They were once seen as heroes of the nation, the almost mythical warrior-king leaders who defeated the separatists in a bloody civil war. Yet the final days of Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa dynasty tell a ...
In this Nov. 22, 2019 file photo, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, center, stands during an oath-taking ceremony of his new cabinet members in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya ...
For nearly a decade, the Rajapaksa oligarchy, led by now-defeated president Mahinda, had burrowed into the very bedrock of Sri Lankan politics. EPA/M.A. Pushpa Kumara On Friday morning, with fewer ...