Sri Lankan soldiers patrol near the official residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa after it was stormed by anti-government protesters in Colombo [File: Rafiq Maqbool/AP] Mahinda, who entered ...

Srilanka, May 20 -- Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa emphasized that Sri ... The commemorative event paid tribute to the brave soldiers who sacrificed their lives during the conflict.

The Canadian government has taken a major step by imposing sanctions against two former Sri Lankan presidents, the brothers Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and two former soldiers. All ...

Sri Lanka army soldiers patrol near the official residence ... then a two-term president from 2005 to 2015. Even though Mahinda Rajapaksa was adored by the country’s majority Buddhist Sinhalese ...

The soldiers were paraded in Gaza before being ... which leads to creation of ‘superbugs’. The arrest came as Mahinda Rajapaksa filed a fundamental rights petition on Friday in the Supreme ...

Colombo, March 27 (Daily Mirror) - Former President and leader of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Mahinda Rajapaksa has strongly ... recruited children as soldiers to further their violent ...

Even Mahinda Rajapaksa basked in reflected glory with ... the limelight after proclaiming his presidential candidacy. “Old soldiers “they say,” do not die but merely fade away”.

Now, as Sri Lanka prepares to elect a new leader, Namal Rajapaksa is running for president. The 38-year-old is the son of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa and the nephew of the ousted president ...

“This is not just a ceremony—it’s a duty,” Mahinda Rajapaksa said. “We didn’t fight the war to dominate anyone. We fought to save this country and to bring about lasting peace.” The commemorative ...