During Mahinda Rajapaksa’s 2015 campaign, at least $7.6 million went directly from a majority state-owned Chinese corporation to Rajapaksa’s campaign expenditures.

COLOMBO, (IANS) – The Canadian government has imposed sanctions on ex-Sri Lanka Presidents — Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa — over human rights violations during the 26-year-long ...

COLOMBO (IANS) – As Sri Lanka awaits the replacement for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, court orders have been sought to prevent him from leaving the country together with his two brothers ...

Sri Lanka’s PM Mahinda Rajapaksa Amidst violent clashes and unrest in Colombo on May 9 resigned.

Aluthgamage was sentenced to 20 years in jail. Fernando was sentenced to 25 years. Aluthgamage is now the most senior member of a Rajapaksa-led cabinet to be successfully prosecuted for corruption.

Ex-sports minister Aluthgamage is the most senior member of Rajapaksa's Cabinet to be prosecuted for corruption. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Although many believe that a sense of humor is a distinctly human emotion, these new-to-the-public funny animal photos from Nikon’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards may convince you to ...

The Colombo High Court has scheduled the next hearing for July 11 in the money laundering case involving Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and his grandmother, Daisy ...

COLOMBO (AFP): A Sri Lankan court sentenced on Thursday two former ministers from the government of deposed president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to decades in prison in a landmark corruption case. Ex ...

A Sri Lankan court sentenced on Thursday (May 29, 2025) two former Ministers from the government of deposed president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to decades in prison in a landmark corruption case.

Against this backdrop, a new party, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), led by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, swept the electorate by winning 231 out of 340 local councils.

Google offers 15GB for free with a Google account. However, that doesn’t comprise only Google Photos data — content you own in Gmail and Google Drive also counts against your storage limit. If ...