The Latest Breaking News from Basil Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka president’s brother stopped from flying out amid crisis

Officials say they prevented Basil Rajapaksa from flying out of the country as anger rises against the powerful family.

Al Jazeera · Jul 12, 2022

Seething Sri Lanka stops president's brother flying out of the country

Sri Lankan immigration officials stopped the president's brother and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa from flying out of the country on Tuesday, as anger mounted over the island's worst economic crisis in decades.

Reuters · Jul 12, 2022

Inside Sri Lanka's mass protests that led to the President and Prime Minister's resignations

Sri Lanka's economic crisis reached boiling point when citizens stormed the President's palace. Videos from inside show how it unfolded.

ABC News · Jul 12, 2022

Restoration: On Sri Lanka’s return to parliamentary democracy

Sri Lanka will be well served by a return to parliamentary democracy 

The Hindu · Jun 10, 2022

Sri Lanka tycoon Dhammika Perera to replace president's brother in parliament

One of Sri Lanka's richest businessmen will replace the president's brother in parliament, a ruling party official said on Friday, as the cash-strapped country moves forward on talks for a bailout plan with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Reuters · Jun 10, 2022

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The Hindu · Jun 10, 2022

Sri Lanka president's brother quits Parliament amid crisis

Basil Rajapaksa, the younger brother of Sri Lanka’s president and the country’s former finance minister, has resigned from Parliament amid mounting criticism of his alleged role in dragging the island nation into its worst economic crisis in memory

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2022

Sri Lanka president's brother, Basil Rajapaksa, resigns from parliament

The brother of Sri Lanka's president and the country's former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa said on Thursday that he had resigned from parliament, the second from the influential family to step away from government amid a severe economic crisis.

Reuters · Jun 9, 2022

Brothers at odds, but ruling family still holds key to Sri Lanka's future

It was the moment when two brothers who had dominated Sri Lanka's politics for nearly 20 years finally went their separate ways.

Reuters · Jun 8, 2022

The rise and fall of a political dynasty that brought Sri Lanka to its knees

At the height of their power, four brothers from Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa dynasty held the presidency and the prime minister’s office as well as the finance, interior and defence portfolios, among others. But just when the Rajapaksa clan seemed invincible, an economic crisis of their own making led to their…

France 24 · May 10, 2022