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Sri Lanka seeks investors for loss-making Mattala airport built with Chinese loansSri Lanka is seeking investors for Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport. The airport has been a financial drain since opening in 2013. A...- Gotabaya Rajapaksa: A 'war hero' detested by his admirers over Sri Lanka's worst economic crisisThe economic crisis is caused in part by a lack of foreign currency, which has meant that the country cannot afford to pay for imports of s...
- Sri Lanka crisis: Talks on to end political impasse after PM Mahinda Rajapaksa's resignationMahinda, 76, resigned as prime minister on Monday amid unprecedented economic turmoil in the country, hours after his supporters attacked a...
- Protests at Sri Lankan naval base housing ex-PM Mahinda RajapaksaViolence erupted in Sri Lanka on Monday after supporters of then prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa attacked peaceful anti-government protest...
- Sri Lankan President Gotabaya asks parties to show majority for interim govt proposalIn the recent weeks, the powerful Buddhist clergy, civil society and trade chambers have demanded the formation of an interim government to...
- Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa says he won't resign; claims no rift with Prez Gotabaya RajapaksaSri Lanka is currently in the throes of an unprecedented economic turmoil since its independence from Britain in 1948. The crisis is caused...
- Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa proposes to amend Constitution to create accountable administration"The Prime Minister is expected to propose to the Cabinet a Constitutional Amendment that would include the Executive, Judiciary and the Le...
- After landslide victory, Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oath as Sri Lankan Prime MinisterThe 74-year-old Sri Lanka People's Party (SLPP) leader was administered the oath of office for the ninth Parliament by his younger brother ...
- India heeded his request not to seek joint venture to run Mattala airport: Sri Lanka PM Mahinda RajapaksaThe USD 210 million facility, 241km south-east of Colombo, is dubbed the "world's emptiest airport" due to a lack of flights.
- External Affairs Minister Jaishankar meets Sri Lankan PM Mahinda RajapaksaMahinda Rajapaksa, elder brother of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, arrived here on Friday on a five-day trip, his first overseas ...
- 'I will remain Lankan PM, naming Rajapaksa unconstitutional': Ranil WickremesingheIn a telephonic conversation with a TV station, Ranil Wickremesinghe said "I will continue to be the Prime Minister. Mahinda Rajapaksa's ap...
- Ex-strongman Rajapaksa's son arrested in Sri LankaFormer Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's son was arrested today along with four other people over money laundering allegations.
- Former Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa fears prosecution of entire family by new governmentFormer Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa expressed fears that the new government led by Maithripala Sirisena might end up prosecuting his ...
- Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa's brother arrested for misappropriation of fundsThe youngest brother of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa was today arrested on a charge of misappropriating hundreds of thousa...
- Police raids former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa's country home"They raided our house in Tangalle yesterday looking for a Lamborghini car," said Namal Rajapaksa, the former president's elder son.
- Mahinda Rajapaksa agrees to step down as party bossAfter winning the election, Sirisena claimed the party leadership even as Rajapaksa's loyalists initially refused to back him, threatening ...
- Barack Obama congratulates Sri Lanka's new president Maithripala SirisenaThe US President further said Sri Lankans from all segments of society cast their ballots peacefully, and the voice of the people was respe...
- Rajapaksa's key ally pledges support to oppositionThe JHU signed a pact with Maithripala Sirisena, after other opposition groups had entered into a similar pact with the common candidate.
- Narendra Modi's invite to Nawaz Sharif & Mahinda Rajapaksa under political fireNarendra Modi's move to invite Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has aroused political backlash.
- Mahinda Rajapaksa congratulates Narendra Modi, invites him on state visitThe BJP win was welcomed in Sri Lanka as the Rajapaksa government's relations with the UPA government had soured over the years.
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