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Parliament To Elect New Sri Lankan President On July 20, Says Speaker
Sri Lanka Crisis: The Sri Lankan Parliament will elect the new president to succeed Gotabaya Rajapaksa on July 20, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced on Monday.
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Lankan Protesters Vow To Continue Anti-Government Campaign Despite New PM
President Gotabaya's elder brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, quit as Prime Minister on May 9 as the violence spiralled and is in hiding in a military base.
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Likely To Resign: Report
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is learnt to have responded positively to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's request to him to quit in the face of the deepening economic crisis along with the imposition of the state of emergency in the island
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Thousands Of Students Mob Lanka PM's Home Over Economic Crisis
Thousands of Sri Lankan university students mobbed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's home on Sunday demanding his resignation over the island nation's worsening 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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India Assures Sri Lanka Of Continued Cooperation Amid Economic Crisis
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday called on Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and assured them of India's continued cooperation and understanding.
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Sri Lankan President, PM Call PM Modi; Talk Of Strengthening Ties
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday telephoned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and expressed their strong desire and commitment to further strengthen the relationship between the two neighbouring countries.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa Takes Oath As Sri Lankan Prime Minister
Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in on Sunday as the country's new prime minister at a historic Buddhist temple, days after his party won a landslide victory in the General Election.
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Counting Begins In Sri Lankan Polls, Mahinda Rajapaksa's Party Favourites
Sri Lanka on Thursday began counting votes for a parliament election which President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's party is widely expected to win, cementing his grip on power.
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Sri Lanka President, PM To Visit India, China To Strengthen Ties: Report
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa are scheduled to visit India and China with the aim of further strengthening regional cooperation and enhancing relations with the two Asian powers, it was reported on Friday.
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Sri Lanka President In India highlights: PM Modi Addresses Joint Press Conference
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday left for India on his first official overseas visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr Rajapaksa is accompanied by his Secretary PB Jayasundera and Lalith Weeratunga, Advisor to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. During the two-day visit, the Lankan president will hold talks with...
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Tamil Signboards Defaced To Stall President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's India Visit: Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered a probe into the defacing of Tamil-language street signboards, asserting that the "heinous move" was aimed at disrupting the November 29 India visit of his brother and the country's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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Sri Lanka's New President Names Brother Mahinda Rajapaksa As PM
Newly elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday named his brother Mahinda as Prime Minister, cementing the grip on power of a clan credited with crushing the Tamil Tigers a decade ago.
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Former Sri Lankan President Seeks PM Ranil Wickremesinghe's Resignation
Sri Lanka's former strongman President Mahinda Rajapaksa has sought the resignation of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe after his younger brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa became the President, asserting that governance will improve if the President and the Cabinet are from the same party.
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Parliament To Elect New Sri Lankan President On July 20, Says Speaker
Sri Lanka Crisis: The Sri Lankan Parliament will elect the new president to succeed Gotabaya Rajapaksa on July 20, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced on Monday.
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Lankan Protesters Vow To Continue Anti-Government Campaign Despite New PM
President Gotabaya's elder brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, quit as Prime Minister on May 9 as the violence spiralled and is in hiding in a military base.
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Likely To Resign: Report
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is learnt to have responded positively to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's request to him to quit in the face of the deepening economic crisis along with the imposition of the state of emergency in the island
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Thousands Of Students Mob Lanka PM's Home Over Economic Crisis
Thousands of Sri Lankan university students mobbed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's home on Sunday demanding his resignation over the island nation's worsening 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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India Assures Sri Lanka Of Continued Cooperation Amid Economic Crisis
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday called on Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and assured them of India's continued cooperation and understanding.
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Sri Lankan President, PM Call PM Modi; Talk Of Strengthening Ties
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday telephoned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and expressed their strong desire and commitment to further strengthen the relationship between the two neighbouring countries.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa Takes Oath As Sri Lankan Prime Minister
Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in on Sunday as the country's new prime minister at a historic Buddhist temple, days after his party won a landslide victory in the General Election.
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Counting Begins In Sri Lankan Polls, Mahinda Rajapaksa's Party Favourites
Sri Lanka on Thursday began counting votes for a parliament election which President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's party is widely expected to win, cementing his grip on power.
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Sri Lanka President, PM To Visit India, China To Strengthen Ties: Report
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa are scheduled to visit India and China with the aim of further strengthening regional cooperation and enhancing relations with the two Asian powers, it was reported on Friday.
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Sri Lanka President In India highlights: PM Modi Addresses Joint Press Conference
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday left for India on his first official overseas visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr Rajapaksa is accompanied by his Secretary PB Jayasundera and Lalith Weeratunga, Advisor to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. During the two-day visit, the Lankan president will hold talks with...
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Tamil Signboards Defaced To Stall President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's India Visit: Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered a probe into the defacing of Tamil-language street signboards, asserting that the "heinous move" was aimed at disrupting the November 29 India visit of his brother and the country's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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Sri Lanka's New President Names Brother Mahinda Rajapaksa As PM
Newly elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday named his brother Mahinda as Prime Minister, cementing the grip on power of a clan credited with crushing the Tamil Tigers a decade ago.
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Former Sri Lankan President Seeks PM Ranil Wickremesinghe's Resignation
Sri Lanka's former strongman President Mahinda Rajapaksa has sought the resignation of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe after his younger brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa became the President, asserting that governance will improve if the President and the Cabinet are from the same party.
