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Sri Lanka arrests ex-President Rajapaksa’s wife in graft case

Al Jazeera
Published 8 Oct 2026, 11:02 pm·3 d ago·1 min read
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Sri Lanka’s former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, wife of Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been arrested in a corruption case.

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