Their biggest victory came when they forced the Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, to stand down. Mr Rajapaksa may have hoped the crisis would end with him. It didn't. While he went into hiding ...

It looked as if Rajapaksa had no legs to stand on. His support structure ... the younger brother of former President and SLPP supremo Mahinda Rajapaksa. When Mahinda came to power in 2005 on ...

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has issued a special statement to mark the 16th year anniversary since the defeat of LTTE ...

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that efforts are underway to recover the country through this government. "The people should stand up against injustice," he said.

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 ...

In 2009, Mr. Rajapaksa and his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa, then Sri Lanka’s president, ended that conflict, but they stand accused of crimes against humanity, including directing the bombings of ...

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa emphasized that Sri Lanka's civil war was waged to secure peace and preserve national ...

The Sri Lanka Peoples’ Front said the 38-year-old lawyer Namal Rajapaksa, the eldest son of former strongman president Mahinda Rajapaksa, will be its candidate in the Sept. 21 election ...