Sunethra Bandaranaike

Sunethra Bandaranaike

Sunethra Bandaranaike is a Sri Lankan philanthropist and former politician. She is the eldest daughter of former Prime Ministers Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike and Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike and sister of former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and former speaker Anura Bandaranaike. Educated at St Bridget's Convent, Colombo she went on the gain a BA from Oxford, less ambitious than her younger sister and brother, she had a limited involvement in politics becoming a some what controversial socialitecite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/businessline/2001/05/28/stories/102844g2.htm|title=Striding a different world|publisher=The Hindu|date=May 28, 2001] cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2936099.stm|title=Sri Lanka peace play reaches out|publisher=BBC News|date=10 April, 2003] cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2008/03/080316_anura_dead.shtml|title=Anura B 'mistaken' on JVP|publisher=BBC News|date=16 March, 2008] .

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* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen1001.html The Bandaranaike Ancestry]
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen3060.html The Ratwatte Ancestry]
* [http://www.srilankafreedomparty.org/ Official Website of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)]


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