‘The family took over’: how a feuding ruling dynasty drove Sri Lanka to ruin
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Colombo from on (#61550)
The inside story of Rajapaksa family infighting that toppled a country into violence and bankruptcy
Dilith Jayaweera can still recall the moment he realised Sri Lanka was hurtling, unstoppably, towards financial ruin.
It was around October 2021 and Jayaweera, a Sri Lankan media magnate and close friend of the Sri Lankan president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, had invited Basil Rajapaksa, the president's younger brother, who was also the finance minister, to join him for dinner.
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