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Sri Lankans' fury forced powerful Rajapaksa clan out. Now its heir running for presidentNamal Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, is running for president in Sri Lanka. Despite his efforts to present himself a...- Rajapaksas officially ditch Wickremesinghe, youngest heir announced as candidate for Lanka presidencyNamal Rajapaksa, 38, has been named the SLPP presidential candidate, ending the Rajapaksa family's support for incumbent Ranil Wickremesing...
- Sri Lanka introduces bill to clip presidential powersIf passed into law, the amendments would reinstate democratic reforms made in 2015. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was ousted as president by angr...
- Sri Lankan forces make arrests, clear main protest siteArmy and police personnel arrived in trucks and buses around midnight, removing tents and protest banners at the site near the presidential...
- Sri Lanka's political turmoil sows worries for recoveryBankruptcy has forced the island nation's government to a near standstill. Its once-beloved and now reviled former President Gotabaya Rajap...
- Rajapaksa dynasty draws to humiliating close in Sri LankaThe president vowed last month to stay on until his five-year term ended in 2024, despite the anger his tenure prompted among the people. T...
- Rajapaksa dynasty draws to humiliating close in Sri LankaThe president vowed last month to stay on until his five-year term ended in 2024, despite the anger his tenure prompted among the people. T...
- Sri Lanka's political vacuum continues amid economic crisisProtesters remained in President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence, his seaside office and the prime minister’s official home, which they took...
- Sri Lanka Crisis: End of the political journey of powerful Rajapaksa dynasty?"Gotabaya Rajapaksa may have been the most powerful of the Rajapaksa brothers in terms of popular support and the constitutional capacity h...
- Protesters break into home of Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, set it on fireMany protesters accuse Wickremesinghe of trying to save Rajapaksa when he came under pressure to resign and every other member of his power...
- Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees as protesters storm home, officeSri Lanka has suffered through months of food and fuel shortages, lengthy blackouts and galloping inflation after running out of foreign cu...
- Sri Lanka crisis: A fire sale looms as lenders won't make a bailout easyThe carrier struggled with a stretched balance sheet even before Covid-19 and may fail to make payments to aircraft lessors, Bloomberg Inte...
- India sends food, medicine donation to crisis-hit Sri LankaGopal Baglay, the Indian envoy to Sri Lanka, delivered the donation from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to Sri Lanka's Foreign Min...
- What caused economic collapse of Sri Lanka?For months, Sri Lankans have had to wait in long lines to buy essential items because a foreign exchange crisis caused shortages of importe...
- Sri Lanka's all-powerful Rajapaksas under fireLate Thursday hundreds of people tried to storm the home of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the current president and one of four politically active br...
- India-Sri Lanka ties tested in 2021 due to persisting fishermen issue, investment impasseThe year began with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visiting Sri Lanka in early January, saying "I am starting 2021 with a visit to ...
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