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Rajapaksas to launch political comeback bid in Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka’s former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother, and Sri Lanka’s former President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Sri Lanka’s powerful Rajapaksa clan, which suffered political battering due to the country’s worst economic crisis in 2022, will launch its political comeback bid on Sunday by targeting the impending elections. Former President Gotabaya…

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Bankrupt Sri Lanka gets China’s tentative agreement on debt restructure

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Wang Wenbin. File | Photo Credit: ANI Sri Lanka on October 11 welcomed China’s tentative agreement to a debt restructure, as the island nation works to restore its ruined finances after suffering its worst-ever economic crisis. The government defaulted on its $46 billion debt last year at a time when months of food and fuel…

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No international inquiry possible into 2019 Easter bombings: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe

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Ranil Wickremesinghe. File | Photo Credit: AP Dismissing the possibility of an international probe into the 2019 Easter terror attacks, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has reiterated that such an investigation into the incident was not permissible under the country’s law. Responding to Sunday’s editorial in the Catholic Church’s Messenger newspaper titled “An international investigation…

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