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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa's spokesman said the 76-year-old ... They are going to take a stand until Rajapaksas and the government resign,” she said. Rajapaksa supporters attack an anti-government ...

The government under Mahinda Rajapaksa gave China a free hand in how it chose to invest in Sri Lanka. Beijing put a lot of money into economically non-viable though strategically important ...

Sri Lankans walk past a newspaper stand as headlines carrying news about the appointment of Mahinda Rajapaksa as new prime minister are seen in Colombo, Sri Lanka (Oct. 27, 2018). As a British Sri ...