Bandula Basnayake – Newswire https://www.newswire.lk Sri Lanka's largest News aggregator Thu, 16 Feb 2023 08:27:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.8 https://www.newswire.lk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/favicon.png Bandula Basnayake – Newswire https://www.newswire.lk 32 32 Former Minister Bandula Basnayake passes away https://www.newswire.lk/2023/02/16/former-minister-bandula-basnayake-passes-away/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 08:27:21 +0000 http://www.newswire.lk/?p=110152

Former Sri Lanka Sports Minister Bandula Basnayake passed away while receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital this morning (16).Continue Reading

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Former Sri Lanka Sports Minister Bandula Basnayake passed away while receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital this morning (16).

Bandula Basnayake passed away while receiving treatment for an illness for some time at the hospital.

The former Sports Minister was 76 at the time of his demise today. 

Bandula Basnayake who entered politics in the 1980s served as a Member of Parliament from the Kurunegala District from 1994-2000.

Between 2004-2010, the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) MP also served as the Deputy Minister of Environment and Irrigation, while he also served as the non-Cabinet Minister of Sports.

The funeral of former minister Bandula Basnayake will be held on 19th February 2023 in Galgamuwa. (NewsWire)

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