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TopicMahinda Rajapaksa

Topic: Mahinda Rajapaksa

In Pictures: Modi, Jaishankar greet Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived in India Friday for a four-day visit, his first overseas trip since his appointment in November.

Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa starts 4-day India visit

In his first overseas visit since his brother became President, Mahinda hopes to finalise the implementation of $450 million line of credit pledged by PM Modi.

Rajapaksa to meet PM Modi tomorrow, visit to focus on security in Indian Ocean region

Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa is set to begin his four-day visit to India Friday as the two neighbours look to refresh ties.

The Rajapaksa brothers who ‘controlled every aspect of Sri Lankan life’ return to power

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, sworn in as President Monday, has picked brother Mahinda as PM. And they are just 2 of at least 14 Rajapaksas who've held important positions in Sri Lanka since 1936.

Gotabaya appoints brother Mahinda Rajapaksa, ex-Sri Lankan president, as prime minister

Mahinda Rajapaksa had won power in 2005 and went on to become South Asia's longest-serving leader. He became Sri Lanka's youngest ever parliamentarian in 1970 at the age of 24.

AAP, Centre talking of Delhi’s poor water is great. But it can’t end as political face-off

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

A Rajapaksa for President. For Sri Lanka that has seen so much tragedy, it’s time to panic

It doesn’t matter who is in charge. The Rajapaksa political project revolves around corruption and denigration of ethnic and religious minorities.

Sri Lanka’s wildly incompetent President keeps getting worse

Maithripala Sirisena eschews responsibility at every turn. He has no leadership qualities and has been out of his depth since January 2015.

Sri Lanka terror attacks can help Rajapaksa use wartime credentials for political gains

Terrorism, national security and law & order will be the major issues in the forthcoming elections in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankan army says it is ready to face any investigation on war crime

The army along with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have been accused of war crimes during the final phase of a 26-year long military conflict that ended in 2009.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

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.