Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that he intends to re-enter politics and stand in parliamentary elections next month. Mr Rajapaksa lost bitterly fought presidential ...

His cabinet resigned on Monday — including prime minister Mahinda. In an attempt ... critics hope this is the last stand of the once-mighty Rajapaksa family. “[Their] base has diminished ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday said he is ready to make "any sacrifice" for the people amidst reports that the Sri Lankan Prime Minister may offer to stand down, as pressure mounts on the embattled ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's election commission on Monday agreed to let the brother of former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa stand in the country's presidential election, despite a string of corruption ...

on Tuesday uses a string to make sure guards stand in line outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ahead of the arrival of Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Little did Mr Rajapaksa know then that the man who would stand in his way of winning an ... outside the official residence of President Mahinda Rajapakse in Colombo (AP) (Getty Images) He ran ...

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 ...

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 ...