Four months after being elected president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake must fix multiple unresolved issues of corruption, rights abuses and long-term displacement.

Defence Secretary Sampath Thuiyacontha yesterday said that five out of seven firearms issued to Yoshitha Rajapaksa have been handed over to the Government.He said that Rajapaksa has been informed to ...

UNP Chairman and former Minister Wajira Abeywardena has found fault with the government for failing to consult the Constitution before attempting to remove former President Mahinda Rajapaksa from his ...

The pace of political activity quickened noticeably last week in the wake of several issues relating to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family coming to the fore. This has led to discussion ...

Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s elder son has been indicted in the High Court here for alleged ...

Rajapaksas are anathema in local politics. Not just in local politics, but the Rajapaksas are anathema all-round. The family is political poison except that they pretend they have not got the memo.For ...

Granted bail on two sureties of Rs. 50 Mn each on money laundering charges involving purchase of property worth over Rs. 34 MnTwo more investigations into purchase of property worth over Rs. 50 Mn and ...

The son of Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa was banned Monday from leaving the island nation following his ...

Both arrests occurred off the coast of the northeastern Mannar district during the Navy's routine patrols of Sri Lankan ...

Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's second son, Yoshitha Rajapaksa, was arrested by police on Saturday on corruption charges, according to local media. He was arrested on the advice of ...

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