Douglas Devananda

Type: Person

Name: Douglas Devananda

Title: Minister of Social Services & Social Welfare

Organization: Government of Sri Lanka

Date of Birth: dd/mm/1957

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Fact Sheet: Biography for Douglas Devananda

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Michigan State University

Douglas Devananda Fails To Move Michigan State University Against Professor Hoole

By S. Ratnajeevan H. HooleDouglas DevanandaI fled Sri Lanka first under LTTE death threats in March 2006 and a second time in August 2011 after detailing election malpractices in Pitfalls in the President’s Alliance with the EPDP – A Visit to Kayts on ... [Published Sri Lanka Sunday Leader - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Douglas Devananda, Michigan State University, Eelam People's Democratic Party (Sri Lanka)

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

PSC to take precedence over NCP polls?

Amidst a simmering dispute, among political parties, over the proposed revision of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, there was a likelihood of the first Northern Provincial Council (NPC) polls being put off until the proposed Parliamentary Select ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Douglas Devananda, Eelam People's Democratic Party (Sri Lanka), Mahinda Rajapakse

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 1 reports

Devananda flays Tamil media over doctored news

EPDP leader and Minister Douglas Devananda accuses most Tamil media of publishing false and unsubstantiated news to mislead the people of the Northern Province.An EPDP spokesman quoted the Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Minister ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: Douglas Devananda, Eelam People's Democratic Party (Sri Lanka), Tamil national alliance, Jaffna (Sri Lanka)

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Devananda accuses TNA of wanting Tamil problems unsolved for its political survival

Northern Provincial Council (NPC) Chief Ministerial aspirant and EPDP leader Douglas Devananda yesterday (03) accused the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) of not wanting to solve any of the problems facing the country and Tamils as they wanted those to be ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Douglas Devananda, Jathika Hela Urumaya, Eelam People's Democratic Party (Sri Lanka), Wimal Weerawansa, Tamil national alliance

First reported Jun 01 2013 - Updated Jun 02 2013 - 2 reports

Mahinda Rajapakse

Chinese Boost For Economic Development

Sri Lanka signed a number of agreements with China during President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s recent visit to the country. President Rajapaksa held bilateral discussions with Chinese President Xi Jing Ping, Vice President Li Yuwanshawo and Premier Li Keqinag ... [Published Sri Lanka Sunday Leader - Jun 02 2013]

Entities: Mahinda Rajapakse, Sri Lanka, Boost

First reported Jun 02 2013 - Updated Jun 02 2013 - 1 reports

Douglas Devananda

Gurunagar flats for fisherfolk renovated at Rs. 64 m

By Mohammed NaalirThe Gurunagar flats consisting of 160 units where a fisher community reside along Beach Road, Gurunagar by the coast, has received a facelift. Many of the facilities which were destroyed during the conflict have been restored and residents ... [Published Sunday Observer - Jun 02 2013]

Entities: Douglas Devananda, Wimal Weerawansa, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 2 reports

Li Yuanchao

CHINA CALLS LANKA ‘STRATEGIC COOPERATION PARTNER’

The Sri Lanka-China relationship has been elevated from one of friendship to one of “strategic cooperation,” said Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao when he met President Mahinda Rajapaksa in China’s Shaanxi Province yesterday.At the end of what he called ... [Published Sri Lanka Daily News - May 31 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapakse, Li Yuanchao, China

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

Sri Lankan minister denies allegations leveled against him by the U.S.

* May 30, Colombo: Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Minister Douglas Devananda has said that the allegations leveled against him in the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012 - Sri Lanka by the United States State Department ... [Published Colombo Page - May 30 2013]

Entities: Douglas Devananda, Eelam People's Democratic Party (Sri Lanka), Allegation

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 2 reports

China to provide further funding for transport sector

China has pledged to provide further funding to develop Sri Lanka’s transport sector that includes a number of expressways, road networks and railway lines, including a new Colombo-Jaffna expressway.The president’s spokesman and the international media ... [Published Daily Mirror Sri Lanka - May 29 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, China, Transportation, Bilateral, Colombo (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 27 2013 - 2 reports

President Receives Warm Welcome in Beijing

(Colombo Lankapuvath) President Mahinda Rajapaksa, commencing a four-day state visit, arrived in China this morning (May 27). President Rajapaksa and First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa were warmly received at the Beijing Capital International Airport by ... [Published Lankapuvath - May 27 2013]

Entities: Mahinda Rajapakse, Beijing, LIU Zhenmin, Lalith Weeratunga, Douglas Devananda

First reported May 26 2013 - Updated May 26 2013 - 1 reports

Douglas Devananda Undermines The Northern Provincial Council

By S. Ratnajeevan H. HooleMany Tamils who have suffered at the hands of the LTTE have tended to see others on LTTE hit-list with some sympathy. For those on the list, with a dedicated sense of service to the Tamil people and unquenchable thirst for justice, ... [Published Sri Lanka Sunday Leader - May 26 2013]

Entities: Douglas Devananda, Neelan Tiruchelvam, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Will Devananda meet his Waterlooat NPC polls?

The run up to the Northern Provincial Council election is on and the latest personality to enter the fray is Minister Douglas Devananda who appears to be positioning himself as chief ministerial candidate of the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance ... [Published Daily Mirror Sri Lanka - May 23 2013]

Entities: Douglas Devananda, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Colombo (Sri Lanka), Jaffna (Sri Lanka)

Quotes

"for the last few years, your state department as well as other various u s authorities were giving false and unsubstantiated information or allegations, totally discrediting the image of the party, epdp, and me, in spite of the fact that i have been continuously and democratically elected to parliament and function as a responsible minister in sri lanka. based on these false allegations leveled against my party and my activities, most of your officers and diplomats have been persuaded to form a biased and adverse opinion regarding the epdp and my political activities" Devananda had said in his letter to Secretary Kerry

Sri Lankan minister denies allegations leveled against him by the U.S. [Published Colombo Page - May 30 2013]

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