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President Mahinda Rajapaksa, today, marks 40 years since entering Parliament. He entered the then National State Assembly on June 7, 1970 as the youngest Legislature winning the Beliatta constituency for the United Front coalition.
Throughout his political career, he went on to become a Cabinet Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, the Prime Minister and later as the executive President of the country
A lawyer by profession, Mahinda Rajapaksa hails from a political family - his father, D. A. Rajapaksa represented the same region of Hambantota in Parliament from 1947 to 1965.
In 1994, following the election victory of the People's Alliance, Mahinda Rajapaksa was appointed Minister of Labour. He held this post until 1997 and in the cabinet reshuffle, his portfolio was shifted to Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. He was appointed as the Leader of the Opposition in 2001. After the General Election in 2004, Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s 13th Prime Minister on April 6, 2004. While Rajapaksa was the Prime Minister, he also held the portfolio as the Minister of Highways.
Mahinda Rajapaksa became the fifth Executive President of the country in the year 2005 .
President Rajapaksa was re-elected for a second term of office in the Presidential Election held on January 26, 2010. His re-election took place in the first nationwide election held after the defeat of the LTTE in May last year, This was considered to be the first nationawide election free and fair election as the elections in the LTTE held northern and eastern parts were not held properly untill the defeat of tiger terrorists in May 2009.
SOURCE JUNE 6 News.lk
President Mahinda Rajapaksa pays homage at the Kataragama Sacred City. The President arrived at the sacred site last morning and paid homage at the Kirivehera. Its Chief Incumbent, the Ven. DR. Aluthwewa Soratha thera chanted seth pirith and showered blessings on the President.
Thereafter he joined in a religious ceremony at the Kataragama Maha Devale. He seized the opportunity of receiving blessings by visiting all Devales in the Sacred Site and participates in religious observances. Uva Chief Minister Shashindra Rajapaksa and Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa were present.
Meanwhile, the President monitored work on Botanical Gardens which is under construction at Mirijjawila. It is the first to come up in a Dry Zone.
On his return to Colombo, the President inspected the construction work on the Colombo Marine Drive which links Bambalapitiya and Kollupitiya.
source : news.lk 5-5
India’s premier awards ceremony Indian International Films Awards will have several sideline forums to further strengthen business and investment links between India and Sri Lanka and increase tourist flow to Sri Lanka. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) will hold the FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum 2010 on Friday (June 4, 2010) in Colombo.
The 2010 FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum is the highlight of the IIFA weekend, as it provides Indian and Sri Lankan business leaders with a mutually beneficial networking opportunity.
The objective of the business forum is to promote bilateral trade between India and the host country, said Sri Lanka Convention Bureau Consultant Nimalka Morahela. The FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum facilitates interaction between top Indian businessmen and industry leaders from Sri Lanka.
IIFA and FICCI have invited potential investors and businessmen from India for this event which will also be attended by Sri Lankan top state and private sector invitees, she said.
The half day forum will convene an elite galaxy of speakers representing industry, Government and academia in a candid discussion on the sectors that power, trade, commerce and investment and examine promising areas of cooperation between the two countries.
Speakers at the forum include Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Tourism Union Minister Kumari Selja, Lalit Suri Hospitality Group Chairperson Managing Director Jyotsna Suri, Western Union Services India Director Marketing Rajesh Mehta, FICCI Co-Chairman Tourism Himmat Anand, Ranjit Page, J.D. Bandaranayake and Mahesh Amalean.
Courtesy: President Media
