Tagged: Gotabhaya Rajapaksa

29th November 2019

India announces $400 million loan for Sri Lankan infrastructure projects

India will lend Sri Lanka $400 million for infrastructure projects, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday after talks with the island nation’s new President Gotabaya Rajapaksa aimed at improving bilateral ties. Sri Lanka,...

South Asia / Sri Lanka / World Daily

2nd July 2018

Rajapaksa dismisses allegations of Chinese funding in polls

Colombo Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa today dismissed a media report that claimed China had funded his unsuccessful 2015 presidential re-run. “No contribution was made by China to my 2015 presidential election campaign,” Rajapaksa...