Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa expressed his regret over the imprisonment of political leaders for minor offenses ...

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today expressed his disappointment over the imprisonment of former President Ranil ...

Sri Lanka's anti-corruption authorities arrested a member of the once-powerful Rajapaksa family on Wednesday, accusing him of illegally claiming reparations for property loss when his uncle was ...

Three former Presidents namely Mahinda Rajapaksa, Maithripala Sirisena and Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga had come out in ...

COLOMBO, (IANS) -Amidst violent clashes and unrest in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on May 9 resigned. He handed over his resignation to President and his younger brother ...

FILE -Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa sits for photographs, with his lawmaker son Namal by his side, following his election victory in the general election at his residence in Tangalle ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa, 76, previously served as president for a decade, and prime minister twice. Gotabaya Rajapaksa was elected president in 2019, soon after deadly easter bombings hit the country.

Even though Mahinda Rajapaksa was adored by the country’s majority Buddhist Sinhalese for defeating the ethnic Tamil separatists after a 26-year bloody civil war, allegations of human rights ...

Sri Lanka ’s prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has offered his resignation during widespread protests in the country as it suffers its worst economic and political crisis since independence ...

Even though Mahinda Rajapaksa was adored by the country’s majority Buddhist Sinhalese for defeating the ethnic Tamil separatists after a 26-year bloody civil war, allegations of human rights ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was voted out of office in January, is trying to become prime minister, but opponents are determined to bury his political hopes once and for all.

The Rajapaksa family has dominated Sri Lankan politics in recent years. Mahinda, 76, was first elected to parliament 1970. He previously served as president for a decade, and prime minister twice.