Mahinda Rajapaksa: Sri Lankan PM resigns amid economic crisis
WEBMay 9, 2022 · Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned amid mass protests at the government's handling of a deepening economic crisis. The move came as the island was placed under curfew...
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Resigns in Face of …
WEBMay 9, 2022 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s prime minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, resigned on Monday with his country in economic free fall, bowing to months of protests in a significant blow to the...
Sri Lanka political dynasty ends as Rajapaksa quits - BBC
WEBJul 15, 2022 · Sri Lanka's speaker of parliament, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, said on Friday that he accepted Mr Rajapaksa's resignation, which he received late on Thursday.
Sri Lanka top court finds Rajapaksa brothers guilty of economic crisis
WEB15 Nov 2023. Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has issued a symbolic ruling that the powerful Rajapaksa brothers – including two ex-presidents – were guilty of triggering the island’s worst financial...
Sri Lankan prime minister resigns after weeks of protests - NBC …
WEBMay 9, 2022 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned Monday following weeks of protests demanding that he and his brother, the president, step down over the country’s worst...
Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as crisis worsens
WEBMay 9, 2022 · Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as crisis worsens. The resignation comes hours after PM’s supporters stormed a major protest site in Colombo and attacked anti-government demonstrators.
Sri Lanka’s prime minister resigns amid protests over economic crisis
WEBMay 9, 2022 · Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, resigned on Monday, following weeks of protests against his government.
Sri Lanka's prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns, house
WEBMay 10, 2022 · Sri Lanka's military evacuated outgoing Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa from his official residence in Colombo in an early morning operation on Tuesday, hours after the leader resigned and...
Sri Lankan prime minister resigns : NPR
WEBMay 9, 2022 · Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has tendered his resignation amid an economic crisis and violent protests against he and his brother, the country's president.
Chased out by protesters, a political dynasty plots its comeback
WEBSri Lanka's foreign reserves fell to $20m in 2022, triggering an economic crisis. For years, the Rajapaksa family – led by Mahinda - held a vice-like grip over Sri Lankan politics. In his first ...
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