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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...15 Jul, 2022, 11.21 AM IST- 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...10 Jul, 2022, 03.11 PM IST
- 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...10 Jul, 2022, 12.00 AM IST
- Sri Lanka president's brother, Basil Rajapaksa, resigns from parliamentPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa's elder brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, resigned as prime minister last month after prolonged protests against the...09 Jun, 2022, 12.21 PM IST
- 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...12 May, 2022, 04.26 PM IST
- Sri Lanka imposes nationwide curfew; deploys army in ColomboThe violence occurred following reports that Mahinda Rajapaksa may offer to stand down as Prime Minister, as pressure mounted on the embatt...09 May, 2022, 03.34 PM IST
- Lawmaker: Sri Lanka president agrees to remove brother as PMSri Lanka is near bankruptcy and has announced it is suspending payments on its foreign loans. It has to repay $7 billion in foreign debt t...29 Apr, 2022, 03.57 PM IST
- Sri Lanka Oppn rejects unity govt offer, seeks Prez resignationPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa's overture came as armed troops looked to quell more demonstrations over what the government acknowledges is t...05 Apr, 2022, 12.35 AM IST
- Pakistan military ‘offers assistance’ to Sri Lankan Air ForcePakistan Air Force head, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, met PM Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo last week ahead of the latter’s India vi...11 Feb, 2020, 02.22 PM IST
- Sri Lankan President Gotabaya names elder brother Mahinda as PMGotabaya will also need a national budget for 2020 by April with the current government having only approved an interim budget for the firs...21 Nov, 2019, 09.28 AM IST
- 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...19 Nov, 2019, 09.59 PM IST
- 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 ...24 Apr, 2015, 04.39 PM IST
- 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...22 Apr, 2015, 10.20 PM IST
- Mahinda Rajapaksa summoned by anti-graft commission69-year-old Rajapaksa has been asked to appear before the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) on April ...20 Apr, 2015, 05.23 PM IST
- Lanka court bars Mahinda Rajapaksa's brother Gotabhaya Rajapaksa from leaving the countryA court in the city of Galle issued an order preventing Gotabhaya and three others from leaving the country until the conclusion of investi...09 Mar, 2015, 06.02 PM IST
- 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 ...15 Jan, 2015, 04.04 PM IST
- Sri Lanka votes for Sirisena: What went wrong from RajapaksaRajapaksa crowded his govt with close relatives -- three of his brothers held key positions -- and concentrated power in the executive pres...10 Jan, 2015, 02.43 PM IST
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