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 ...

For Mahinda Rajapaksa, climbing to the top of the greasy pole of politics ... He blinked first in the ensuing stand-off and the amendment sailed through, with the help of a handful of UNP turncoats.

"(Mahinda) Rajapaksa informed the lawmakers of United ... The unprecedented political and constitutional stand off which began on October 26 with the sacking of Prime Minister Wickremesinghe ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...