The left partners, the LSSP and the CP, had moved out of government at the closing stages. Many urgent tasks awaited J R Jayewardene. Foremost in his thinking was the economy which had to be freed of ...

The Presidential system introduced by J.R. Jayewardene has a long history. When JR was Minister of State in the UNP Government of Dudley Senanayake (1965-70) he made a ground-breaking speech at ...

Prior to the 1977 general election, J. R. Jayewardene promised to summon an All Party Conference to take all possible steps to remedy the grievances of the Tamil- speaking people. However, what ...

Steeped in history, the Ward Place home of late President J R Jayewardene and his wife, Elena, is crumbling. It has been ravaged by time and neglected, but on the orders of Prime Minister Mahinda ...

New Delhi: Sri Lankan president J.R. Jayewardene asked Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1986 to hand over Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran to him so that he could hang him in Jaffna.

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The election was set against the backdrop of President J.R. Jayewardene’s decision to step down after two terms. Ranasinghe Premadasa, Jayewardene’s chosen successor, faced the task of consolidating ...

Elina. Jayewardene, widow of former President J.R. Jayewardene, passed away yesterday morning at the age of ninety-four. Elina Jayawardene, born on December 15, 1913, was the only child of late Mr.

Although naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1967, Ponnamperuma has maintained ties with his native country, where he serves as science adviser to President J.R. Jayewardene. He also directs both the ...

New Delhi: Sri Lankan president J.R. Jayewardene asked Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1986 to hand over Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran to Saturday, February 17, 2024 English ...