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The earliest Sri Lankans to enter the United States were classified as “other Asian.” Immigration records show that between 1881 and 1890, a total of 1,910 “other Asians” were admitted to the United States. It is unlikely that many of these were from Sri Lanka. In 1975, immigration records classified Sri Lankans as a separate […]
Basil Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka's former finance minister and the brother of President Gotabya Rajapaksa, has been admitted to a private hospital here, according to a media report on Friday. Basil, 71, is the youngest brother of President Rajapaksa and former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. However, it is yet known why he was hospitalised, the Daily Mirror, an online newspaper