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  Namal Rajapaksa, heir of powerful Rajapaksa family, enters Sri Lankan presidential race | Who is he?

  World | August 08, 2024 10:34 IST

  Namal, 38, will compete against President Ranil Wickremesinghe, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and the Marxist JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake on September 21. The son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Namal is currently an MP from the Hambantota district.

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  Sri Lanka's ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa faces legal troubles with no immunity

  World | September 04, 2022 7:12 IST

  Sri Lanka news: Rajapaksa flew to Colombo around midnight Friday from Thailand and was escorted under military guard to his new home in the capital.

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  Ousted Sri Lankan prez Rajapaksa staying at Bangkok hotel, told not to come out for security reasons

  World | August 12, 2022 18:29 IST

  Rajapaksa arrived in Thailand with three other people on a chartered flight from Singapore at Wing 6 of the military airport adjacent to Don Mueang International Airport around 8 pm local time on Thursday.

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  Sri Lanka crisis: Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as interim president

  India | July 15, 2022 13:10 IST

  Rajapaksa has resigned, Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena officially announced on Friday, two days after the embattled leader fled the country in the face of massive protests.

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  Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled to Singapore, resigns

  World | July 14, 2022 20:14 IST

  Sri Lanka crisis: Rajapaksa, who had promised to resign on Wednesday instead appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as Acting President hours after he fled to the Maldives, escalating political crisis and triggering a fresh wave of protests.

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  Saudi flight carrying Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa lands in Singapore

  World | July 14, 2022 18:31 IST

  Sri Lanka crisis: Rajapaksa, the 73-year-old leader who had promised to resign on Wednesday, appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the acting President hours after he fled the country, escalating the political crisis and triggering a fresh

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  Sri Lankan President ready to form interim govt, claims senior Buddhist monk

  World | April 25, 2022 14:40 IST

  Rajapaksa had responded to a letter from the chief monks of the four Buddhist chapters dated April 4 in which they had asked Rajapaksa to dissolve the Cabinet to set up an interim government.

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  'Every second you protest on the road, we are losing dollars', says Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa

  World | April 11, 2022 21:07 IST

  Rajapaksa also said that none of the parties in the Sri Lankan Parliament has come forward to lend a hand. "So, as the party in power, the Government will take all possible steps to resolve the crisis." he said.

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  As Lanka faces its worst economic crisis, emergency declared; India offers helping hand | 10 points

  World | April 02, 2022 16:08 IST

  President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared a nationwide public emergency amidst a spate of protests, including outside his house, over the worst economic crisis in the island nation.

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  Rajapaksa praises PM Modi for cooperation, hand of friendship during virtual summit

  World | September 26, 2020 19:09 IST

  Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday praised his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for extending help and cooperation to his country in several areas, including in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, as the two leaders held a "very successful" virtual summit and agreed to boost the "robust" bilateral ties.

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  Sri Lanka to ensure no nation dominates Indian Ocean: Rajapaksa

  World | September 23, 2020 9:29 IST

  Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said that his country is against any country dominating the Indian Ocean and that it would stay neutral. 

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  Gotabaya Rajapaksa return to power triggers concern for human rights

  World | November 26, 2019 10:50 IST

  With the Rajapaksas once again in power after losing the 2015 election, human rights activists fear that there will be no progress in investigating the cases of alleged enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings during the government of Mahinda (2005-2015) when Gotabaya was the military chief and presided over the final offensive against the Tamil Tiger guerrillas.

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  Sri Lanka Crisis: All-party meeting inconclusive, political stalemate continues

  World | November 19, 2018 14:43 IST

  The island nation plunged into a constitutional crisis after President Sirisena ousted Wickremesinghe and named Rajapaksa as the country's Prime Minister. 

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  Sri Lanka's prime minister sworn in as 2 parties sign deal

  World | August 21, 2015 12:31 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lanka's new prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was sworn in Friday and the island nation's two major political parties — formerly bitter rivals — signed an agreement to work together in the new parliament.Their

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  Sirisena should respect public mandate: Rajapaksa

  World | August 14, 2015 14:53 IST

  Colombo: Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today said President Maithripala Sirisena should respect public mandate, a day after the SLFP chief vowed not to make him Prime Minister even if his coalition wins the

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  Won't take revenge, will promote Buddhism: Sirisena

  World | January 09, 2015 13:13 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lanka's president-elect Maithripala Sirisena Friday pledged not to take revenge against political foes, after defeating incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa in the presidential election.As he left his home in Polonnaruwa province for Colombo after Rajapaksa

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  PM Modi congratulates Sri Lankan President elect Sirisena on poll victory

  Politics | January 09, 2015 10:24 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called up Maithripala Sirisena to congratulate him on his victory in the Sri Lankan polls and assured him of India's continued solidarity and support to the country's peace

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  US looks forward to working with Sri Lankan President-elect

  World | January 09, 2015 10:30 IST

  Washington: The US looks forward to working with Sri Lankan president-elect Maithripala Sirisena, Secretary of State John Kerry today said, as he commended outgoing President Mahinda Rajapaksa for accepting the election results.“I look forward to

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  S Lankan ruling coalition legislator vows to defeat Rajapaksa

  World | October 15, 2014 19:56 IST

  Colombo: A Sri Lankan ruling coalition legislator has said that he would do everything to defeat President Mahinda Rajapaksa if he tried to hold Presidential election without amending the constitution.  “What we see today is

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  PM Modi talks 'strong SAARC' with Rajapaksa, Hasina and Koirala

  World | September 28, 2014 13:03 IST

  New York: Furthering his ‘neighbourhood first' policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Bangladesh and Nepal and Sri Lankan President and discussed matters of common concern, including terrorism, while affirming