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File picture of Namal Rajapaksa, son of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa | Photo Credit: via PTI Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s elder son has been indicted in the High Court for alleged misappropriation from an Indian investment before 2015. Namal Rajapaksa, 38, was arrested in June 2016 for the alleged misuse of…
Journalists and well-wishers light candles on the grave of slain journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge on his 12th death anniversary, in Colombo on January 8, 2021. | Photo Credit: AFP The family of murdered Sri Lanka journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge appealed on Monday (September 23, 2024) to the island’s new President to reopen an investigation into the internationally-condemned…
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Sri Lanka’s former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother, and Sri Lanka’s former President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Sri Lanka’s powerful Rajapaksa clan, which suffered political battering due to the country’s worst economic crisis in 2022, will launch its political comeback bid on Sunday by targeting the impending elections. Former President Gotabaya…
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