The group was crushed in a 2009 government offensive headed by Mr Mahinda and Gotabaya Rajapaksa to end the separatist civil war that broke out in 1983 and left at least 100,000 on both sides ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, with his brother, Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2019. Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto/Getty Images And while the good times were rolling, despite gripes about ...

The scion of the Rajapaksa family and national coordinator of the Sri Lanka Podujana ... Son of Sri Lanka’s ex-leader Mahinda Rajapaksa to run for president. Posted: ... Every 007 Movie RANKED.

A FAMILY AFFAIR. For decades, the powerful land-owning Rajapaksa family had dominated local politics in their rural southern district before Mahinda Rajapaksa was elected president in 2005 ...

Dushantha rejected claims made by Mahinda’s aide that the former leader did not agree with the policies pursued by his younger brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. “Mahinda Rajapaksa was ...

Colombo: Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa's son Yoshitha Rajapaksa was arrested by police on Saturday on ...

Colombo: Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa's son Yoshitha Rajapaksa was arrested by police on Saturday on corruption charges in a property purchase case. Ex-navy officer Yoshitha was ...

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court Extends Overseas Travel Ban on Mahinda and Basil Rajapaksa Till Aug 11 PTI August 3, 2022 4:58 PM IST On July 15, Sri Lanka's apex court had barred the trio from leaving ...

Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and his brother Basil Rajapaksa, right, during a campaign in the suburb of Kirillawala, Sri Lanka, on April 4, 2010. Chamila Karunarathne/AP ...

Namal Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa waves to media as he arrives to file nomination for the upcoming presidential election in Colombo, Sri Lanka (AP) By mid-2022, the clan's ...