Sri Lanka has had no functioning government for nearly two weeks and is facing the prospect of being unable to pass a budget for next year. Sri Lankan Army Captures De-facto Capital of Tamil ...

The Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium was especially built for the mega event, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. The stadium is located in Hambantota, and boasts of a capacity of ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa. Accordingly, his 44th Death Anniversary, which falls on November 6, 2011, will be widely observed. D.M. Rajapaksa, popularly known as the Lion of Ruhuna, who died 66 years ago, ...

Thursday’s election marks the second time the country went to the polls since the end of its civil war in 2009, when previous president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, was re-elected to power.* Further ...

Sri Lanka: The court also agreed to allow proceedings against the country's former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, its former finance minister and two of its former central bank governors.

Mahinda Rajapaksa, who dominated Sri Lankan politics as president for a decade, is now vying for power again - this time as prime minister. In a move opponents are calling unconstitutional ...

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned amid mass protests at the government's handling of a deepening economic crisis. The move came as the island was placed under curfew after ...

This is Mahinda Rajapaksa's fourth innings as prime minister. Supporters of SLPP lit firecrackers to celebrate his swearing in as the 13th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. The Rajamaha Viharaya ...

Sri Lanka's Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that politicians never retire and that he has decided not to contest the 2024 Parliamentary Elections. Rajapaksa clarified stating that not ...

The federal government insists that the Murugappan family do not meet the refugee criteria and can be safely returned to Sri Lanka. Janet Parker takes a look at the adverse security situation for ...

Under pressure from the people to resign, Gotabaya and Mahinda Rajapaksa are scheming separately, each to sink the other to save his own seat. COVID-19, an economic crisis, and a majoritarian ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa was forced to resign as the prime minister in May last year following street protests in the country against the government led by his brother and former president Gotabaya ...