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Upcountry National Front
The Upcountry National Front ( si, කඳුරට ජාතික පෙරමුණ, translit=Upcountry National Front; ta, மலையக தேசிய முன்னணி, translit=Upcountry National Front) is a Sri Lankan political party. The party's current leader is Dr. Rishi Senthil Raj and the secretary is S. Sivatharshini. History Upcountry National Front The Upcountry National Front was founded in Colombo on 20 May 2000. Its founder was Dr. Rishi Senthil Raj. Its trade union division was launched in 2004. The party has contested all the elections since 2004 and gained membership. Founded by its founder leader Rishi Senthil Raj in the early days it was named as the “Workers Liberation Front”. Its political wing was led by party leader and Ayyadurai led the trade union wing. In 2004, Santhanam Arulsamy and Palani Digambaran, who split from the Upcountry People's Front, won two seats in the provincial council and became the provincial council education min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lankan Parliament
The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ilaṅkai nāṭāḷumaṉṟam'') is the supreme legislative body of Sri Lanka. It alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the island. It is modeled after the British Parliament. It consists of 225 members known as Members of Parliament (MPs). Members are elected by proportional representation for five-year terms, with universal suffrage. The President of Sri Lanka has the power to summon, suspend, prorogue, or terminate a legislative session and to dissolve the Parliament. President can dissolve Parliament only after the lapse of years or if majority of Members of Parliament requests him. The actions of the president to either suspend or dissolve the Parliament is subject to leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka, provinces ( si, පළාත, translit=Paḷāta; ta, மாகாணம், translit=Mākāṇam) are the first level administrative division. They were first established by the British rulers of Ceylon in 1833. Over the next century most of the administrative functions were transferred to the districts, the second level administrative division. By the middle of the 20th century the provinces had become merely ceremonial. This changed in 1987 when, following several decades of increasing demand for a decentralization, the 13th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. Currently there are nine provinces. History Anuradhapura Kingdom Administrative areas of the Kingdom of Anuradhapura. Rajarata was the personal domain of the King. It was further divided in to four districts (Desa): Dakkina, Pachhima, Uttara and Pacina Desa. British Ceylon After the British took control of the entire island of Ceylon in 1815 it was divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Government In Sri Lanka
Local government is the third and lowest level of government in Sri Lanka – after the Cabinet of Sri Lanka, central government and Provinces of Sri Lanka#Provincial Councils, provincial councils. The local government bodies are collectively known as local authorities. They are responsible for providing a variety of local public services including roads, sanitation, drains, housing, libraries, public parks and recreational facilities. Local authorities are divided into three different groups: Municipal councils of Sri Lanka, municipal councils, Urban councils of Sri Lanka, urban councils and Divisional councils of Sri Lanka, divisional councils (pradeshiya sabha or pradesha sabhai). As of November 2017 there were 341 local authorities (24 municipal councils, 41 urban councils and 276 divisional councils). All local authorities are elected using the mixed electoral system. History Sri Lanka has a long history of local government. According to the Mahavamsa the earliest Sinhales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rishi Senthil Raj
Rishi Senthil Raj, colloquially known as RS, ( ta, ரிஷி செந்தில் ராஜ்; born 20 May 1979) is a 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 ...n politician and Party Leader. He is the Leader of the Upcountry National Front (UNF), He is Professionally Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science. Rishi is a Sri Lanka political strategist and tactician specialised in AI Robot Political Research Technology. He is a powerful businessman, Gemologist and Gem Trader. What is said about him in political circles is that he is a Game changer and Master mind Creator. Early life and family Rishi Senthil Raj was born on 20 May 1979. He was educated at St Anthonys College, Colombo, and Vivekananda College, Colombo. He did his Graduation in Switzer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatton, Sri Lanka
Hatton ( si, හැටන්, ta, ஹட்டன்) is a major town in the Nuwara Eliya District of Central Province, Sri Lanka governed by the Hatton-Dickoya Urban Council. Hatton is a major centre of the Sri Lankan tea industry. Hatton is one of the busiest cities in the hill country of Sri Lanka and is colloquially known as the tea capital of the country, as it is the central point for most upcountry tea growing regions, such as Maskeliya, Talawakelle, Bogawantalawa and Dickoya. It is located approximately southeast of Colombo and south of Kandy, at an elevation of above sea level. Hatton was founded during the British colonial times in order to serve the coffee plantations and latter tea estates. The name of the town refers to the village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A number of the surrounding tea estates are also named after Scottish villages. Hatton serves as a gateway to Adam's Peak (Sri Pada) and Sinharaja Forest Reserve, but is better known for its Ceylon t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santhanam Arulsamy
Santhanam Arulsamy சந்தானம் அருள்சாமி (21 September 1959 – 6 January 2019) was a Sri Lankan politician and trade unionist. He was the Minister of Education and Hindu Cultural Affairs for the Central province in 2004. He was nominated to Sri Lanka Parliament to replace Periyasamy Chandrasekaran who had died from Nuwara Eliya Nuwara Eliya ( si, නුවර එළිය ; ta, நுவரெலியா) is a city in the hill country of the Central Province, Sri Lanka. Its name means "city on the plain (table land)" or "city of light". The city is the administrativ ... in 2010. He was the Senior Vice President of Ceylon Workers Congress. References Indian Tamil politicians of Sri Lanka Indian Tamil trade unionists of Sri Lanka Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the Central Provincial Council Up-Country People's Front politicians 1959 births 2019 deaths {{CentralLK-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palani Digambaran
Palani ( or ''Palni'' as in British records, is a town and a taluk headquarters in Dindigul district of the western part of Tamil Nadu state in India. It is located about south-east of Coimbatore and north-west of Madurai, from Kodaikanal. The Palani Murugan Temple or Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple (Thiru Avinankudi), dedicated to Lord Murugan is situated on a hill overlooking the town. The temple is visited by more than 7 million pilgrims each year. As of 2011, the town had a population of 126,751 which makes it the second largest town in the district after Dindigul. Etymology The town derives its name from the compounding of two Tamil words ''pazham'' meaning ''fruit'' and ''nee'' meaning ''you'', a reference to poet Avvaiyar's song praising Lord Muruga which forms part of the legend of the Palani Murugan temple. Palani is pronounced using the retroflex approximant ''ɻ'' (ழ) and is thus also spelt using the 'zh' digraph as "Pazhani". But the actual correct wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
The Sri Lanka People's Front ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ, translit=Śrī Laṃkā Podujana Peramuna; ta, இலங்கை பொதுஜன முன்னணி, translit=Ilaṅkai Potujaṉa Muṉṉaṇi), commonly known by its Sinhalese name Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), is a political party in Sri Lanka. Previously a minor political party known as the Sri Lanka National Front (SLNF) and Our Sri Lanka Freedom Front (OSLFF), it was relaunched in 2016 as the SLPP and became the home for members of the United People's Freedom Alliance loyal to its former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa. The front's leader is Mahinda Rajapaksa. The front's chairman is G. L. Peiris and its secretary is Sagara Kariyawasam. History Sri Lanka National Front The Sri Lanka National Front (Sri Lanka Jathika Peramuna) contested the 2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election in 15 of the 22 electoral districts across the country but failed to win any seats in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joint Opposition (Sri Lanka)
The Joint Opposition ( si, ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂය, translit=Ekabadda Vipakshaya ; ta, கூட்டு எதிர்ப்பு , translit=Kuttu Etiruppu) was a political alliance formed by a faction of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) alongside several of the major quasi-left-wing parties of Sri Lanka. It was once the largest opposition group in the Sri Lankan Parliament. It was formed after the two major parties, the SLFP and the United National Party (UNP) forming a unity government, leading to a great degree of discontent amongst many SLFP members (mostly those loyal to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa), who then went on to form the Joint Opposition alongside other parties from the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA). It aims to give voice to the mandate voters provided to the UPFA at the 2015 general election in which many loyal SLFP members felt abandoned when the party joined the UNP-led government. The organization largely consisted of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
