SLFP organizer for Ratnapura District

Senior Journalist Karunaratne Paranavithana has been appointed SLFP organiser for Ratnapura District by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Paranavithana who entered politics as a student activist in 1990 joined the SLFP in 1996. Involved in the party’s policy formulation and publicity work he contributed towards the formulation of the Mahinda Chintana policies. He also served as editor of the party organ ‘Dinakara’ for some time.

A past pupil of St. Aloysius College Ratnapura, Paranavithana is a graduate of the Colombo University and the Bradford University in England. Currently he is reading for a doctorate in Political Science from the Colombo University.

He has also held administrative posts in many institutions like the SLBC, ANCL (Lake House) and the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. As a journalist, political commentator and media resource person he has a keen interest in poverty alleviation, community development and education sectors.