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Sri Lankan philanthropist and socialite
- Sunethra Bandaranaike (Sinhala: සුනේත්රා බණ්ඩාරනායක; born 27 July 1943), is a Sri Lankan philanthropist and socialite.
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Sunethra Bandaranaike (Sinhala: සුනේත්රා බණ්ඩාරනායක; born 27 July 1943), is a Sri Lankan philanthropist and socialite. A member of the Bandaranaike family , she is the eldest daughter of former Prime Ministers S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike and Sirimavo Bandaranaike and sister of former President Chandrika ...
Sep 1, 2022 · Out of the Shadows, into the Heart: A Profile of Sunethra Bandaranaike She is the daughter of two prime ministers, one of whom was the world’s first female premier. Here she tells the Magazine how she turned away from politics towards humanitarian goals – and how Somerville and the lifelong friendships she made here shaped her path.
Jul 13, 2019 · Sunethra Bandaranaike remembers turning down the driveway to Lunuganga, Sri Lanka with the world’s first-ever female prime minister in the seat beside her. They had been invited by Geoffrey Bawa to visit his garden estate, and her mother’s first impression was guarded to say the least.
Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (8 January 1899 – 26 September 1959), also known as "The Silver Bell of Asia" (ආසියාවේ රිදී සීනුව), was a Ceylonese statesman who served as the fourth Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), serving from 1956 until his assassination.
- Sirima Ratwatte (m. 1940)
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...
The Sunethra Bandaranaike House or Horagolla Stables is the country house of Sunethra Bandaranaike, renovated in the 1980s by the renowned architect Geoffrey Bawa. [1] [2] The house was the original walauwa of Horagolla, the home of Sunethra Bandaranaike's great-grandfather Gate Mudaliyar Don Christoffel Henricus Dias Abeywickrema Jayatilake ...
