led by the Rajapaksa clan unveiled Namal Rajapaksa, the 38-year-old son of popular war-time leader Mahinda Rajapaksa, as the ...

The family, however, returned more powerful four years later, when Mahinda's brother was elected president. Gotabaya Rajapaksa whipped up majority Buddhist Sinhalese sentiments after the 2019 ...

Family members of the descendants of those who participated ... in providing men and material from all parts of the country. A relative of President Mahinda Rajapaksa is reportedly among those who ...

Former Vice Chairman of the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) L.A. Wimalaratne has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation ...

The SLPP has been at the receiving end of public anger when the island plunged deep into the current economic crisis, leading to street protests in late March, blaming the government for its ...

Under pressure from the people to resign, Gotabaya and Mahinda Rajapaksa are scheming separately, each to sink the other to save his own seat. COVID-19, an economic crisis, and a majoritarian ...

Prime Minister and SLFP Presidential candidate Mahinda Rajapakse scotched rumours of a dissolution of ... there was a malicious mud-slinging campaign against him and even his family members, by the ...

The Colombo High Court yesterday served indictments to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s second son Yoshitha Rajapaksa and his grandaunt Daisy Forrest Wickramasinghe over a case filed under the ...

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse (R) shakes hands with cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan after a Test match in Galle, in 2010. President Rajapakse has urged the national team to win the World ...

Earlier this month, Sri Lanka's entire Cabinet -- aside from President Gotabaya and his elder brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa -- resigned from their posts after thousands of people ...