Page 2 - Latest Updates on Mahinda Rajapaksa
India fully supportive of Sri Lanka's democracy and economic recovery: MEA
India on Tuesday said it is "fully supportive" of Sri Lanka's democracy, stability and economic recovery, a day after the island nation's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa quit amid massive protests
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Rajapaksa faces calls for arrest as Sri Lanka violence claims eight lives
Sri Lanka's former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is facing calls for his arrest from Opposition politicians for inciting violence against peaceful anti-government protesters
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UN chief Antonio Guterres calls for dialogue to solve Sri Lanka crisis
"We continue to encourage all Sri Lankan stakeholders to find a solution to the current challenges through dialogue and with the interests of the country and the people in mind," Haq said
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Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa steps down; MP, 4 others killed in clashes
Houses of legislator, former minister set on fire in curfew-bound nation
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Sri Lanka: Ancestral home of Rajapaksas' set on fire in Hambantota
Earlier, several properties of ministers and lawmakers of the ruling coalition were destroyed by the protesters.
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Charisma and controversy: Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa heads for exit
In a statement, his office said he was quitting in order to help form an interim, unity government, following weeks of sometimes violent protests across the country over shortages of fuel and other
Top headlines: Indian rupee plummets to all-time low; Sri Lankan PM resigns
India's government asks the Supreme Court not to invest time in examining the constitutional validity of the penal law on sedition.
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Sri Lanka president's brother quits as PM in escalating economic crisis
Sri Lankan authorities on Monday imposed a nationwide curfew and Army troops were deployed in the capital
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Sri Lanka crisis: Mahinda supporters attack anti-govt protesters,16 injured
The violence occurred following reports on Monday that Mahinda Rajapksa may offer to stand down as Prime Minister, as pressure mounts on the embattled government to form an interim administration
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Ready to make any sacrifice for people: Lankan PM amid pressure to resign
Mahinda Rajapaksa, 76, under intense pressure from within his own party to resign, was gathering his supporters to apply counterpressure not to stand down
Lanka's defence ministry asks people to assist in managing economic crisis
The declaration, made in an extraordinary gazette late Friday, gives Rajapaksa sweeping powers to suspend laws, detain people and seize property
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Sri Lankan PM Rajapaksa likely to resign as economic crisis worsens
The Sri Lankan Cabinet had been informed that owing to the failure of the Prime Minister to cope with the country's ongoing economic crisis, Mahinda Rajapaksa has sought to resign from his position
Sri Lanka again put under state of emergency as economic crisis continues
Sri Lanka's government has been facing a wave of protests around the country with an increasingly furious public demanding its resignation.
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Lankan parliament to meet for session amid opposition's no-trust motions
Opposition party SJB handed over to the parliamentary Speaker motions of no-confidence against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the government for mishandling the country's worst economic crisis
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Sri Lanka opposition seeks no-confidence vote on Rajapaksas
Protesters on Tuesday were in the 25th day of their occupation of the entrance to the president's office, demanding the resignations of Rajapaksa family members
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Lanka govt to provide cash to low income families hit by economic crisis
The Sri Lankan government announced that it will provide cash allowances ranging between Rs 3,000 and Rs 7,500 to low income families "severely affected" by the current economic crisis in the country.
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Sri Lanka: Former President Maithripala Srisena calls for fresh elections
The former president added that he could not stay at home when the people were in a state of distress with thousands of problems in the country
Sri Lankan leaders promise to address challenges amid economic crisis
The Sri Lankan government is taking various approaches to address current challenges faced by the country, the nation's President and the PM said in their messages on the International Labour Day.
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Sri Lanka's powerful Buddhist clergy threatens to issue anti-govt decree
The Buddhist clergy has decided to come out to press for the resignation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to make way for an interim government
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