Leaving parliament in 2015, he returned as a member of Mahinda Rajapaksa's Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and the leader of the United People's Party in 2020 and became a minister in 2022.
[3] In 2002, he started a mobile telephony business in Sri Lanka after securing exclusive distribution rights, which led to a political controversy a few years later.
[4] Tiran Alles worked for Mangala Samaraweera when he became the campaign manager for President Mahinda Rajapaksa (2004–2005) of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
Starting in December 2023, Alles has been heavily involved in Operation Yukthiya, an anti-drug effort conducted by Sri Lankan Police where over 38,525 suspects being arrested as of 17 January 2024.
[6] Alles presented the online safety act in January 2024 despite criticism from local and international activists, governments and technology companies.