Turbulent 2019: Rajapaksa dynasty returns to power post-Easter attacks in Lanka December 26, 2019 at 10:09PM

Sri Lanka's powerful Rajapaksa dynasty made a comeback in 2019 with former defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa storming to victory in the presidential polls promising stringent security in the wake of the island's worst terror attack that killed nearly 270 people on the Easter and brought to the fore the deep-rooted differences within the unity government.