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Page 5 - Latest Updates on Mahinda Rajapaksa

Mahinda Rajapaksa set for a comeback with likely landslide in Lanka polls

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first world leaders to congratulate Rajapaksa on the outcome of the elections

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Updated On : 07 Aug 2020 | 12:09 AM IST

Mahinda Rajapaksa: South Asia's longest serving ruler returns to power

The 74-year-old leader is back at the top in Sri Lankan politics along with his three siblings, winning the general elections held on Wednesday

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Updated On : 06 Aug 2020 | 10:53 PM IST

Sri Lanka poll: Early results show Rajapaksa clan heading for landslide win

The counting began in the morning after the polls were closed on Wednesday

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Updated On : 06 Aug 2020 | 5:18 PM IST

Sri Lanka election: Counting begins, Rajapaksa clan eyes landslide win

The counting of votes in Sri Lanka election began with the powerful Rajapaksa family-run Sri Lanka People's Party saying it is confident of recording a historic victory

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Updated On : 06 Aug 2020 | 10:27 AM IST
Updated On : 06 Aug 2020 | 12:50 AM IST

Sri Lanka parliamentary election 2020: People cast vote wearing masks

Sri Lankans, wearing face masks, started voting in the twice-postponed parliamentary election which is expected to be won by the powerful Rajapaksa family-run party

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Updated On : 05 Aug 2020 | 9:36 AM IST

India's worry: Prospects of a brute majority for Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka

It remains a question of what the final tally will be - a simple or brute majority in the 225-member legislature

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Updated On : 05 Aug 2020 | 12:51 AM IST

Politics & the war against Covid

As New Delhi looks for exit options and the politics around it, Sri Lanka and Nepal battle their own political contradictions. No telling what lies at the end of the struggle

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Updated On : 01 May 2020 | 10:26 PM IST

The end of Sri Lanka as we know it?

The coming election could mark the end of the country's poly-ethnic project. How it will survive as a nation remains to be seen

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Updated On : 06 Mar 2020 | 9:08 PM IST

What's changed and what hasn't: Sri Lanka PM's India trip provides insights

In other words, Sri Lanka continues to deny it has a problem with its minority Tamils. India continues to insist it does and advises Colombo to do something about it

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Updated On : 09 Feb 2020 | 9:38 PM IST

Hope Sri Lanka will fulfill Tamil people's aspirations: Modi to Rajapaksa

Rajapaksa's visit here assumed significance as his tenure as Sri Lanka's president from 2005 to 2016 saw expansion of China's footprints in the Indian Ocean island nation, triggering concerns in India

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Updated On : 08 Feb 2020 | 10:33 PM IST

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar meets Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa

After his official engagement in Delhi, Rajapaksa will travel to Varanasi, Sarnath, Bodh Gaya and Tirupati

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Updated On : 08 Feb 2020 | 12:53 PM IST

Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa embarks on 4-day visit to India

The visit, beginning February 7, is the Rajapaksa senior's first overseas trip since his brother Gotabaya was elected President in November.

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Updated On : 07 Feb 2020 | 5:43 PM IST

Top events of the day: Lankan PM visit, Auto Expo, Nirbhaya case, and more

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will undertake a four-day state visit to India and hold talks on a number of key areas

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Updated On : 07 Feb 2020 | 6:45 AM IST

Sri Lanka and the Sino-Indian rivalry

Economically sluggish India faces tough Chinese competition in Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean

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Updated On : 05 Dec 2019 | 12:16 AM IST

Rajapaksas returning to power in Sri Lanka worries Tamil Nadu politicians

As parties in the state continue to fear for the future of the Tamils in the island nation, they have sought the Centre's help to protect them

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Updated On : 24 Nov 2019 | 10:21 PM IST

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appoints interim Cabinet

The 16-member Cabinet included President's brothers- Mahinda Rajapaksa, 74, and Chamal Rajapaksa, 77, two Tamils and a woman

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Updated On : 22 Nov 2019 | 11:32 AM IST

Will India kiss and make up with the Rajapaksa brothers? Wait and watch

Appointing his China-friendly brother Mahinda the prime minister ahead of India visit marks a testing point for the new president's neighbourhood policy

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Updated On : 22 Nov 2019 | 2:24 AM IST

Speculation over cricket legend Muralitharan becoming Lanka Governor

According to reports, Murali will likley join Rajapaksa presidency as the governor of the Northern province, which has a huge majority of Sri Lankan Tamils

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Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 10:04 PM IST

Will work with India for peace, prosperity: Lanka PM Rajapaska to PM Modi

President Gotabhaya has accepted Prime minister Modi's invitation to visit India on November 29

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Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 7:06 PM IST