Mahinda Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka’s anti-corruption authorities on Tuesday questioned former president Mahinda Rajapaksa over allegations he received kickbacks linked to a major Airbus aircraft deal. Rajapaksa, 80, was interrogated for more than two hours by the…
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Protesters attacked earlier this week by supporters of Sri Lanka’s government demanded Friday that the newly appointed prime minister arrest his predecessor for allegedly instigating the attack against them as they were calling for his…
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A Sri Lankan court on Thursday banned former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, his politician son Namal and 15 allies from leaving the country over acts of violence against anti-government demonstrators. The magistrate in the capital…
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned from his post on Monday sources said. He is under intense pressure from within his own Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna. However, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda…
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Amid the ongoing economic crisis and the large scale public anger against the ruling government, Sri Lanka’s leader of Opposition and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa on Saturday said that the no-confidence motion will…
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