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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicMahinda Rajapaksa

Topic: Mahinda Rajapaksa

PM Modi to hold virtual bilateral summit with Mahinda Rajapaksa, to review India-Sri Lanka ties

PM Modi & his Sri Lankan counterpart Rajapaksa are expected to discuss anti-terror cooperation, overall defence, trade ties and India's development projects in Sri Lanka.

Mahinda Rajapaksa brings family rule to Sri Lanka. All eyes on his India-China balancing act

PM Narendra Modi didn't even wait for the final results of Sri Lanka's parliamentary election before calling Mahinda Rajapaksa to congratulate him on his victory.

The challenges before Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksas: From human rights to economy

With India’s neighbourhood first policy at play, New Delhi could increase its assistance towards the Sri Lankan economy and infrastructure.

With strong Rajapaksa govt in Sri Lanka, India to push big list of projects to boost ties

Rajapaksa’s landslide parliamentary win comes at a time when Sri Lanka has become strategically important for India, China and even US, Japan & Australia.

Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn in as Prime Minister

74-year-old SLPP leader Mahinda Rajapaksa was administered oath of office for the ninth Parliament by his younger brother and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Rajapaksas take control, register landslide victory in Sri Lankan parliamentary elections

This win could help President Gotabaya Rajapaksa push through contentious constitutional changes to restore sweeping executive powers to his office.

Rajapaksas eye more power as Sri Lanka votes today to elect new parliament

The Rajapaksas want to win a two-thirds majority in order to push through constitutional changes that will allow the presidency to reclaim executive powers.

PM Modi congratulates Mahinda Rajapaksa on completing 50 years in Sri Lankan parliament

PM Modi and Mahinda Rajapaksa discussed the health and economic impact of the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic and the measures being taken to counter it.

Sri Lanka pulling out of UN resolutions shows that war wounds won’t heal under Rajapaksas

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's administration is sending a clear signal that transitional justice and broader rights concerns have been put on the back burner.

India is a relation. China just helped us develop after the war: PM Rajapaksa

India & China have both said they will protect us. Ultimately, Sri Lankans have to decide what is interference and what is not, says Mahinda Rajapaksa.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.