Overseas visits of Gotabaya, Mahinda Rajapaksa cost Sri Lanka LKR 40mn in 2021: Report \
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Overseas visits of Gotabaya, Mahinda Rajapaksa cost Sri Lanka LKR 40mn in 2021: Report

01-Dec-2022
This report is based on details provided by the Presidential Secretariat and the Prime Minister's Office on a directive issued by the Right to Information Commission. Gotabaya and Mahinda, who were ousted from power after a large-scale uprising, spent a staggering LKR 44, 739,184.91 for five official visits abroad in 2021.
01-Dec-2022 World
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Ex-Sri Lanka President Gotabaya to return home by early September \
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Ex-Sri Lanka President Gotabaya to return home by early September

25-Aug-2022
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 25 (ANI): Sri Lanka's former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is all set to return to Sri Lanka in the first week of September, days after fleeing to Thailand.
25-Aug-2022 World
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Lankan rights group asks govt to permit safe return of Gotabaya, his family \
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Lankan rights group asks govt to permit safe return of Gotabaya, his family

23-Aug-2022
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 23 (ANI): Ahead of Gotabaya Rajapaksa's return to Sri Lanka, a rights group said the government should provide protection to the former president and his family.
23-Aug-2022 World
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Ex-Sri Lankan President Gotabaya arrives in Thailand \
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Ex-Sri Lankan President Gotabaya arrives in Thailand

11-Aug-2022
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 11 (ANI): Former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in Thailand Thursday evening following his departure from Singapore.
11-Aug-2022 World
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Emergency in Sri Lanka: PM cannot exercise President’s powers, says Oppn leader Sajith Premadasa \
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Emergency in Sri Lanka: PM cannot exercise President’s powers, says Oppn leader Sajith Premadasa

13-Jul-2022
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): Amid reports that embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the interim President of Sri Lanka, the country's main opposition leader Sajith Premadasa on Wednesday said that the PM cannot exercise the powers of President, and cannot declare curfew or a state of emergency.
13-Jul-2022 World
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Sri Lankan police use tear gas outside PM’s residence to disperse protestors \
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Sri Lankan police use tear gas outside PM’s residence to disperse protestors

13-Jul-2022
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): Sri Lankan police used tear gas outside the premises of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's residence in Colombo to disperse protestors.
13-Jul-2022 World
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Hope that interim PM, President appointed soon: Former Sri Lankan minister \
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Hope that interim PM, President appointed soon: Former Sri Lankan minister

13-Jul-2022
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the country without signing his resignation, said former cabinet minister Patali Champika Ranawaka on Wednesday as he expressed hope that an interim prime minister and the president will soon be appointed.
13-Jul-2022 World
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