are a part of the Shaiva agama canon. This sub-tradition is found among the Tamils,Kannadigas,and the Vedda,in South India,Sri Lanka,and among the Tamil diaspora worldwide. The love story of Kumara/Murugan and his wife Valli,a girl from a local tribe,is popular in Tamil Nadu,where Kumara acquired the status of a national god.
The Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the most senior member of parliament in the cabinet of ministers. It is the second-most powerful position in Sri Lanka's executive branch behind the president,who is the constitutional chief executive. The Cabinet is collectively held accountable to parliament for their policies and actions. The powers and functions of the Prime Minister has changed several times since the creation of the office in 1947.
Kokila Harshani Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician,former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament.
