Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world’s first woman Prime Minister creating a world record. She began her parliamentary career with a seat in the Senate entering the House of Representatives later.

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 ...

Harini Amarasuriya, on September 24 took oath as Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister. The 54-year-old National People's Power (NPP) leader became the first woman leader since Sirimavo Bandaranaike in ...

AG’s advice to drop charges against three suspects in the Lasantha murder case, protests outside his office, and the President summoning him—raised critical questions about his autonomy and ...

Harini Amarasuriya, Sri Lanka's newly appointed prime minister, shares a unique ... the first woman to hold the position since Sirimavo Bandaranaike in 2000, earned her Bachelor's degree in ...

We left for New York on September. 26, 1976 This was the day, that the Prime Minister’s husband, Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike succumbed to his injuries from an assassin’s bullet. She had attended ...

“Sirimavo was the first in a list which carries the names of other women Prime Ministers such as Indira Gandhi and Margaret ... The book, which is a collection of articles about the late Mrs.