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Mr. Speaker

15 November 2025 ·Opening: Opening: Parliament Procedures, Staff Lists, and Administrative Information

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¶ 01 A - Abayarathna, Abayarathna Herath Mudiyanselage Harischandra (Puttalam) - Abeygunawardhana, Rohitha Piyathissa (Kalutara) - Abeysena, H.T. Chrishantha Silva (Gampaha) - Abeysinghe, Chathuranga (Colombo) - Abeysinghe, Nihal (Kalutara) - Abeywickrama, Upali Priyantha (Gampaha) - Adaikkalanathan, Amirthanathan (Vanni) - Athambawa, Aboobucker (National List) - Ajantha, Gammeddage (Matara) - Alawathuwala, Jayadewa Chandrawansa (Kurunegala) - Appuhamy, Makawita Arachchige Don Hector Hyginus (Puttalam) - Archchuna, Ramanathan (Jaffna) - Ariyawansha, Basuriyage (Ratnapura) - Arkam, Muhammadu Ilyas Muhammadu (Matara) - Amarasuriya, Harini (Colombo) - Ariyarathne, Ms. Kaushalya (Colombo) - Aslam, M.K. Muhammadu (Kurunegala) - Athauda, Mrs. Athauda Arachchillage Sagarika Gangani (Kegalle)

¶ 02 B - Balagalla, B.R.M. Sudath (Badulla) - Bandara, Kekiriwaththe Ralalage Nanda (Kegalle) - Bandara, Nungamuwa Ralalage Padmasiri (Polonnaruwa) - Bandara, T.M. Ravindra Aruna (Badulla) - Basnayaka, Ekanayaka Mudiyanselage Gedara Kumbure Gedara (Mahanuwara) - Bhashana, H.G. Lasith (Gampaha) - Biyanwila, Biyanwilage Sunil Jayalath (Matale)

¶ 03 C - Chandrasekar, Ramalingam (National List)

¶ 04 D - Dammika, Hettithanthri Patabendige (Kegalle) - Dasanayake, Don Arthur Chamara Sampath (Badulla) - De Lal, Naligama Hewage Asela Naleen (Galle) - De Silva, Ginige Mahendra Harsha (Colombo) - De Silva, Sugath Wasantha (National List) - Dharmasena, Wijesinghe Herath Mudiyanselage (Monaragala) - Dinushan, Denagama Vitharanage Chanaka (Hambantota) - Dissanayake, Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Thanura Harshana (Mahanuwara) - Dissanayake, D.M. Dharmapriya (Kurunegala) - Dissanayake, D.M. Sujeewa Indika (Kurunegala) - Dissanayake, Gamagedara (Matale) - Dodawatta, Susantha (Colombo)

¶ 05 E - Egoda Vithana, Asitha Niroshana (Colombo)

¶ 06 F - Faizal, Muhammadu Jaleel Muhammad (Puttalam) - Fasmin, Mohomad Sharif Mohomad (Mahanuwara) - Fernando, Anthonige Anil Jayantha (Gampaha) - Fernando, Mihidukulasuriya Weebaddage Janath Chithral (Puttalam) - Fernando, T.J. Priyan Stepni (Gampaha)

¶ 07 G - Galappaththi, Arachchige Nihal (Hambantota) - Galappaththi, Chathura Harsha Kumara (Matara) - Gamage, Sunil Kumara (National List) - Gamage, Thiththagalla Gamage Rathna (Galle) - Ganesan, Mano (National List) [From 12th December, 2024] - Gangani, Mrs. M.A.C.S. Chathuri (Monaragala) - Gihan, Ajith (Puttalam) - Gunarathna, Ruwan Wijeweera (Monaragala) - Gunasekara, Eranga (Colombo) - Gunasena, Medage Manjula Prasanna Kumara (Mahanuwara) - Gunasena, P.P. Ashoka (Kurunegala) - Gunasingha, Millagala Wedaralalage Nandana Upali (Kegalle) - Gunasingha, Mrs. Samanmali (Colombo) - Gunawardana, I.M. Nishantha Jagath Kumara (Kurunegala)

¶ 08 H - Hakeem, Abdul Rauff Hibathul (Mahanuwara) - Handunnetti, Sunil (Matara) - Hemachandra, Arun (Trincomalee) - Hemachandra, Ms. Lakmali Kanchana (National List) - Herath, Appuhami Arachchilage Jeewantha Bhagya Sri (Anuradhapura) - Herath, Mrs. H.M. Geetha Rathna Kumari (Kurunegala) - Herath, H.M. Vijitha (Gampaha) - Hettiarachchi, H.A.D. Sudarsha Champika (Gampaha) - Hettiaratchi, Chandima (Kalutara) - Hewage, Athula Welandagoda (Hambantota) - Hizbullah, Mahumudu Lewwei Aalim Muhammadu (Batticaloa)

¶ 09 I - Ilankumaran, Karunanathan (Jaffna) - Indika, Najith (National List)

¶ 10 J - Jayakody, Anton Sarath (Puttalam) - Jayakody, Punya Sri Kumara (National List) - Jayamaha, Nalin Bandara (Kurunegala) - Jayaratne, Anuradha Lanka Pradeep (Mahanuwara) - Jayasekara, Dayasiri (Kurunegala) - Jayasekera, Aruna (National List) - Jayasingha, Mrs. Jayaneththi Koralalage Dona Thushari (Mahanuwara) - Jayasinghe, S.I.S. Mahindawansha (Gampaha) - Jayasundara, Thotagamuwe Kankanamge (Galle) - Jayatissa, Appuhamilage Nalinda (Kalutara) - Jayawardhana, R.M. (Monaragala) - Jayawardhana, Senadheerage Don Kavinda Heshan (Gampaha) - Jayaweera, Dilith Susantha (National List) - Jayaweera, Hapuarachchige Kosala Nuwan (Kegalle) [Died, 06th April, 2025] - Jayaweera, Ushettige Don Nishantha (National List) [From 07th July, 2025] - Jegatheeswaran, Arumugam Mayilvaganam (Vanni)

¶ 11 K - Kabir, Mohomed Hashim Mohomed (Kegalle) - Kalaichelvi, Ms. Krishnan (Nuwara Eliya) - Kariapper, Mohamed Nizam (National List) [From 12th December, 2024] - Karunanayake, Sandres Raveendra (National List) - Karunaratne, Namal (Kurunegala) - Karunathilaka, Anura (National List) - Karunathilleka, Gayantha (Galle) - Kavirathna, Mrs. Jambugaha Pitiyegedara Rohini Kumari Wijerathna (Matale) - Kiriella, Mrs. Chamindranee Bandara (Mahanuwara) - Kithsiri, Gamlakshage Upul (Ratnapura) - Kodeeswaran, Kaveenthiran (Digamadulla) - Kodithuwakku, Janitha Ruwan (National List) - Kodithuwakku, Kodithuwakku Arachchige Jagath Manuwarna (Mahanuwara) - Kottahachchi, Mrs. Nilanthi (Kalutara) - Kugathasan, Kathiravelu Shanmugam (Trincomalee) - Kumara, Herath Mudiyanselage Gayan Janaka (Puttalam) - Kumara, H.M. Dinindu Saman (Badulla) - Kumara, H.M. Sarath (Monaragala) - Kumara, K.D. Chaminda Lalith (Gampaha)

¶ 12 L - Lal Kantha, Kuragamage Don (Mahanuwara) - Lakmali, Mrs. Rajagalbada Gamage Nilusha (Ratnapura) - Lakshamana, Namal Sudarshana (Kurunegala) - Liyanage, Udagama Liyanage Waruna Priyantha (Ratnapura)

¶ 13 M - Madarasinghe, Saliya Sandaruwan (Hambantota) - Madduma Bandara, Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Ranjith (National List) - Madhuranga, N.R. Prageeth (Gampaha) - Madugoda, Gamage Chanaka Sampath (Galle) - Maharoof, Imran (Trincomalee) - Mapalagama, Ruwan Nishantha (Gampaha) - Marikkar, Saidulla Musthajab (Colombo) - Masthan, Kader Kader (Vanni) - Meththapala, Abeywickrama Liyanage (Matara) - Mohamad, Mohammadu Farook Riyas (Mahanuwara) - Muhammedu, Ismail Muththu Muhammedu (National List) [From 12th December, 2024] - Muneer, M.M. Mohamad (Gampaha) - Musthapha, Mohomed Faiszer (National List) [From 11th December, 2024]

¶ 14 N - Naleem, Mohamed Sali (National List) [From 22nd November, 2024] [Resigned on 14th March, 2025] - Nanayakkara, Harshana (Colombo) - Nanayakkara, Sena (Anuradhapura) - Nawarathna, Wasala Mudiyanselage Susantha Kumara (Anuradhapura) - Nelson, Hewa Gajaman Paththinige Kins Kumar (Polonnaruwa) - Nipuna Arachchi, Lakshman (Colombo)

¶ 15 P - Palihena, Palihenage Don Nimal Karunasiri (Anuradhapura) - Panagoda, Aruna (Colombo) - Pannilage, Upali (National List) - Pathmakumara, Nandana (Kalutara) - Pathma Kumara, Subasingha Shantha (Ratnapura) - Paulraj, Mrs. Saroja Savithri (Matara) - Perera, Ajith Pathmakantha (Kalutara) - Perera, Hettiarachchige Dinesh Hemantha (Matale) - Perera, Kasadoruge Sujith Sanjaya (Kegalle) - Perera, Kolomba Thanthreege Nishantha (Galle) - Pinnagoda Vithana, Jagath Premalal (Kalutara) - Piyathissa, Lankapeli Gedara Wasantha (Digamadulla) - Ponnambalam, Gajendrakumar Kangesar (Jaffna) - Prabu, Kanthasamy (Batticaloa) - Pradeep, Sundaralingam (Ratnapura) - Prasad, Warnakulasuriya Madduma Muthukalage Amila (Gampaha) - Premadasa, Sajith (Colombo) - Premanath, Baraniwala Liyanage Lal (Matara) - Premathilaka, Mrs. Gammana Liyanage Hasara Nayanathara (Galle) - Priyadarshana, A.A. Ajith Shantha (Monaragala) - Priyasanjana, Akmeemana Gamage Roshan (Trincomalee) - Pushpa Kumara, Landuyaya Ralalage Karuwalamulle Wasantha (Ratnapura)

¶ 16 R - Radhakrishnan, Velusamy (Nuwara Eliya) - Rahman, Mohommed Mujibur (Colombo) - Rajakaruna, Harshana Supun (Gampaha) - Rajapaksa, Lakshman Namal (National List) - Rajapaksha, Dingiriyalage Sunil (Ratnapura) - Rajapaksha, Rajapaksha Pedige Manoj Kumar (Kegalle) - Rajeevan, Jeyachandramoorthy (Jaffna) - Ranasingha, R.A. Sanjeewa (Kalutara) - Ranasinghe, Herath Mudiyanselage Susil (Anuradhapura) - Ranasinghe, Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Samantha (Kegalle) [From 08th April, 2025] - Ranasinghe, Ruwan Chaminda (National List) - Ranganath, Aluthduwa Hewa Gunawardhana Danushka (Kalutara) - Ranwala, R.A. Asoka Sapumal (Gampaha) - Rasamanickam, Shanakiyan Rahul Rajaputhiran (Batticaloa) - Rathnasiri, Banneka Mudiyanselage Sunil (Polonnaruwa) - Rathnayaka, Majula Meemana Sugath (Digamadulla) - Rathnayaka, Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Suranga (Anuradhapura) - Rathnayake, Bimal Niroshan (National List) - Rathnayake, Gamini (National List) - Rathwaththe, Mrs. Abeysingha Mudiyanselage Medagedara Muthumenike (Digamadulla) - Ravikaran, Thurairasa (Vanni) - Rishard, Abdul (Vanni) - Rukmal, Udumalagala Gamage Thilanka (Galle) - Ruwanthilaka, Jayakody Arachchige (Gampaha)

¶ 17 S - Salih, Mohomed Rizvie (Colombo) - Samarakoon, Mallawa Mudiyanselage Thilina Tharuka (Anuradhapura) - Samarasingha, Rathnayaka Hettige Upali (National List) - Samarasinghe, Herath Mudiyanselage Wasantha (Anuradhapura) - Samaraweera, Nishantha (Galle) - Samivel, Ms. Ambika (Badulla) - Sarath, Tikiri Bandalage (Polonnaruwa) - Sathiyalingam, Pathmanathan (National List) - Selvaraj, Kitnan (Badulla) - Senarath, Prabha Ruwan (Hambantota) - Senarathna, Dimiyawe Arachchillage Janaka (Ratnapura) - Senasinghe, Arjuna Sujeewa (National List) [From 12th December, 2024] - Senevi, Hiniduma Sunil (Ratnapura) - Senevirathna, Senanayake Senevirathna Herath Mudiyanselage Welakona Waththe Gedara Madhura Daham Bandara (Nuwara Eliya) - Shritharan, Sivagnanam (Jaffna) - Srinath, Elayathamby (Batticaloa) - Sooriyaarachchi, Chandana (Colombo) - Sooriyabandara, G.D. (Kurunegala) - Sri Bavanandarajah, Shanmuganathan (Jaffna) - Srineshan, Gnanamuththu (Batticaloa) - Sujeewa, Ms. W.A. Hemali (Gampaha) - Suraweera, Dewananda (Colombo) - Suraweera Arachchi, Trimesh Manjula (Nuwara Eliya) - Suriyapperuma, Harshana (National List) [Resigned on 20th June, 2025]

¶ 18 T - Thahir, Muhammadhaliyar Muhammadhu (Digamadulla) - Thennakoon, T.M. Chandana Mihira Bandara (Kurunegala) - Thigambaram, Palani (Nuwara Eliya) - Thilaganathan, Sellaththamby (Vanni) - Thilakarathne, Mrs. Premasiri Pathiranalage Anushka Darshanie (Nuwara Eliya) - Thilakaratne, Sugath (National List) - Thondaman, Jeevan Kumaravel (Nuwara Eliya)

¶ 19 U - Umanga, Mrs. Oshani (Kalutara) - Uthumalebbe, Meera Sahibu (Digamadulla)

¶ 20 V - Viddyarathna, K.V. Samantha (Badulla) - Vitharana, Aravinda Senarath (Hambantota)

¶ 21 W - Wasalage, Mrs. Deepthi Niranjani (Matale) - Wasalathilaka, Wasalathilaka Gedara Nayana Priyankara (Badulla) - Watagala, Sunil (Colombo) - Wazeeth, Mohamed Sheriff Abthul (National List) [From 03rd July, 2025] - Wedaarachchi, Dilip (Hambantota) - Weeraratne, Eranga Udesh (National List) - Welipitiya, Welipitiyalage Rohan Kanchana (Kegalle) - Wickramaratne, Idampitiyegedara Wanigasuriya Mudiyanselage Jagath (Polonnaruwa) - Wijemuni, Muditha Hansaka (Mahanuwara) - Wijepala, K.M. Ananda (Kurunegala) - Wijerathna, Munhene Mudiyanselage Priyantha Kumar (Digamadulla) - Wijerathna, Rajawardhana Gedara (Nuwara Eliya) - Wijesinghe, N.D. (Gampaha) - Wijesinghe, Mrs. Wijesinghe Mudiyanselage Hiruni Madusha (Puttalam) - Wijesiri, B.M. (Kurunegala) - Wijesiri, Lokugasthota Vitharanage Chaminda (Badulla) - Wijesundara, Wijesundara Mudiyanselage Rohana Bandara (Anuradhapura) - Withanage, Ankumbura Arachchige Heshan Wijaya (Ratnapura)

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Cite as: Mr. Speaker. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 15 November 2025. No. 22870. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/28950