Basil Rajapaksa

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Sri Lanka court allows former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa to travel overseas
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Sri Lanka top court extends travel ban on Mahinda and Basil Rajapaksa until Aug 4 - Ada Derana
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Sri Lankan president flees to Maldives hours before he was due to step down
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Sri Lanka president's brother stopped from flying out as anger surges
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Sri Lankan president's brother, Basil Rajapaksa, resigns from parliament
09/06/2022
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Sri Lanka's president drops brother as finance minister in crisis shake-up
04/04/2022

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