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2017 In Sri Lanka
The following lists notable events that occurred and which took place during 2017 in Sri Lanka. Incumbents * President – Maithripala Sirisena * Prime Minister – Ranil Wickremesinghe * Chief Justice – K. Sripavan Governors * Central Province – Niluka Ekanayake * Eastern Province – Austin Fernando (until 1 July); Rohitha Bogollagama (starting 4 July) * North Central Province – P. B. Dissanayake * Northern Province – Reginald Cooray * North Western Province – Amara Piyaseeli Ratnayake * Sabaragamuwa Province – Marshal Perera * Southern Province – Hemakumara Nanayakkara * Uva Province – M. P. Jayasinghe * Western Province – K. C. Logeswaran Chief Ministers * Central Province – Sarath Ekanayake * Eastern Province – Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen (until 30 September); vacant thereafter (starting 30 September) * North Central Province – Peshala Jayarathne (until 1 October); vacant (starting 1 October) * Northern Province – C. V. Vig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017
File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a series of missiles in the face of international condemnation; The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Central Mexico; Spain rejects the result of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum; 2017 Las Vegas shooting, the deadliest mass shooting in American history; The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft ends its mission, 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Battle of Mosul (2016-2017) rect 200 0 400 200 Manchester Arena bombing rect 400 0 600 200Solar Eclipse of August 21st, 2017 rect 0 200 300 400 Cassini-Huygens rect 300 200 600 400 2017 North Korean missile test rect 0 400 200 600 2017 Las Vegas shooting rect 200 400 400 600 2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis rect 400 400 600 600 2017 Puebla earthquake 2017 was designated as International Year of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
The Sabaragamuwa Province ( si, සබරගමුව පළාත ''Sabaragamuwa Paḷāta'', ta, சபரகமுவ மாகாணம் ''Sabaragamuwa Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. The Sabaragamuwa Province contains two districts: Ratnapura and Kegalle. It is named after its former indigenous inhabitants, namely the Sabara, an indic term for hunter-gatherer tribes, a term seldom used in ancient Sri Lanka. Sabaragamuwa University is in Belihuloya. Districts Sabaragamuwa is divided into 2 districts: * Kegalle District * Ratnapura District Municipal Council * Ratnapura Urban Council * Balangoda * Embilipitiya * Kegalle Other Towns * Bulathkohupitiya * Belihuloya * Eheliyagoda * Kalawana * Kuruw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isura Devapriya
Isura Devapriya is a Sri Lankan politician who was the Chief Minister of the Western Province. He was appointed to the position on 8 September 2015, following the election of his predecessor, Prasanna Ranatunga, to parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. .... References Chief Ministers of Western Province, Sri Lanka Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte {{WesternLK-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamara Sampath Dassanayake
Chamara Sampath Dasanayaka (born 31 August 1971) is a Sri Lankan politician and the former Chief Minister of Uva Province in Sri Lanka. Dassanayake was first elected to Uva Provincial Council at the 1994 provincial council elections, he served in a number of positions, including as the Provincial Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs. At the 2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Dasanayaka was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Badulla electorate, as a member of the United People's Freedom Alliance. He however resigned from parliament to take up the role of Uva Chief Minister, after the position was vacated by the incumbent, Harin Fernando, who was also elected to parliament at the 2015 parliamentary elections representing Badulla. In January 2018 Dissanyake stood down from his position as Provincial Education Minister whilst an investigation by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka was being undertaken. The investigation related to an incident were D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shan Wijayalal De Silva
Shan Wijayalal De Silva is a Sri Lankan politician. He is a Member of Parliament (MP) for Galle District since 2020. He belongs to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, translit=Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya; ta, இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி, translit=Ilaṅkai Cutantirak Ka� ... and part of the United People's Freedom Alliance. He was previously served three times as the Chief Minister of the Southern Province from 2004 to 2019. Several months after leaving the office, Shan Wijayalal De Silva was sworn in as the new Governor of the Eastern Province On 5 June 2019 before the President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat, Colombo. References Sri Lankan Buddhists Chief Ministers of Southern Province, Sri Lanka Provincial councillors of Sri Lanka Living people Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians United People's Freedom Alli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maheepala Herath
Maheepala Herath is a Sri Lankan politician. The current List of Governors of North Central Province, Governor of the North Central Province, he was the former List of Chief Ministers of Sabaragamuwa, Chief Minister of Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an .... He belongs to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and part of the United People's Freedom Alliance. References Sri Lankan Buddhists Governors of North Central Province, Sri Lanka Chief Ministers of Sabaragamuwa Province Members of the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council Living people Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians United People's Freedom Alliance politicians Sinhalese politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{SabaragamuwaLK-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharmasiri Dassanayake
Dharmasiri Dassanayake is a Sri Lankan politician who is the current Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ... of the North Western Province. He was appointed to the position on 8 September 2015. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Chief Ministers of North Western Province, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians {{NorthWesternLK-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peshala Jayarathne
Sudasinghe Mudiyanselage Peshala Jayarathne Bandara is a Sri Lankan politician and is the former Chief Minister of the North Central Province of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jayarathne, Peshala Sri Lankan politicians Sri Lankan Buddhists Chief Ministers of North Central Province, Sri Lanka Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen
Naseer Ahamed Zainulabdeen, Member of Parliament, MP, (Tamil language, Tamil:பொம்பாய் மண்டையன்), (Sinhala language, Sinhala:නසීර් අහමඩ්), (born 16 April 1961) is a Sri Lankan politician, Cabinet Minister and a member of the Sri Lankan parliament. He is the former List of Chief Ministers of Eastern Province, Chief Minister of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Chief Minister on 6 February 2015. Following the mass resignation of the Sri Lankan cabinet in the wake of the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, he was appointed as the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment, Minister of Environment by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 18 April 2022. References Living people Sri Lanka Muslim Congress politicians Chief Ministers of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka Members of the Eastern Provincial Council Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka 1961 births {{EasternLK-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarath Ekanayake
Sarath Ekanayake is the former Chief Minister of the Central Province of Sri Lanka. He previously served as the 2nd, 4th and 7th Chief Minister of Central Province between April and June 1999, November 2000 and April 2002 and 2004 till 2015. He was also the Governor of the North central Province. He belongs to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and is part of the United People's Freedom Alliance. He is also the president of the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation The Sri Lanka Basketball Federation is the governing body of basketball in Sri Lanka. It is associated with FIBA and FIBA Asia, as well as the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (IOC code: SRI) is th .... References Sri Lankan Buddhists Chief Ministers of Central Province, Sri Lanka Members of the Central Provincial Council Living people Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians United People's Freedom Alliance politicians Sinhalese politicians Year of birth missing (living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Province, Sri Lanka
The Western Province ( si, බස්නාහිර පළාත ''Basnāhira Paḷāta''; ta, மேல் மாகாணம் ''Mael Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. Western Province is the most densely populated province in the country and is home to the legislative capital Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte as well as to Colombo, the nation's administrative and business center. History Parts of present-day Western Province were part of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Kotte. The province then came under Portuguese, Dutch and British control. In 1815 the British gained control of the entire island of Ceylon. They divided the island into three ethnic based administrative structures: Low Country Sinhalese, Kandyan Sinhalese an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uva Province, Sri Lanka
Uva Province ( si, ඌව පළාත, Uva Paḷāta, ta, ஊவா மாகாணம், Uvā Mākāṇam) is Sri Lanka's second least populated province, with 1,259,880 people, created in 1896. It consists of two districts: Badulla and Moneragala. The provincial capital is Badulla. Uva is bordered by the Eastern, Southern, Sabaragamuwa, and Central provinces. Its major tourist attractions are Dunhinda falls, Diyaluma Falls, Rawana Falls, the Yala National Park (lying partly in the Southern and Eastern Provinces) and Gal Oya National Park (lying partly in the Eastern Province). The Gal Oya hills and the Central mountains are the main uplands, while the Mahaweli (Sinhalese: ''great-sandy'') and Menik (Sinhalese: ''gemstone'') rivers and the huge Senanayake Samudraya and Maduru Oya Reservoirs are the major waterways. History The provincial history records an 1818 uprising (the Third Kandyan War) against the British colonial government which had been controlling the form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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