Mahinda Rajapaksa

Mahinda Rajapaksa

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Mahinda Rajapaksa is a prominent Sri Lankan politician who served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015. He is known for his role in ending the Sri Lankan civil war and has been a significant figure in Sri Lankan politics, holding various ministerial positions before his presidency. His administration faced criticism for allegations of corruption and human rights abuses.

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Mahinda Rajapaksa is mentioned as the father of Yoshitha Rajapaksa.

නොතීසි ලද සැනින් අධිකරණයට එන්නැයි වසන්තට, යෝෂිතට කියයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-08-04
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Mahinda Rajapaksa ignored a Supreme Court ruling regarding oil prices.

විනිසුරු විශ්‍රාමයේ මීළග පියවර - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-08-02
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Mahinda Rajapaksa is a former President of Sri Lanka and the father of Yoshitha Rajapaksa.

කරන්නාගොඩට - යෝෂිතට අධි චෝදනා
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-08-01
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Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa stated that he will continue to work with the people as he feels that his service to the country is not sufficient.

‘‘ජනතාව ඉල්ලන වෙලාවට අපෙක්ෂකයා දෙන්නම්‘‘
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-07-05
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Mahinda Rajapaksa's son, Yoshitha Rajapaksa, is accused of corruption related to his recruitment into the Navy without proper qualifications.

කරන්නාගොඩට ඇප - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-07-03
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Mahinda Rajapaksa's son, Yoshitha Rajapaksa, is accused of corruption related to his recruitment into the Navy without proper qualifications.

කරන්නාගොඩට ඇප - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-07-03
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Mahinda Rajapaksa is noted for bringing a message of compassion, wisdom, and peace to Sri Lanka.

ලක් දෙරණ ධර්මද්වීපයක් කළ උතුම් පොසොන් පොහොය අදයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-06-29
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Mahinda Rajapaksa met with Jong-Moon Choi, the former ambassador of Korea to Sri Lanka.

කොරියා හිටපු තානාපති මහින්ද බලන්න එයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-06-28
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Jong Moon Choi
Jong Moon Choi

Mahinda Rajapaksa is accused of causing a loss to the government through the procurement of carrom boards during the 2015 presidential election.

කැරම් බෝඩ් නඩුව: මහින්දානන්ද - නලින්ගේ පූර්ව නඩු විභාගයට දින දෙයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-06-26
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Mahinda Rajapaksa's name was mentioned in a threatening context during a statement made by Ranga Disanayaka.

රංග දිසානායකට එරෙහිව ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂයෙන් පැමිණිල්ලක්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-05-29
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Mahinda Rajapaksa is referenced in a threatening context during a statement made by Ranga Disanayaka.

රංග දිසානායකට එරෙහිව ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂයෙන් පැමිණිල්ලක්
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-05-28
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Mahinda Rajapaksa is the former president and leader of the Sri Lanka People's Front.

පොහොට්ටුවේ විධායක සභාව රැස් වෙයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-03-06
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Mahinda Rajapaksa spent 357 million rupees on foreign travel during his term from 2010 to 2015.

හිටපු ජනපතිලාගේ රට සවාරි ලයිස්තුව මැතිසබයට
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-03-03
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Mahinda Rajapaksa was mentioned in the context of political surveys conducted before the 2015 presidential election.

රට යන අත- ’අතේ රෝල් ’ සමීක්ෂණ
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-02-20
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Mahinda Rajapaksa's photo was mentioned as part of a political discussion.

’’පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ බෝයි කපල් හොයන්න ඕන’’
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-02-18
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Mahinda Rajapaksa presented a proposal to prohibit the sale of land to foreigners.

නොරට්ටුනට ඉඩම් විකුණන්න බෑ - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-02-16
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Mahinda Rajapaksa promised a clean administration but faced numerous corruption allegations during his tenure.

​දූෂණය පිටුදැකීම හමස් පෙට්ටියේ? - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-02-14
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Mahinda Rajapaksa expressed his gratitude to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the special occasion provided to the Sri Lankan Buddhist people.

මහින්දත්, සර්වඥ ධාතු වදියි - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-02-11
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Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa attended a religious ceremony at the Gangaramaya Temple.

මහින්දත්, සර්වඥ ධාතු වදියි - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-02-10
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Mahinda Rajapaksa is mentioned as the husband of Shiranthi Rajapaksa.

ශිරන්ති නාමල් 3 වැනිදා සීඅයිඩියට
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-01-31
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Mahinda Rajapaksa is mentioned as the husband of Shiranthi Rajapaksa.

ශිරන්ති නාමල් 3 වැනිදා සීඅයිඩියට
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-01-31
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The proposal presented by the President as the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development was approved by the Cabinet.

සංවර්ධන වැඩවලට නව චක්‍රලේඛයක් - Lankadeepa Online
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-01-27
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Shiranthi Rajapaksa is the wife of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

ශිරාන්ති සති දෙකක් කල් ඉල්ලයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-01-27
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Shiranthi Rajapaksa
Shiranthi Rajapaksa

The second phase was started during the presidency of Mahinda Rajapaksa.

පළමු ගල් අගුරු නැවෙන් කෝටි 140ක් පාඩුයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-01-26
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The second phase of the power plant was initiated during the presidency of Mahinda Rajapaksa.

පළමු ගල් අගුරු නැවෙන් කෝටි 140ක් පාඩුයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-01-26
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Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is implicated in the case against Neville Wanniarachchi.

නෙවිල් වන්නිආරච්චි එරෙහි නඩුවට දින දෙයි
ලංකාදීප (Lankadeepa)·Sri LankaSri Lanka· 2026-01-16
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