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Economy on centre stage, as Sri Lanka set to vote today in first polls sin
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The crisis, which led to widespread food and fuel shortages, prompted Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country in 2022. The economic policy of Rajapaksa, followed by the onset of the Covid pandemic, is believed to have led to the worst economic crisis in the island nat
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Former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa claims "foreign and local pa
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has claimed that certain foreign and local parties were always intent on ousting him from power.d.
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China skips Sri Lankan debt restructuring meeting in Washington
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Sri Lanka is already facing an economic crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic and financial mismanagement, especially during Gotabaya Rajapaksa's presidency. He granted an unprecedented tax benefit to big companies soon after the election. As a result, the government lost a lot of revenue due
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Sri Lankan selection committee on verge of overhaul following poor T20 Wor
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Under the leadership of Mickey Arthur and then Chris Silverwood as head coach, the national side saw mixed success. They won the ODI series at home against South Africa and Australia and clinched their sixth Asia Cup title. But an underwhelming ICC T20 World Cup 2022 followed by heavy white-
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Canada imposes sanctions on Sri Lankan officials including Rajapaksa broth
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Canada has imposed sanctions against four Sri Lankan state officials including former Presidents Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa for "gross and systematic violations of human rights" during the armed conflict in the island nation, which occurred from 1983 to 2009, an official rel
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his wife return to Sri Lanka after spending vacations
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Sri Lanka's former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife Ioma Rajapaksa on Thursday returned to Sri Lanka after spending their vacations in Dubai, reported Daily Mirror.
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Year Ender: Sri Lanka witnesses economic, political crisis and mass protes
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
People of Sri Lanka demanded the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa as they blamed their government for the mismanagement of the country's economy.
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Overseas visits of Gotabaya, Mahinda Rajapaksa cost Sri Lanka LKR 40mn in
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
This report is based on details provided by the Presidential Secretariat and the Prime Minister's Office on a directive issued by the Right to Information Commission. Gotabaya and Mahinda, who were ousted from power after a large-scale uprising, spent a staggering LKR 44, 739,184.91 for f
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Experts draw lessons learned from Sri Lanka's economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Focusing on deep-rooted, long-term economic vulnerabilities that led to sovereign default in Sri Lanka - the first time in the country's history - Umesh Moramudali, a Lecturer at the University of Colombo and Researcher on Public Debt & Development, pondered why Sri Lanka had come to thi
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Sri Lanka: SC orders to issue summons to former Prez Gotabaya in 2011 huma
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], October 19 (ANI): Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Wednesday has given orders to summon former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the disappearance of two human rights activists in 2011 as he is now out of constitutional powers.
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Sri Lanka's SLPP offers national list seat for Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 4 (ANI): Sri Lanka's ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been offered a national list seat in the Parliament of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP).
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Sri Lanka's ousted President Rajapaksa returns home: official
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 3 (ANI): Sri Lanka's ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned home in the early hours of Saturday after fleeing the country in July, according to a senior security official.
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