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  2. Dasharatha - Wikipedia

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    Dasharatha ( Sanskrit: दशरथ, IAST: Daśaratha; born Nemi) was the king of the Kosala kingdom and a scion of the Suryavamsha dynasty in Hinduism. He ruled from his capital at Ayodhyā. Dasharatha had three primary consorts: Kausalya, Sumitra, and Kaikeyi, and from these unions were born Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana, and Shatrughna.

  3. Lasantha Wickrematunge - Wikipedia

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    The United National Party, Sri Lanka's main opposition party, staged a demonstration in parliament on 9 January to protest his assassination and Mangala Samaraweera called Wickrematunge’s murder an “insoluble bloodstain in our national history” and apolagised to Sri Lanka for “bringing this dark regime into power,” The assassination ...

  4. Sri Lankan Canadians - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lankan people. South Asian Canadians. Sri Lankan Canadians refers to people from Sri Lanka who have arrived and settled in Canada. Among these immigrants include members from the Tamil, Moor, Malay, Sinhalese and Burgher ethnicities. According to the 2021 census there are 136,240 Sri Lankan-born persons in Canada.

  5. 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 5 August 2020 to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 16th Parliament. [1] [2] [3] 16,263,885 people were eligible to vote in the election, 31.95% of whom were young voters. [4] [5] The incumbent Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance coalition claimed a landslide victory in the election, winning ...

  6. Dead or alive? Parents of children gone in Sri Lanka's civil ...

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    Parents of children gone in Sri Lanka's civil war have spent 15 years seeking answers. KRISHAN FRANCIS. May 18, 2024 at 8:58 AM. MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AP) — For 15 years, Rasalingam ...

  7. The Sunday Leader - Wikipedia

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    The Sunday Leader was an English-language Sri Lankan weekly newspaper published by Leader Publications (Private) Limited. It was founded in 1994 and is published from Colombo. Its sister newspapers are the Iruresa ( Irudina) and the defunct The Morning Leader. Founded by brothers Lasantha Wickrematunge and Lal Wickrematunge, the newspaper is ...

  8. Kotakethana murders - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka. Kotakethana murders refer to a series of 18 mysterious murders of women, including three double murders, starting from 2008 in and around Kahawatte, Kotakethana, Dambulwala, Warapitiya, Opathawatte and nearby area in the Rathnapura district of Sri Lanka. [1] [2] The latest murder was reported on 28 September 2015 in Opathawatte in ...

  9. Anura Kumara Dissanayake - Wikipedia

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    Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, MP ( Sinhala: අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක, Tamil: அநுர குமார திசாநாயக்க; born 24 November 1968), also known by his initials AKD, is a Sri Lankan socialist politician. He is a Member of Parliament from the Colombo District, the ...