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05 December 2022The Right Honourable Ram Baran Yadav
President - Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal APRIL 27, 2015 I was devastated to learn of the catastrophe caused by a massive earthquake in Nepal last Saturday. I together with the people of Sri Lanka am deeply distressed about this...
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08 February 2019CBK left for India to attend the World Sustainable Development Summit 2019
FEBRUARY 8, 2019 Her Excellency Madam Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga left for India this afternoon on a short visit to attend the World Sustainable Development Summit 2019, being held in New Delhi from the 11th to the 13th of February 2019....
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04 February 2019Message from Madam Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga on Independence Day 2019
FEBRUARY 4, 2019 ENGLISH SINHALA
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25 April 2015The absence of war is not Peace
S.J.V. Chelvanayakam Memorial Lecture APRIL 25, 2015 It is difficult to envisage delivering a lecture to commemorate Mr. S.J.V. Chelvanayakam without reflecting upon the one issue that concerned him most – the minorities question in Sri Lanka. Mr. Chevanayakam and...
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01 August 2014Chandrika Kumaratunga meets Aung San Suu Kyi
AUGUST 1, 2014 Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga was in Myanmar [Burma] last week and met with Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, a globally known activist for democracy she is the leader of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar....
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18 July 2014CBK Urges Women to Fight for Inclusion
JULY 18, 2014 On July 18, 2014, President Chandrika Kumaratunga was the chief speaker at the launch of the Advocacy Road Map “What the Women Say–ACTIONS-not Words Count” for the Implementation of Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Sri Lanka....
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23 June 2014Statement of President CBK on Recent Communal Violence
JUNE 23, 2014 I’m deeply concerned about the outbreak of communal violence and Anti- Muslim attacks that occurred in several areas of the country, in the past week. I’m saddened by the loss of precious lives, the displacement of families...
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07 February 2014CBK Speaks at 6th Annual International Women’s Conference
FEBRUARY 7, 2014 Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga traveled to India February 7-9th to participate in the 6th Annual International Women’s Conference in Bangalore. The conference brought together delegates from over 60 countries to discuss the theme “Harmony: Evolution towards...
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01 February 2014When a dynasty read the future
FEBRUARY 1, 2014 By Nirupama SubramanianIn Sri Lanka, the Bandaranaike dynasty cut itself away from politics through a combination of political circumstances and personal choices, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, the former President of Sri Lanka, has among her photographs a collector’s...
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06 December 2013Mandela treated me like a daughter: Chandrika
DECEMBER 6, 2013 “Former South African President Nelson Mandela embraced me like a daughter each time we met, and asked me how my mother was doing” says former Sri Lanka President Chandrika Kumaratunga. Despite never meeting Chandrika’s mother, Kumaratunga told...
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