The United National Front(UNF) later the United National Front for Good Governance(UNFGG) is a political alliance in Sri Lanka formed by the United National Party,the alliance currently represents 7 parties including the largest Muslim party Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and the Sinhala Nationalist Jathika Hela Urumaya. The UNF is former governing party in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. A new UNP led alliance,the National Democratic Front (NDF) is in the process of being formed for future elections.
Dialog TV (DTV) is a direct broadcast satellite pay TV service provider based in Sri Lanka. A fully owned subsidiary of Dialog Axiata PLC,Dialog TV was launched in July 2005 under the name "CBNsat". It was later renamed to Dialog TV in February 2007 after the company was acquired by Dialog Axiata PLC.
Mahindananda Aluthgamage is a Sri Lankan politician and a former Minister of Sports. He has also served as Deputy Minister of Power and Energy. He is currently serving as the state minister of Power and Energy.
Unnanthi Piyankara Jayaratne,MP is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Ranjith Madduma Bandara is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was appointed as the cabinet Minister of Law and Order and Minister of Public Administration and Management by the President,Maithripala Sirisena on 8 March 2018. He has also acted as the Minister of Transport.
Lakshman Namal Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan politician. He is one of three sons of Sri Lankan former President and current Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and a member of parliament. It was widely believed that Rajapaksa was to be groomed to succeed his father. He is the current Minister of Youth and Sports since 2020.
Ratnapura electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Ratnapura in the Sabaragamuwa province. The district currently elects 10 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 734,651 registered electors in 2010.
News First or News 1st is a Sri Lankan news organization owned by the Capital Maharaja Organization Ltd. News 1st primarily broadcasts news live on three TV channels (Sirasa TV,Shakthi TV,TV1,five radio channels,three news websites in Sinhala,English &Tamil languages,and social media platforms.
Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra also known as “Lucky Aiya”,was a Sri Lankan politician a former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and Adviser to President Mahinda Rajapaksa. He was killed along with his bodyguards during a shootout within the same party rival group allegedly headed by MP Duminda Silva.
Carlton Sports Network(CSN),was a Sri Lankan sports,lifestyles and business television channel. CSN was launched on 7 March 2011. It has been involved in many controversies since its creation. "Carlton" is considered to be the "brand name" of the Rajapaksa family alongside the Carlton Residence of the Rajapaksas,Carlton Pre School owned by Shiranthi Rajapaksa and Carlton Rugby owned by Namal Rajapaksa as well as the Carlton Motor Sports Club linked to Rohitha Rajapaksa.
Wasantha Senanayake is a Sri Lankan politician who is a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He belongs to the United National Party. He is a great grandson of D. S. Senanayake and cousin of Ruwan Wijewardene.
Lieutenant Commander Yoshitha Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan sportsman and former naval officer. He is the son of the sixth president of Sri Lanka,Mahinda Rajapaksa and currently serves as the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
Surangani Visaka Ellawala was a Sri Lankan politician who was a member of parliament (2000-2001) and served as the 9th Governor of the Central Province (2015-2016).
Nalanda Sampath Ellawala was a Sri Lankan politician.
Amara Lallwala Palliyagurunnans also known as Amara Indumathi is a Sri Lankan female Paralympic athlete. She competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Indumathi also became the first Sri Lankan woman athlete to represent Sri Lanka at the Paralympics.
Thiwanka Ranasinghe is a Sri Lankan male boxer. He has competed for Sri Lanka at the 2016 South Asian Games claiming a bronze medal in the men's 49 kg category.
M. Vidanalange Ishan Bandara is a Sri Lankan male boxer who generally competes in flyweight category.
Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 16 November 2019. The incumbent President Maithripala Sirisena's term of office would have ended on 9 January 2020. This was the first Presidential election in Sri Lanka where no sitting president,prime minister or opposition leader was contesting for president. Gotabaya Rajapaksa won this election to Sajith Premadasa.
Nanda Sydney Ellawala was a Ceylonese politician. He was a Member of Parliament from the Ratnapura electorate.
The following lists notable events that will occur and take place during 2021 in Sri Lanka.
