Rajapaksa in a sentence

Mahinda Rajapaksa, though not the oldest of the Rajapaksa siblings, inherited DA Rajapaksa’s political mantle.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa along with Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa and MP Basil Rajapaksa visited the Temple of the Sacred Tooth in Kandy today (14).

According to him, former Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and former Minister Basil Rajapaksa both are hopeful to become the next presidential candidate, while MP Namal Rajapaksa does not prefer either.

Rajapaksa was a top defense official during the war, and his older brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, had been defeated in the 2015 elections after 10 years in power.

The Rajapaksa brothers, ex-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother Mahinda, allegedly obstructed investigations into his murder as well as those involving journalists and members of parliament.

Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi, during his visit, is scheduled to hold talks with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Foreign Affairs Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and other high officials.

This was revealed at the meeting of the ruling party, chaired by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Rajapaksa was defense chief at the time, serving under his brother, then-President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and Silva was an army division commander.

Rajapaksa was secretary of the defense ministry in a government led by his brother, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and is credited with playing a crucial role in ending the separatist civil war by ethnic Tamil rebels.

The ruling United National Party (UNP) has fielded its candidate, Sajith Premadasa, against Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the former defence secretary during the war and the younger brother of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Rajapaksa’s shadow government is preparing to shake the dust off many crime files on which they took no action during Rajapaksa’s presidency from 2005 to 2015.

Air Vice Marshal Rajapaksa underwent Basic Combat Training and Graduate Studies at the Kotelawala Defence Academy.

A poignant example of this was the lack of volunteers to assume the role of Prime Minister after Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa’s resignation.

India had thrown a lifeline to the last days of the Rajapaksa presidency with an economic assistance package that amounted to 4 billion dollars.

IPL 2023: Indian Express argues for the inclusion of Matthew Short in place of injured Bhanuka Rajapaksa in the Punjab Kings XI and all-rounder Marco Jansen in the Sunrisers XI.

It led to months of protests that toppled president Gotabaya Rajapaksa in July last year.

Kusal Mendis, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva and Charith Asalanka all failed to fire.

Rajapaksa was replaced by incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe.

SL court bans ex-PM Rajapaksa, son & 14 others from leaving.

The crisis peaked in July when protesters angered by the crisis stormed the official residence of then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who briefly fled the country and tendered his resignation from abroad.