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Namal Rajapaksa Announced As Candidate For Sri Lankan Presidency
Namal Rajapaksa, the 38-year-old heir to the Rajapaksa dynasty, was on Wednesday named as the SLPP candidate for the presidential election, thus officially ending Rajapaksa family's backing to the incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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"Not A Friend Of The Rajapaksas": New Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe
"I am not a friend of the Rajapaksas, I am a friend of the people," President Ranil Wickremesinghe has told Sri Lankans, pledging to bring in the much-needed system change they are yearning for.
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A Look At Sri Lanka's Powerful Rajapaksa Family
Anger at Sri Lanka's dire economic crisis has been simmering for months, with many laying the blame for widespread shortages and runaway inflation squarely at the feet of the ruling Rajapaksa family.
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Another Member Of Sri Lanka's Ruling Family Quits Public Office
Another member of Sri Lanka's ruling family quit public office on Thursday, denying responsibility for an economic crisis that has caused severe hardship in the island nation.
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Indian High Commission Rejects Reports Of Ex-Lankan PM, Family Fleeing To India
The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka on Tuesday refuted as "fake and blatantly false" local social media speculation that former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family members have fled to India, a day after Rajapaksa resigned.
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Tracing The Imploding Sri Lanka Crisis In 10 Points
Sri Lanka's ex Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family have taken shelter at a naval base as lethal protests continue amid the country's worst ever economic crisis. Public Emergency was imposed for the second time in less than six weeks.
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Sri Lanka Cricket Greats Slam Government After Deadly Unrest
Supporters of the ruling Rajapaksa family on Monday attacked unarmed protesters who have been demonstrating peacefully for weeks.
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Lanka Ex-PM, Family Flee To Naval Base, Surrounded By Protesters: Sources
Sri Lanka's former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family have taken shelter at a naval base in Trincomalee in north-east part of the island nation, sources have told NDTV, as lethal protests continue amid the country's worst debt crisis.
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Lanka PM Quits, Rajapaksa Family Home Set On Fire Amid Clashes: 10 Facts
Sri Lanka was placed under curfew as loyalists of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and anti-government protesters clashed today. A ruling party MP died and many were injured. Mr Rajapaksa has resigned, leading to the collapse of the government.
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Crowds Jeer Sri Lankan PM: "We Will Worship You- If You Leave"
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was booed and heckled Sunday on his first public outing since protests erupted across the country demanding his ruling family resign over the worsening economic crisis.
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Trade Unions Strike In Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Asking President To Resign
A general strike crippled Sri Lanka on Thursday, as demands grew for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family members to resign over the country's worst-ever economic crisis.
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Lankan President Appoints New Cabinet After Mass Resignations Amid Crisis
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa became the only member of the family to retain a Cabinet position in his younger brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa's new Cabinet of 17 ministers appointed on Monday, as the island nation was facing the worst economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka Protests A Turning Point For Ruling Rajapaksa Family
In 2020, Mahinda Rajapaksa won elections to become Sri Lanka's prime minister, serving under his brother and president Gotabaya. In 2021, another sibling, Basil, was named finance minister, tightening the family's hold on power.
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In The Eye Of The Storm: Sri Lanka's All-Powerful Rajapaksa Family
Anger is boiling over in Sri Lanka at the country's worst economic crisis since independence in 1948, much of it directed at the island nation's all-powerful Rajapaksa family.
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Rajapaksa Family Tightens Grip On Sri Lanka Amid Growing Economic Crisis
A brother of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday became finance minister, tightening the family's grip on power in the South Asian nation as it confronts growing economic troubles.
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Namal Rajapaksa Announced As Candidate For Sri Lankan Presidency
Namal Rajapaksa, the 38-year-old heir to the Rajapaksa dynasty, was on Wednesday named as the SLPP candidate for the presidential election, thus officially ending Rajapaksa family's backing to the incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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"Not A Friend Of The Rajapaksas": New Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe
"I am not a friend of the Rajapaksas, I am a friend of the people," President Ranil Wickremesinghe has told Sri Lankans, pledging to bring in the much-needed system change they are yearning for.
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A Look At Sri Lanka's Powerful Rajapaksa Family
Anger at Sri Lanka's dire economic crisis has been simmering for months, with many laying the blame for widespread shortages and runaway inflation squarely at the feet of the ruling Rajapaksa family.
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Another Member Of Sri Lanka's Ruling Family Quits Public Office
Another member of Sri Lanka's ruling family quit public office on Thursday, denying responsibility for an economic crisis that has caused severe hardship in the island nation.
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Indian High Commission Rejects Reports Of Ex-Lankan PM, Family Fleeing To India
The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka on Tuesday refuted as "fake and blatantly false" local social media speculation that former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family members have fled to India, a day after Rajapaksa resigned.
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Tracing The Imploding Sri Lanka Crisis In 10 Points
Sri Lanka's ex Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family have taken shelter at a naval base as lethal protests continue amid the country's worst ever economic crisis. Public Emergency was imposed for the second time in less than six weeks.
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Sri Lanka Cricket Greats Slam Government After Deadly Unrest
Supporters of the ruling Rajapaksa family on Monday attacked unarmed protesters who have been demonstrating peacefully for weeks.
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Lanka Ex-PM, Family Flee To Naval Base, Surrounded By Protesters: Sources
Sri Lanka's former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family have taken shelter at a naval base in Trincomalee in north-east part of the island nation, sources have told NDTV, as lethal protests continue amid the country's worst debt crisis.
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Lanka PM Quits, Rajapaksa Family Home Set On Fire Amid Clashes: 10 Facts
Sri Lanka was placed under curfew as loyalists of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and anti-government protesters clashed today. A ruling party MP died and many were injured. Mr Rajapaksa has resigned, leading to the collapse of the government.
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Crowds Jeer Sri Lankan PM: "We Will Worship You- If You Leave"
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was booed and heckled Sunday on his first public outing since protests erupted across the country demanding his ruling family resign over the worsening economic crisis.
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Trade Unions Strike In Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka Asking President To Resign
A general strike crippled Sri Lanka on Thursday, as demands grew for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family members to resign over the country's worst-ever economic crisis.
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Lankan President Appoints New Cabinet After Mass Resignations Amid Crisis
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa became the only member of the family to retain a Cabinet position in his younger brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa's new Cabinet of 17 ministers appointed on Monday, as the island nation was facing the worst economic crisis.
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Sri Lanka Protests A Turning Point For Ruling Rajapaksa Family
In 2020, Mahinda Rajapaksa won elections to become Sri Lanka's prime minister, serving under his brother and president Gotabaya. In 2021, another sibling, Basil, was named finance minister, tightening the family's hold on power.
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In The Eye Of The Storm: Sri Lanka's All-Powerful Rajapaksa Family
Anger is boiling over in Sri Lanka at the country's worst economic crisis since independence in 1948, much of it directed at the island nation's all-powerful Rajapaksa family.
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Rajapaksa Family Tightens Grip On Sri Lanka Amid Growing Economic Crisis
A brother of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday became finance minister, tightening the family's grip on power in the South Asian nation as it confronts growing economic troubles.
