Sri Lanka’s ruling party nominated a scion of the controversial Rajapaksa family on August 7 to challenge the incumbent president in September 21 polls, the first since the country’s unprecedented economic meltdown. The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party named Namal Rajapaksa, 38, as its candidate at a Buddhist ceremony at their party office in...

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