Former Minister Anura Bandaranayake passed away at his Colombo residence on Sunday, 16 March 2008. The former Speaker and Opposition had been suffering a prolonged illness.
Mr. Bandaranayake, son of two Prime Ministers, S.W. R.D. Bandaranaike and Sirimavo Bandaranaike and the brother of Sri Lanka's first woman President, Chandrika Kumaratunga was a colourful politician who was first elected to Parliament in 1977 at the age of 27.
