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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...- Indian High Commissioner Jha meets Sri Lanka's ex-president RajapaksaIndian High Commissioner Santosh Jha met former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to discuss India-Sri Lanka bilateral relations and c...
- Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns to Sri Lanka from ThailandRajapaksa, 73, fled the country on July 13 after months-long mass public demonstrations demanding his immediate resignation on July 9 gaine...
- President Rajapaksa sent resignation letter to Parliament Speaker through email: ReportsSri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday sent his resignation letter through an email to Parliament Speaker Mahinda Y...
- Sri Lankan Parliament to meet Saturday; new President to be elected within seven days: SpeakerOn Friday morning, Speaker Abeywardena formally announced that President Rajapaksa has resigned after confirming the authenticity of the re...
- Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa allowed entry on 'private visit': Singapore govtRajapaksa and his wife fled to the Maldives early Wednesday aboard an air force plane amid mass protests demanding he resign over his count...
- Sri Lanka's speaker seeks President Rajapaksa's resignation; says other options to be consideredOn Wednesday, the Parliament Speaker said that the President in a telephone conversation had informed that he would tender his letter of re...
- Protests near Maldives President Solih's house urging him to send Rajapaksa back to Sri LankaPresident Rajapaksa fled the country for the Maldives early on Wednesday morning, along with his wife and two security officers amid mass s...
- Maldivian Parliament Speaker Nasheed negotiated President Rajapaksa's escape from Sri Lanka: SourcesRajapaksa is likely to send his resignation letter only after reaching his final destination in Maldives. Sri Lanka's The Morning news port...
- Will resign on July 13 as previously announced, Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa informs PMSri Lanka's President Rajapaksa said he will resign on Wednesday after protesters on Saturday stormed his official residence, calling for h...
- Sri Lankan parties agree to form all-party interim government after President Rajapaksa's resignationThe meeting of the main Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) and its constituent parties will be attended by leader of the Opposition Sa...
- Sri Lankan protestors claim they found 17.85 million rupees inside President Rajapaksa's official residenceHundreds of anti-government protesters on Saturday stormed into Rajapaksa's residence in central Colombo's high-security Fort area after br...
- Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign on July 13, says Parliament SpeakerPresident Rajapaksa informed the Speaker about this decision to quit after Abeywardena wrote to him seeking his resignation following the a...
- Lankan Parliament defeats no-trust motion against President Gotabaya RajapaksaWith the motion, the Opposition sought to demonstrate how nationwide calls for President Rajapaksa's resignation is reflected in the countr...
- Sri Lanka's opposition rejects President Rajapaksa's offer to form interim governmentRajapaksa had called over the telephone both Premadasa and Harsha de Silva, the SJB economic guru, on the prospect of forming an interim go...
- Sri Lanka hikes interest rates to tackle inflation amid economic crisisThe move comes as Sri Lanka's main Opposition party SJB on Friday announced that it will move a no-confidence motion against the government...
- Newly-elected Lankan President to visit India on Nov 29: JaishankarJaishankar, who arrived here on a two-day unannounced visit, said President Rajapaksa has accepted Prime Minister Modi's invitation to visi...
- Mahinda Rajapaksa ran a family centred dictatorship: Chandrika KumaratungaKumaratunga alleged that Rajpaksa ran a family centred dictatorship during his rule and appealed to voters to preserve the gains made in th...
- Mahinda Rajapaksa loyalists seek ouster of Sri Lankan Opposition leader Nimal Siripala de SilvaNimal Siripala de Silva is the current leader of Opposition. Gunawardena has led a nation-wide to bring Rajapaksa back to politics.
- Maithripala Sirisena trounces President Mahinda Rajapaksa, sworn-in as PresidentIn a stunning verdict, Sri Lankan voters ousted President Rajapaksa from power, ending a 10-year rule that was marked by allegations of fam...
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