Bandaranaike

[ bahn-drah-nee-kee ]

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��·��·��·�� [see-, r, ee-, mah, -vaw], 1916–2000, Sri Lankan political leader: prime minister of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1960–65, 1970–77.

Bandaranaike

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BandaranaikeChandrika Chandrika See Kumaratunge
BandaranaikeSirimavo19162000FSri LankanPOLITICS: stateswomanPOLITICS: prime minister Sirimavo (ˌsɪrɪˈmɑːvəʊ). 1916–2000, prime minister of Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon (1960–65; 1970–77; 1994–2000); the world's first woman prime minister
BandaranaikeSolomon18991959MSri LankanPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister her husband, Solomon . 1899–1959, prime minister of Ceylon (1956–59); assassinated

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She follows in the footsteps of just two other women - Sirimavo Bandaranaike and Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga - both of whom had family ties to politics.

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However, when I wear the Sri Lankan osaree, some people recognize me correctly as being “from the country of Mrs. Bandaranaike,” the world’s first female prime minister.

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Bandaranaike proudly wore our national dress on every public occasion.

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But officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo stopped Basil Rajapaksa from boarding a plane out of the country.

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A Chinese man was reportedly caught trying to smuggle 200 live venomous scorpions through the Bandaranaike International Airport on Monday, Sri Lanka Customs officials confirmed.

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