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The Latest Breaking News from Basil Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka loses 10 percent of its doctors amid exodus after economic crisis

Sri Lanka’s doctors have migrated en masse to other nations in the past two years, crippling hospitals.

Al Jazeera

UN resolution flags Sri Lanka rights abuses, economic crisis

UN Human Rights Council renews mandate to collect and preserve evidence of atrocities during the decades-long civil war.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka court allows former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa to travel overseas

Sri Lanka's highest court has allowed former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa to travel overseas until Jan. 15, anti-corruption body Transparency International Sri Lanka said on Friday.

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Sri Lanka likes to laugh but our political reforms are no joke

Laughter has been far more than a coping mechanism amid repression and economic crisis – it has rid the island of tyrants

The Guardian - UK

Rajapaksa seeks safety guarantee from Colombo

Deposed former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is seeking to return home from his exile in Thailand and has asked his successor to guarantee his safety, his party said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Sri Lanka's ousted president believed heading to Thailand

Sri Lanka's ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to arrive in Thailand on Thursday, seeking temporary shelter in a second Southeast Asian country after fleeing his island nation last month amid mass protests, two sources said.

Bangkok Post

Sri Lanka top court extends travel ban on Mahinda and Basil Rajapaksa until Aug 4 -Ada Derana

(Fixes spelling of Derana in headline)

Reuters

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Sri Lanka court extends travel ban on Mahinda and Basil Rajapaksa - broadcaster Newsfirst

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court extended a travel ban on former president Mahinda Rajapaksa and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, brothers of ex-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, to Aug. 2, news channel Newsfirst said in a tweet on Wednesday.

Reuters

How crisis unfolded in Sri Lanka

A deepening economic crisis in Sri Lanka sparked mass protests that forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country, leaving his successor, Ranil Wickremesinghe, to declare a state of emergency while seeking a bailout from the International Monetary Fund.

Reuters

Sri Lanka's new President Ranil Wickremesinghe says he is not a 'friend' of Rajapaksas, vows to bring in system change

COLOMBO: "I am not a friend of the Rajapaksas, I am a friend of the people," President Ranil Wickremesinghe has told Sri Lankans, pledging to bring in the much-needed system change they are yearning for.

The Times of India

‘Supreme power of people’: Sri Lanka marks 100 days of protests

As protest movement over island’s worst-ever economic crisis reaches a milestone, people say struggle is not yet over.

Al Jazeera

‘I screamed and cried’: how Sri Lankan protesters unseated their president

Sri Lanka’s triumphant protesters celebrate Rajapaska’s departure, but say bigger systemic changes still needed

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lanka court bars former prime minister from leaving the country - anti-corruption group

Sri Lanka's top court on Friday barred former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa from leaving the country without permission until July 28, anti-corruption group Transparency International Sri Lanka said.

Reuters

Sri Lanka swears in interim president after Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns

Ranil Wickremesinghe to serve until MPs vote for new leader next week after months of protests over economic crisis

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Factbox-Three frontrunners in race to become Sri Lanka's next president

A six-time prime minister, the leader of the main opposition party and a journalist-turned-politician from the ruling party are vying to become Sri Lanka's next president, after the incumbent Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country this week.

Al Jazeera

Ex-leader Mahinda Rajapaksa will not flee Sri Lanka: Top aide

Man who paved way for Rajapaksa clan’s dominance over Sri Lanka politics has no immediate plans to flee, says top aide.

The Hindu

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Modi government distances itself from Rajapaksas in latest twist to see-saw relationship

Indian High Commission ‘categorically denies’ reports that India facilitated the Rajapaksas’ recent travel

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Evening Standard

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees to Maldives

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday, hours before he was due to step down after widespread protests over his handling of a devastating economic crisis.

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lanka: PM orders military to do ‘whatever it takes’ to maintain order

State of emergency declared as protesters reject premier Ranil Wickremesinghe acting as president and demand he and Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign

Reuters

Timeline: How Sri Lankan protests unfolded

A deep financial crisis has left Sri Lanka struggling to pay for imports of food, medicine and fuel and brought thousands of protesters on to the streets.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Sri Lanka: good riddance to the Rajapaksas

Editorial: Mass protests forced the president to announce he will resign. But the years of his family’s corruption and incompetence have taken their toll

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka lawmakers to pick new president but no deal on PM

Sri Lanka’s leaders have agreed that lawmakers will elect a new president next week but are struggling to decide on the makeup of a new government to lead the bankrupt country out of a economic and political collapse

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees the country

Rajapaksa, 73, and his wife boarded a special air force flight bound for the Maldives, local officials have said

Dynamite News

Former minister Basil Rajapaksa tries to flee Sri Lanka, stopped from boarding flight to Dubai

Sri Lanka's former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, who is the youngest brother of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was stopped from boarding a flight to Dubai on Monday evening, local media reported. Read more on Dynamite News:

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