COLOMBO - A Sri Lankan court has sentenced two former ministers from ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's administration to ...

A functional democracy is a fragile ecosystem with a delicate balance, which is best left undisturbed. History is replete with instances where disruptions to democratic systems yielded disastrous ...

Jeevarani was one of thousands of Tamils who gathered on May 18 to mark 16 years since the end of Sri Lanka’s brutal civil ...

Victory Day is not just another commemoration. It is a solemn tribute to over 28,000 war heroes who laid down their lives & ...

Politicians never retire from politics,” Mahinda Rajapaksa said in 2024 ( He had done more than most to set that trend in motion. Up until 2005, presidents retired after completing their two terms.

Namal Rajapaksa, son of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa ... with the case scheduled for March 27. The Rajapaksa family claims the charges are part of a political witch hunt, as ...

Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s elder son has been indicted in the High Court for alleged misappropriation from an Indian investment before 2015. Namal Rajapaksa, 38, was ...

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 ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — When an uprising ousted Sri Lanka’s president, many saw it as the end of his powerful family’s hold on the island nation after more than 12 years of rule. Now, as Sr… ...