By Uditha Devapriya In a recent interview with Faraz Shauketaly, Sunethra Bandaranaike criticised her father’s Sinhala Only legislation, admitting that it had been a mistake. It was a remarkably frank ...

She said that in many places, it was a humiliating experience for them. But she was prophetic. At the general elections, which proved a disaster for the SLFP, Mrs. Bandaranaike as predicted by ...

A child pirouettes onto the stage. As she, in love with the limelight, prances and dances, she is joined by others with smiles trusting and innocent, taking us to a realm where there are no wolves in ...

"What is happening in Iraq is undoubtedly hideous," the chairperson of the foundation that runs the troupe, Sunethra Bandaranaike, told the BBC. "Our play, inspired by the civil war my country has ...

Kumudini Hettiarachchi speaks to eldest daughter Sunethra Bandaranaike : Five years ago in a market in China, a strange conversation is taking place. The moment Sri Lanka is mentioned, an elderly ...

Her daughter Sunethra Bandaranaike spoke to Witness History about her mother's ground-breaking political achievement. Witness History: The stories of our times told by the people who were there.

At the outset Ms. Sunethra Bandaranaike filed a testamentary action before the Colombo District Court seeking an order to decide proceedings on the basis of intestacy. (Lakmal Sooriyagoda) ...

Her daughter Sunethra Bandaranaike spoke to Witness History about her mother's ground-breaking political achievement. Witness History: The stories of our times told by the people who were there.

Sirimavo Bandaranaike was elected the modern world's first female head of government in 1960 when she became prime minister of Sri Lanka, or Ceylon as it was known then. She entered politics after ...